Faculty

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Department Chair

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Tammy Pearson

PhD (UNBC), RSW, BA (Cape Breton) BSW (Victoria), MSW (British Columbia)

Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Chair, School of Social Work
Phone
250-960-5110
Email
tammy.pearson@unbc.ca
Office
10-2558
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Faculty

Bruce Bidgood

BA (Brock), MSW, PhD (Wilfrid Laurier)

Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Phone
250-615-3329
Email
bruce.bidgood@unbc.ca
Office
RCT Room 146
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Susan Burke

PhD, Health Sciences, MSW (UNBC), BA (TWU), RSW

Associate Professor
Phone
250-960-6620
Email
susan.burke@unbc.ca
Office
10-2562

Research and Expertise

Areas of Expertise
Indigenous social work practice, child welfare practice, kinship care, social work health and wellness, indigenous social work education
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BEd (University of Malawi), MSc (Western), MSW (McGill), PhD (McGill)

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
Phone
250-960-5341
Email
emmanuel.chilanga@unbc.ca
Office
Room 10-2572
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Lisa Kyle

PhD, MSW (UNBC), BA (SFU)

Assistant Professor
Phone
250-960-5111
Email
lisa.kyle@unbc.ca
Office
10-2574

Research and Expertise

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Indrani Margolin

PhD (OISE Toronto), MSW (Wilfred Laurier), BA Honours (Guelph), RSW

Professor
Email
indrani.margolin@unbc.ca
Office
10-2550

Research and Expertise

Areas of Expertise
Ancient secrets meditations, holistic therapeutic interventions, arts-based research, women's well-being, group process.
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Tammy Pearson

PhD (UNBC), RSW, BA (Cape Breton) BSW (Victoria), MSW (British Columbia)

Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Chair, School of Social Work
Phone
250-960-5110
Email
tammy.pearson@unbc.ca
Office
10-2558
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Christa Sato

MSW, RSW, BSW, BA

Lecturer
Phone
250-615-3322
Email
christa.sato@unbc.ca
Office
Room 134

Research and Expertise

Areas of Expertise
Intergenerational trauma, resistance, and healing, Filipino/a/x diasporic experiences in Canada, community mental health and wellness, mental health stigma, community-based research approaches and interventions, social work praxis with immigrant and racialized populations, qualitative and mixed-methods research, interdisciplinary intervention research, children and youth in-care and their families/caregivers, intimate partner violence (IPV).
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PhD, MA (University of Toronto); BA Honours, BSW, RSW (Laurentian University)

Associate Professor
Phone
250-960-6643
Email
si.transken@unbc.ca
Office
10-2556
Website
https://www.unbc.ca/si-transken
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Professors Emeriti and Emeritae

Dawn Hemingway

MSc, MSW (UNBC), RSW, BA (SFU)

Professor Emerita
Email
dawn.hemingway@unbc.ca
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Glen Schmidt

PhD Social Work (Memorial University of Newfoundland - 2002), MSW (University of British Columbia - 1990), BSW (University of Manitoba - 1979), Certificat de la langue française (Sorbonne - 1976), BA (University of Manitoba - 1974)

Professor Emeritus
Email
glen.schmidt@unbc.ca
Office
Room 10-2574
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Adjunct Faculty

BSW, MA, PhD (Victoria)

Adjunct Professor
Email
gerard.bellefeuille@unbc.ca
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Nancy Jokinen

RSW, BA, HBSW, SW (Lakehead), PhD (Calgary)

Adjunct Professor
Email
Nancy.Jokinen@unbc.ca

As an Adjunct Professor, Nancy continues to support graduate students and work in the field of aging and intellectual disabilities with a focus on dementia practices and quality of life.

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