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Transforming Schools of Social Work into Spaces of Social Action: A Critical Exploration of Project Interaction, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Two-Spirit Initiative of McGill University's School of Social Work

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 2003

Abstract

This article examines the question of how universities can be encouraged to address the mental health concerns of GLBT-SQ people and communities from a perspective of solidarity. In so doing, the authors take a case study approach, using Project Interaction: The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Two-Spirit Initiative of McGill University's School of Social Work, to critically reflect upon the challenges arising from the development of an alternative organization within academia. The purpose of this reflection is to highlight how normal operations at work on university campuses, and within health and allied health curriculum, can be disrupted with the goal of providing momentum for the creation of affirmative space, the advancement of educational initiatives, and the building of opportunities for social change.

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Cet article examine une problématique importante, soit, comment encourager les universités à aborder, dans une perspective de solidarité, les questions d'ordre de santé mentale qui préoccupent les personnes gaies, lesbiennes, bisexuelles et bispirituelles ainsi que leurs communautés. Pour y parvenir, les auteurs et auteures empruntent une approche d'étude de cas, utilisant l'exemple du Projet/Project Interaction—l'initiative gaie, lesbienne, bisexuelle et bispirituelle de l'École de service social de l'Université McGill—pour jeter un regard critique sur les défis qui se presentent lors du développement d'une organisation alternative au sein du milieu de l'enseignement. L'intention de cet étude est de souligner comment les opérations normales qui s'effectuent sur les campus universitaires, et au sein du curriculum de santé et des sciences paramédicaux, peuvent etre bouleversées dans le but de faciliter la création d'un milieu promouvant l'affirmation, d'initiatives éducatives et d'occasions favorisant le changement social.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 22Number 2September 2003
Pages: 69 - 84

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Version of record online: 12 May 2009

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Michael Chervin
Shari Brotman
Bill Ryan
Heather Mullin

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