Graduate Research Course in Partnership with MCFD
GS505: Research & Evaluation in Children, Youth, and Family Services Policies
GS505 is an interdisciplinary course that is open to all graduate students at UVic including in the SCYC. The course provides supervised opportunities for graduate students to work on applied research projects identified by and in collaboration with sponsors in the provincial Ministry of Children & Family Development (MCFD). All projects are completed within one semester and focus on text-based research methods to generate accessible knowledge products that will be used by MCFD and may be used by students as part of their own graduate research project/thesis.
Current course instructor: Dr Alison Gerlach, Associate Professor, School of Child & Youth Care alisongerlach@uvi.ca
GS505 projects in 2024:
Innovation, Communication and Collaboration: Understanding Family Group Decision Making Models in Canada and Beyond by Jasmine Ramsay, Political Science Masters student
Beyond the Office: The Role of Clinical Outreach Services in Counselling with Indigenous Children, Youth, and Families by Heba Elgharbawy, Clinical Psychology Doctoral student
Exploring Harm Reduction Strategies for Foster Parents Caring for Youth Who Use Substances by Luiza Cesar Riani Costa, Social Dimensions of Health Doctoral student
Thriving & Affirmed: Supporting Positive 2SLGBTQI+ Care Experiences in British Columbia by Annilea Purser, Political Science Masters student
GS505 projects in 2023:
Fostering engagement by working relationally: Supporting parents and caregivers following a substantiated child protection concern – by Amber Lowdermilk
Healing through tradition: The role of Indigenous Elder support in child and youth mental health services in Canada – by Maddy Doucette
How literature on family preservation can inform the child protection and early years’ service lines – Seagun Laboucane
