Susan Strega

 Susan Strega is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Victoria. Susan’s areas of teaching specialization and interest include: anti-oppressive/anti-racist practice, research methodologies, discourse analysis, feminist methods, post-structural approaches and violence against women.

Her research interests include the research process itself, for example how it is, and ought to be conducted, and the ethics of research with marginal communities. Her MSW thesis focused on social work ethics and regulatory processes, and she hopes to soon begin a project about ethical practice in child protection. Her PhD work and much of my other research has focused on child welfare and violence against women.

Susan has published several journal articles and book chapters in the areas of social policy, child welfare and sex work. Her articles have appeared in British Journal of Social Work, Violence against Women and Child and Family Social Work. She is co-editor, with Leslie Brown, of Research as Resistance: Critical, Indigenous and Anti-oppressive Approaches.

Susan is a member of the Educational Policy Committee, Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work and is Chair, Research Subcommittee, CNCEW (Canadian National Coalition of Experiential Women).
 

Books by Susan Strega

Walking This Path Together

Walking This Path Together

Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Child Welfare Practice

Edited by Jeannine Carrière, Susan Strega

This book offers students and experienced practitioners alike the opportunity to explore a range of visions, strategies and concrete skills for anti-racist and anti-oppressive child welfare practice. Significant topics and emerging practice approaches are addressed by contributors who share a passionate commitment to the transformation of child welfare through socially just practices. The book challenges the current Anglo-American child welfare paradigm by centring Indigenous perspectives and voices… (more information)