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| Title: | Why Social Workers are so Good at Nurturing Resilience: (and why we should have our own television show to prove it) 2012 Educational Webcast |
| Date: | March 29th, 2012 |
| Time: | 1:00pm ET |
| Speaker: |
Michael Ungar, Ph.D.Michael is a Killam Professor of Social Work at Dalhousie University where he directs the Resilience Research Centre that coordinates more than five million dollars in funded research in a dozen countries. That research is focused on resilience among children, youth and families and how they together survive adversity in culturally diverse ways. He has published over 75 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on this topic and is the author of eleven books including The Social Worker, his first novel. In addition to his research and writing, Michael maintains a family therapy practice in association with Phoenix Youth Programs, a prevention program for street youth and their families, and was the recipient of the Canadian Association of Social Workers Distinguished Service Award for Nova Scotia in 2010. |
