Keith Dormond was a police officer in Vancouver for over 24 years, working in units including domestic violence, mental health, recruiting, and patrol. Prior to policing, he was employed for four years as a community development social worker in Toronto and Vancouver. He received his BSW from McGill University, MSW from Carleton University, and PhD in Educational Studies from UBC. He has research interests in violence against women and men that is motivated by honour and shame (“honour-related violence and oppression), anti-oppressive practice, and violence risk assessment and management. He has taught as a sessional instructor at the UFV and Douglas College.
Janet Douglas was a child protection social worker in BC for over 30 years. She received her BSW and MSW degrees from UBC, and was the first social worker to be awarded a PhD by the UBC School of Social Work. She has research interests in child maltreatment, interagency collaboration, marijuana grow-operations, and social worker safety in the field. She has held various research positions with the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect since 1998. She has also taught as a sessional instructor at UBC and UNBC. Janet is currently a member of the Langara Faculty Association Board, and is a part-time steward for the LFA.
Margo Nelson worked in child protection, drug and alcohol treatment, educational research, and children’s psychiatric care in the UK and US prior to immigrating to Canada. She received her MSW degree from Portland State University and her PhD from UBC. Her research and practice interests include child protection, Indigenous child welfare, sexual orientation and gender identity in children and youth, drug and alcohol policy, and the application of human rights perspectives to social work policy and practice. She has also taught as a sessional instructor at UNBC.
Shelley Rivkin has worked in a variety of social work settings for the past 30 years. She received her BSW and MSW from UBC. Between 2001 and 2006, she chaired the Educational Alliance, a consortium involving the schools of social work, the Justice Institute and the Ministry of Children and Family Development, responsible for developing and delivering the province’s post employment child protection training. She has been involved in research initiatives related to gender based violence, child sexual abuse prevention and youth at risk. In 2008, she received the MOSAIC Human Rights Award. She has been a sessional instructor at UBC and Langara for the past five years.
Jasmyne completed her BA at SFU before attending Thompson Rivers University for her B.S.W. Through her work at the 411 Seniors Centre Society on the provincial Seniors Advocacy Project, and at VGH on the Acute Care for Elders ward and in Banfield Pavilion Extended Care, Jasmyne discovered a great enjoyment in working with older adults. She has since combined this interest with her passion for qualitative research, particularly that which examines the intersection of the lived experiences of older persons and ageing policies and practices. Her MSW research at UBC focused on the organizational barriers to providing person-centred care in long term care residences, and pointed out the need for residents to be able to give as well as receive as members of a community. Jasmyne’s doctoral research (UBC) compared the relocation narratives of older adults who had recently moved to assisted living with the story of assisted living presented in provincial policies, industry publications, and the birth of the assisted living movement.
Kailey received her BA in Psychology from SFU, her BSW from Dalhousie University and her MSW from UBC. Kailey has worked for over 20 years in many healthcare and social service settings in BC including at GF Strong Rehab Centre, and most recently in Palliative Care. Kailey also works in private practice. She has taught and supervised post-secondary students in a variety of settings. Her practice interests include end of life, grief and bereavement, and chronic illness. Kailey is a Registered Social Worker in good standing with the BC College of Social Workers.