Nancy Ross
Associate Professor
Email: nancy.ross@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-4049
Fax: 902-494-6709
Mailing Address:
School of Social Work
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Suite 3204, Mona Campbell Building,
1459 LeMarchant Street
PO Box 15000 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
Research Topics:国民彩票
Suite 3204, Mona Campbell Building,
1459 LeMarchant Street
PO Box 15000 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2
- Peacebuilding and prevention of interpersonal violence
- Gender-based violence
- Childhood adversity and resilience
- Trauma and violence informed and family centered systems (Canadian Criminal Justice System, Mental Health and Addiction System, Child Protection Services)
- Mindfulness
- Culturally responsive care and calls to decolonize
Education
- PhD, Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford, UK
- Peace and Conflict Studies Diploma, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
- MSW, 国民彩票
- BSW, 国民彩票
- BA (Hons) 国民彩票
Courses Taught
| SLWK 6660 | Social Work and Restorative Approaches: Theory and Skills for Dialogue, Peacebuilding, and Healing |
SLWK 2334 |
Beginning Social Work Practice |
| SLWK 3135 | Social Work and Mental Health |
| SLWK 3270 | Social Work in Addiction |
| HLTH 5130 | Concurrent Disorders and Complex Case Work: Working with Persons, Families and Communities (Distance) |
| SLWK 3030 | Theoretical Foundations of Social Work Practice |
| SLWK 6540 | Critical Approaches to Mental Health & Addiction in Social Work Practice (Distance) |
| SLWK 3130 | Women and Violence |
| SLWK 2444 | Life Processes: Concepts and Practices for Critical Social Work (Distance) |
| SLWK 4010 | Advanced Social Work Practice |
| SLWK 6370 | Advanced Practice Skills |
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| Additional Teaching Duties | Supervision of Independent Studies, Graduate and PhD Thesis Committees |
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Awarded Research Funding
| 2022 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) & Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR). PIs: Ross, N. & Lewis, T. (Co-I): Awogiya, F. Partner Organizations: Association of Black Social Workers, Be the Peace Institute, Leave out Violence Nova Scotia and Generation 1 Leadership. Moving Forward Together: Unsettling Racism, Silence and Violence in Health and Social Services. Funds Awarded: $450,000. |
| 2022 | Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). PI: Brown, C., Co-Is: Ross, N., Johnstone, M. & Augusta Scott, T. Family violence online programming in rural and remote areas of Atlantic Canada (PEI, Newfoundland/Labrador, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Funds Awarded: $635,000. |
| 2022 | Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Ross, N. Bridge Funds for continuation of research program. Funds Awarded: $5,000. |
| 2022 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.听 PI Torres, T.听 Co -Is: Hamilton-Hinch, B. & Ross, N. Collaborators:听 Moriah, J., Metallic, N., Gausdal, W., Grant, W. Knowledge Mobilization Focusing on Protective Factors for Children鈥檚 Welfare:听 The case of Urban Indigenous, African Nova Scotian, and Immigrant and Refugee communities. Value: $33,456. |
| 2021 | Justice Canada. Ross. N. Family-Centred and Trauma-Informed Responses to Gender-Based Violence-Implications for Transforming Justice and Community Systems Community Partners: Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia & Be the Peace Institute. Funds Awarded: $252,000 |
| 2020 | Nova Scotia Covid-19 Health Research Coalition. Ross, N., Thomas-Bernard, & Bookchin, S. Culturally Responsive Healthcare to Reduce Gender Based听 Violence. Funds Awarded: $75000 + Mitac Training Awards x 2 = $6,000听 |
| 2019-2021 | Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Ross, N. Bridge Funds Awarded: $11,103听 听 听听 |
| 2019 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).听 Ross, N. & Ryan, C. Improving Lives of Families or Punishing Women?听 Understanding the experiences of criminalized women in Nova Scotia鈥檚 domestic violence court programs. Funds Awarded: $25,000 |
| 2019 | Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW).听 Brown, C., Johnson, M. & Ross, N.听Re |