Dixon Sookraj
Associate Professor
Presentations
Sookraj, D., Aguiar, L. & McKinnon, A. Experience of racialization among Jamaican College students and seasonal workers in the Okanagan. Paper presented at the 9th Biennial Conference of Caribbean and International Social Work Educators (Georgetown, Guyana, July 20-24, 2009).
Sookraj, D., Hutchinson, M. Brewer, M., Evans, M., & Murphy, M. A. & the Okanagan Urban Aboriginal Health Research Collective (2008). Indigenous organizational response to the need for culturally appropriate services in Canadian cities. Paper presented at the 34th Biannual Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, Durban, South Africa (July 19-23, 2008).
Murphy, M. A, Stanbury, J., Sookraj, D. & Teixeira.. Research that matters: A multi-method seniors' housing study depicts the future of aging in Canada. Paper presented at the Gerontological Society of America 60th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco, CA (November 16-20, 2007).
Sookraj, D., & Hutchinson, P. (2007). Exploring options for collaboration between Caribbean and Canadian Social Work educators to advance international social work teaching, research and practice. Paper presented at the 8th Biennial Caribbean and North American Social Work Educators’ Conference, Trinidad (June 26-30, 2007).
Sookraj, D. (2007). Valuing and respecting differences are not enough: The need for a human-centric perspective to enhance practice with diverse populations. Paper presented at the North American Conference in Spirituality and Social Work, Chicago (June 21- 23, 2007).
Sookraj, D., & Murphy, M.A. (2006). Transforming conflicts in housing the homeless in a medium-sized Canadian city. Paper presented at the Social Science in Humanities Congress, Toronto, Ontario.
Evans, M., Sookraj, D., Berg. L. (2006). Research, policy and practice in praxis: Increasing system responsiveness to the health and social service needs of urban Aboriginals. Paper presented at the International Society for Applied Anthropology Conference in Vancouver, BC. Partners: the UBC Okanagan Urban Aboriginal Research Collaborative.
Sookraj, D., & Sutherland, C. (2005). Using a community-based approach to conduct homelessness censuses in Kelowna, BC: Issues, challenges and benefits. Paper presented at the National Homelessness Initiative; Homelessness: Stories, Research, Solutions Conference, York University, Ontario
Sookraj, D., & LaBoucan, M. (2004). Devolving child welfare services to Aboriginal Peoples in British Columbia: New directions in self-government. Paper presented at the Social Science in Humanities Congress, Winnipeg (June, 2004).
Murphy, M. A., Sookraj, D., & Munden, B. (2004). Art for social change: A collaboration between fine art and social work students to increase public awareness of social issues. Paper presented at the Social Science in Humanities Congress, Winnipeg (June, 2004).
Sookraj, D., Murphy, M. A., Winkler, H., & Flynn, B. (2003). Predicting the use of Social Work Professional judgment in legally driven child protection contexts: The role of child abuse risk assessment instruments. Paper accepted for the 13th international symposium of the Inter-University Consortium on International Social Development. (Mumbai, India). .
Murphy, M. A., Sookraj, D., and McCarthy, M. (May 2003). Rural roots—a novel food security program and self-sustaining agriculture project: Using the assistance of local ranchers to feed the poor. Paper presented at the International Conference on Human Services in Rural Communities. St. Thomas University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Murphy, M. A, Sookraj, D., & Early, R. (Spring, 2001). Models of university-community collaboration and the development of a research agenda: A case study of a School of Social Work. Presented at the Small Universities Research Conference for Presidents and Deans (Kelowna, BC).
Sookraj, D. (2000). Preliminary results from Kelowna survey on homelessness: Using the homeless clients as interviewers. Presented at the 2nd Annual Research and Practice Conference of the School of Social Work in Kelowna (Spring, 2000).
Publications
Sookraj, D., Hutchinson, P., Evans, M., Murphy, M. A. (2009). Aboriginal organizational response to the need for culturally appropriate services in three Canadian Cities. Journal of Social Work (Accepted)
Kurtz, D.L., Nyberg, J., Van Den Tillaart, S., Mills, B., & Okanagan Urban Aboriginal Health Research Collective. (2008). Silencing of voice: An act of structural violence. Urban Aboriginal women speak out about their experiences with health care. Journal of Aboriginal Health 4 (1), 53-63.
Evans, M., Hole, R., Berg, L., Hutchinson, P., Sookraj, D., & the Okanagan Urban Aboriginal Research Health Collective (2008). Common Insights, Differing Methodologies: Towards a Fusion of Indigenous Methodologies, Participatory Action Research, and White Studies in an Urban Aboriginal Research Agenda” Qualitative Inquiry, 15(5), 893-910.
Klein, S., Pulkingham, J., With S. Parusel, K. Plancke, J. Smith, D. Sookraj, T. Vu, B. Wallace & J. Worton. (2008). Living on welfare in British Columbia: Experiences of longer term “expected to work” recipients. Vancouver, BC: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Berg, L., Evans, M., Fuller, D. and the Okanagan Urban Aboriginal Health Research Collective (2007). “Ethics, Hegemonic Whiteness, and the Contested Imagination of ‘Aboriginal Community’ in Social Science Research in Canada” ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies at http:/www.acme-journal.org, 6(3): 395-410.
Murphy, M.A., Sookraj, D., Teixeira, C., & Stanbury, J. (2006). Peachland Seniors Housing and Market Analysis. Report prepared for the Mayor's Task Force on Seniors Housing, the Peachland Wellness Centre, and the Peachland Seniors' Housing Steering Committee.
Sookraj, D. (2005). Survey of community perception of crime and law enforcement issues in the Central Okanagan. Prepared for the Kelowna RCMP.
Murphy, M.A., Battison, J., & Sookraj, D. (Fall, 2002). How could personal faith influence our practice? Our clients have the right to their own beliefs and spiritual paths. Perspectives, Autumn, 2002, p. 24.
Sookraj, D., Gil, P., & Purtell, P. (2001). Workforce attachment: Employment outcomes for income assistance recipients following completion of provincially funded employment training programs (Summer 2001). This study was completed with HRDC funding
Sookraj, D., Cloutier, L., & Field, L. (2001). Innovative approaches to addressing homelessness and poverty. This project, which examined alternative prevention and intervention services for the homeless, was conducted with two BSW students, and was funded by HRDC.
Sookraj, D. (2001). Innovations in First Nations self-government of child welfare in Canada. Workshop presented at the BC First Nations Social Worker Conference (Kelowna, BC).
Professional Service
a) Reviewer
| 2007- Present | Journal, Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services (Consulting Editor) |
| 2002- Present | Journal, Canadian Social Work Review (External Reviewer) |
| 2009 | Canadian Foundation for Innovation (External Reviewer) |
| 2008 | Book:
Essential Law for Social Work Practice in
Canada (Reviewed for Oxford University Press). |
| 2005 | Journal, Critical Social Work (External reviewer) |
b) Institutional Service
| March 2009 - Present | School of Social Work, UBC Okanagan (Chair of BSW Committee) |
| March 2009 - Present | Aboriginal Health and Human Resources Initiative (AHHRI), UBCO. (Advisory Committee member, & Co-Chair since Dec. 2009) |
| 2006 - Present |
Aboriginal Health Research Collaborative Action Group, UBC Okanagan. (Member) |
| Feb 2007 - Feb 2009 | Behavioural Ethics Review Board, UBC. (Member) |
| Sep 2004 - Jun 2005 | Education Council (equivalent to Senate), Okanagan University College (Elected Member) |
| Oct 2002 - Jul 2004 | Faculty Association, Okanagan University College (Representative for Health-related programs) |
| Aug 1999 - Dec 2001 | Education Council (equivalent to Senate), Okanagan University College (Elected Member) |
| Jun 1997 - Mar 1998 | Department Chair |
c) External Committees
| June 2009 - Present | Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE). Chair of Standing Committee on International Affairs |
| June 2009 - Present | North American and Caribbean Association of Schools of Social Work (NACASSW). Member of Executive Committee |
| June 2009 – Present | International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW). Member of Board of Directors |
| June 2009 - Present | Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE). Vice-Chair of Standing Committee on International Affairs |
| June 1999 - June 2001 | Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work (Ottawa); Elected Member of Board of Directors & Chair of Nominating Committee |
Community Service
Feb, 2008 – Present
Kelowna
Drop-in & Information Centre, Kelowna . This organization provides services
to the homeless population. (Board Member)
Jun
2006 – Present
Freedom Water Company, Kelowna. This local nonprofit organization
was established to finance and support the development of clean water systems
in poorer countries (Board Member)
Jun,
2000-Feb, 2008
Kelowna Drop-in
& Information Centre, Kelowna (President)
Feb,
1995-1999
Central Okanagan Immigrant & Visible Minority
Women. An advocacy organization, Kelowna (Board Member)
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