Immigration Policy as a Framework for Social Work Practice
Dr. Luna Vives is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Research on Children and Families, . Her work focuses on how uneven power relationships between mainstream and racialized populations are perpetuated through differential access to public services. Dr. Vives’ areas of expertise include inter-national migration, human rights, public policy and knowledge trans-lation and transfer. Besides her research, Dr. Vives has experience teaching college and university-level courses, and has been involved in a number of grassroots community development initiatives in Canada and abroad.
Dr. Vives will give an example lecture tailored to a typical BSW class (SWRK 221 - Public Social Service in Canada with a focus on international migration). She will be speaking about “Immigration Policy as a Framework for Social Work Practice”.
International migration is the movement of people across national borders for the purpose of resettlement. Immigration policy regu-lates this movement, and at the same time grants and limits access to rights and public services for non-nationals. In this lecture, Dr. Vives will explore the role of immigration policy as a tool that governments use to respond to the challenges posed by an aging population; present the main categories of migration in Canada; and discuss their implications for Social Work practice. By the end of the class, students will have the tools to engage critically with this area of public policy.
Date: Thu, Oct 27 , 2016
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 am
Location:
School of Social Work
3506 University Street
Wilson Hall, #326
RSVP: To be sent to Yong Hong Feng @ yong.feng [at] mcgill.ca