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.
Jeanette Robertson has been an educator in social work for the past 20 year at Thompson Rivers University and Nicola Valley Institute of Technology. She received her BSW from the University of Calgary, and MSW from the University of Victoria, and a Doctorate in Education from UBC. Her social work practice experience has largely been within the aging, disability and healthcare field and extends to roles of community educator, social work practitioner, program coordinator, Community Living BC Council member, and rehabilitation worker in both the voluntary and governmental sector in British Columbia and Alberta.Her publication and research interests include scholarship devoted to the exploration of disability and society; leadership and knowledge integration within field education (internships, practicum, field placements) related to professional identity formation; and educational leadership within higher education.
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.