The School of Social Work offers a master’s program (maîtrise en service social/MSS) and a doctoral program (PhD) in social work. The School is a member of the Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE) and the MSS program is approved by the Program Accreditation Bureau of that association.

The objective of the PhD program is to train high-calibre researchers or professionals, to provide them with tools to analyze the articulation of the dimensions of micro- and macro intervention practices in social work, and to significantly contribute to the renewal of these practices. Students will acquire critical and in-depth knowledge of social work in its multiple contexts, through scientific reasoning steps to successfully complete the doctoral thesis.

The doctoral program offers two research fields: Health and Family-Childhood.

The compulsory courses of the program are offered in French only. It is possible to take the elective course in French or in English. In accordance with the University of Ottawa regulation, students have a right to produce their work, their thesis, and to answer examination questions in French or in English. If the thesis is written in English, the abstract must be in French and vice versa.

The programs operate within the framework of the general regulations of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FGPS), which are posted on the FGPS website.

The professors included in the list below are members of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This means that they are authorized to supervise or co-supervise theses. A complete list of the faculty and staff members associated with the program can be found at http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/svs/graduate-studies

CODERRE, Cécile, Full Professor
Feminists movements, Québec and Francophone women outside Québec; production and reproduction of gender relations; violence against women; social policies concerning families; employment equity

DESLAURIERS, Jean-Martin, Associate Professor
Collaboration between parents and schools; current practice geared towards children and adolescents; Francophone youth in minority settings; implementation of change within social work practice;, questions arising from family-centred intervention

DROLET, Marie, Associate Professor
Collaboration between parents and schools; current practice geared towards children and adolescents;, Francophone youth in minority settings; implementation of change within social work practice; questions arising from family-centred intervention

GARNEAU, STÉPHANIE, Associate Professor
Youth, identity and socialization; migrations; globalization and social inequalities; economic insertion; international comparison

LAPIERRE, Simon, Assistant Professor
Domestic violence; Child abuse and neglect; Motherhood and mothering; Child and family social work, Feminist theories and practices

MOLGAT, Marc, Full Professor
Transitions to adulthood (leaving home, school-to-work, housing and lifestyles, migrations); youth intervention; intergenerational relations, transformation and complementarity of family and state support;

MOREAU, Nicolas, Assistant Professor
Mental Health and Society; Sociology of Sports; Cross-Cultural Comparisons; Norms, Social Control and Deviance

NAMIAN, Dahlia, Assistant Professor

NEGURA, Lilian, Associate Professor
Social representation of work; social inclusion of substance abusers; health and work; marginalization and health; discrimination of minority groups; social policies in East European countries

SAVARD, Sébastien, Associate Professor
Organisation communautaire; économie sociale; services aux jeunes et aux familles; gestion des services sociaux; évaluation des pratiques sociales; gouvernance locale

SOULIÈRE, Marguerite, Assistant Professor
Life cycles events (birth, adolescence, and menopause); risk and pathologisation; masculine/feminine redefinitions; new networks of essential relationships (social kinship); intra and intergenerational transmission

ST-AMAND, Nérée, Full Professor
Health and mental health; alternative movements and networks (health, mental health, ecology); mutual help and solidarity practices;, intervention approaches based on principles and theories that call conventional approaches into question: native approaches; alternative networks; structural; ecological perspectives;, spirituality and social intervention; complementary and alternative practices in social work; community service learning; "empowerment"

WELCH, David, Associate Professor
Franco-Ontarian community and its social creation; social movements and their potential for social change; new socio-economic alternatives in the face of government cuts;, specific needs of the Franco-Ontarian population in the delivery of social services; social policies in Canada and more particularly in Ontario; social economy and Francophone minorities in Canada

• To be admitted into the doctoral program, applicants must hold a master’s in social work (or equivalent) with a minimum average of 75% (B+) calculated in accordance with FGPS guidelines.
• Applicants with substantial professional experience (equivalent to 2 years of full-time work) in social intervention and who hold a master’s in another discipline may also be admitted.

• The admission file must include the following:
  - The application form available online.
  - Official university transcripts.
  - At least two confidential letters of recommendation from professors familiar with the applicants and their previous work and able to comment on their potential to pursue graduate studies.
  - Proof of proficiency in French and a passive knowledge of English.
• Moreover, applicants must provide:

  - A curriculum vitae, including a list of all their publications and presentations at conferences. Other documents demonstrating research skills may also be included (thesis or master’s research paper, articles, research reports, abstracts and so on).
  - A statement of purpose indicating their interest in doctoral studies and outlining the research direction of their thesis.
  - The name of a potential thesis supervisor, who has been contacted beforehand and who must provide a confidential letter confirming his or her intention to supervise the thesis.

Proficiency in French must be sufficient for taking courses and seminars in French and for reading relevant scholarly literature in French. Language tests may be required with the cost to be covered by the applicants.

The list above specifies the minimum admission requirements. The School of Social Work reserves the right to require additional courses if necessary, depending on the candidate’s background preparation. For instance, in cases where the master’s degree was obtained in another discipline or outside of Canada, master’s-level social work courses may be added to the regular program with a requirement that they be completed during the first two sessions. The specific courses will depend on the student’s academic background and the maximum number will not normally exceed two. In all cases, admission to the doctoral program is conditional on finding a professor willing to supervise the thesis in the proposed research area.

• Compulsory courses (SVS7501, SVS7502 and SVS7590)
• 1 elective course (3cr.)
The elective course, which can be in English or French, must be approved by the thesis supervisor and the Graduate Studies Coordinator of the École de service social , and it can be selected from graduate courses at the 6000 level (minimum) offered by the École de service social or by another graduate program.

Duration of the Program

Residence

Minimum Standards

Thesis Advisory Committee

Academic Unit Coordinates