Invited Lecture by Amal Elsana Alhjooj - Reclaiming Indigenous knowledge: Social Work Theory, Research & Practice

Dr. Amal Elsana Alhjooj, an indigenous Bedouin woman from Israel, is currently the Executive Director of ICAN-McGill. She has spent over twenty years working with indigenous and minority communities to organise against and challenge exclusionary policies, and to implement sustainable solutions for social change. This rich practical experience fed into her Ph.D. research where she explored the tensions that indigenous social change organisations face when combining service and advocacy, for which she received the Directors Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Research. Dr. Elsana is the recipient of many additional awards including the Genius 100 Visionaries of the Future (2017), the New Israel Fund’s Human Rights Award (2013) and was previously nominated for the Nobel Peace prize (2006).
 

Dr. Elsana’s presentation will outline the core features of her research program and her burgeoning indigenous research philosophy. Through her research, Dr. Elsana strives to unpack indigenous social work knowledge, research, and the way in which indigenous social work is taught and practiced.
 

Date:
Tue, Mar 12, 2019 @ 9-10 am

Location:
School of Social Work
McGill University
3506 University St
Wilson Hall
Wendy Patrick Room (#118)

RSVP: to Yong Hong Feng @ yong.feng [at] mcgill.ca