Welcome

I am an Associate Professor at McMaster University School of Social Work. My program of research focuses on child welfare, particularly child welfare service users’ perspectives, and also anti-oppression, anti-racism, and related approaches to social work. More recently, I have begun researching the way physical places, objects and artwork that have cultural, religious, or political meaning for people, shape their identity, their ideas about who they are, their relationship with others, and the ways they understand fairness and social justice. Most of my research is participatory, community based, and grounded in the knowledge, stories and places of people’s everyday lives. I place emphasis on developing theory and knowledge for and in partnership with those whose everyday lives are impacted by the ideas, policies, and practices that the academy, governments, and social workers produce.

Dr. Gary Dumbrill
McMaster University
School of Social Work
Hamilton, Ontario
CANADA
dumbrill@mcmaster.ca
1 (905) 525-9140 ext 23791