GSA Reports
Title: EDI Consultation Report with 2023-24 Social Justice & Diversity Field (SJD) of Study
Title: EDI Consultation Report with 2023-24 Social Justice & Diversity Field (SJD) of Study
Date: April 1, 2024
Date: April 1, 2024
Purpose: Report of EDI priorities from 2023-24 SJD Cohort consisting of Year 2 (2022-24) and Advanced Standing MSW Students, as discussed in a pilot focus group with students.
Purpose: Report of EDI priorities from 2023-24 SJD Cohort consisting of Year 2 (2022-24) and Advanced Standing MSW Students, as discussed in a pilot focus group with students.
Report: EDI Consultation with 2023-24 SJD Cohort.pdfTitle: GSA MSW Studies Survey Results
Title: GSA MSW Studies Survey Results
Date: March 11, 2024
Date: March 11, 2024
Purpose: To provide the Faculty with a summary of the results of the MSW Studies Committee's survey about students' experiences with FIFSW courses.
Purpose: To provide the Faculty with a summary of the results of the MSW Studies Committee's survey about students' experiences with FIFSW courses.
GSA Survey Summary for MSW Studies.pdfTitle: GSA's letter to the FIFSW Faculty Council
Title: GSA's letter to the FIFSW Faculty Council
Date: November 21, 2023
Date: November 21, 2023
Purpose: To update the faculty council about the student experiences at FIFSW as it relates to the global context of Palestine/Israel
Purpose: To update the faculty council about the student experiences at FIFSW as it relates to the global context of Palestine/Israel
Title: Meet the GSA (2023) Introduction Videos
Title: Meet the GSA (2023) Introduction Videos
Date: March 7, 2023
Date: March 7, 2023
Purpose: To provide MSW students in the winter 2023 semester an opporunity to learn about that semester's new GSA team, explain why there was a lack of GSA from April 2022 - January 21, 2023, provide students information about this team's values and goals for their term.
Purpose: To provide MSW students in the winter 2023 semester an opporunity to learn about that semester's new GSA team, explain why there was a lack of GSA from April 2022 - January 21, 2023, provide students information about this team's values and goals for their term.
Content Discussed In Part 1: 0:00 Welcome; 0:20 Land Acknowledgement; 1:13 Agenda; 1:49 Meet the 2023 Executive Team; 02:28 Our Guiding Values & Commitment to You; 3:32 What is the GSA & What Does it Do?; 5:05 Absence of a GSA in Summer & Fall; 6:43 Student Concerns & What We Heard; 7:59 What We've Been Up to Since Reinstatement
Content Discussed In Part 2: 0:10 Disclaimer; 0:36 Short-Term Goals; 1:35 Medium-Term Goals; 4:52 Long-Term Goals; 08:20 Challenges
The following provide a summary of student feedback and responses made throughout the 2022-23 academic year:
Title: Let's Be Honest Report
Title: Let's Be Honest Report
Date: March 20, 2021
Date: March 20, 2021
Purpose: The 2020-21 GSA's Student Feedback Committee (SFC) managed the "Let's Be Honest" initiative. Let's Be Honest was a space where students at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW) could provide anonymous feedback about their experiences at FIFSW.
Purpose: The 2020-21 GSA's Student Feedback Committee (SFC) managed the "Let's Be Honest" initiative. Let's Be Honest was a space where students at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW) could provide anonymous feedback about their experiences at FIFSW.
2021 - Let's Be Honest Report.pdfTitle: FIFSW Student Needs Evaluation & Report
Title: FIFSW Student Needs Evaluation & Report
Date: July 8, 2020
Date: July 8, 2020
Purpose: Understand the experiences, perspectives and needs of 2021 Master of Social Work (MSW, MSW-ITR) students in response to COVID-19 pandemic-related academic and organizational changes at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW) at the University of Toronto.
Purpose: Understand the experiences, perspectives and needs of 2021 Master of Social Work (MSW, MSW-ITR) students in response to COVID-19 pandemic-related academic and organizational changes at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FIFSW) at the University of Toronto.
July 2020_FIFSW Student Needs Evaluation & Reportpdf.pdfTitle: Exetended Conversations: A student-led response to issues of equity & diversity report 2015-2016
Title: Exetended Conversations: A student-led response to issues of equity & diversity report 2015-2016
Date: May 2016
Date: May 2016
Purpose: The Extended Conversations (EC) was a student-led initiative that provided a space for students to engage in an open dialogue about their experiences and concerns with equity, diversity, and social justice in their social work education.
Purpose: The Extended Conversations (EC) was a student-led initiative that provided a space for students to engage in an open dialogue about their experiences and concerns with equity, diversity, and social justice in their social work education.
2015-16 Extending Conversations report.pdf