Dr. Susan Hillock
Associate Professor
Educational Background
- PhD (Social Work Education) Memorial University
- MEd (Adult Education) University of New Brunswick
- BSW Saint Thomas University
- BA (English and history) Mount Allison University
General Background
Susan has worked in clinical practice for over 15 years. She has primarily worked with adult and children assault survivors, families coping with chronic emotional, health, and palliative care issues, people experiencing loss and grief, adolescents involved in the corrections' system, and caregivers. Her clinical experience has included work in probation, victim/witness programs, child protection, physical/emotional rehabilitation, hospital social work, and palliative care. She has also provided professional training, supervision, and consultation for over 15 years in the fields of adult education, team assessment/ building, and community mental health. At BSW and MSW levels and in field instruction and social activism, her education and practice methods stem from feminist, critical theory, structural, and anti-oppressive frameworks.
Teaching and Research Interests
- Exploring equality and social justice
- Promoting social change
- Studying how privilege and experiences of oppression play out in the classroom and in the field
Scholarly Production and Conference Presentations
Scholarly Production
Hillock, S. (2011). Conceptualizations and experiences of oppression: Gender differences. Afflia (In press).
Hillock, S. (2010). Conceptualizing oppression: Resistance narratives for social work. Doctoral thesis. School of Social Work. St. John’s: Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Hillock , S. & Profitt, N.J. (2007). Developing a Practice and Andragogy of Resistance: Structural Praxis Inside and Outside of the Classroom. Canadian Social Work Review. V. 24 (1). Ottawa: CASSW.
Hillock, S. (2005). Minority Sensitive Practice, In F. Turner (ed.) Canadian Encyclopedia of Social Work. Wilfred Laurier Press. 241-243.
Hillock, S. (2005). Radical Social Work, In F. Turner (ed.) Canadian Encyclopedia of Social Work. Wilfred Laurier Press, 316-317.
Academic Excellence
May 2010- Awarded as a MUN “Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies” for doctoral research work and academic excellence in the MUN doctoral social work program.
Conference Presentations
A Ton of Feathers in a Chilly Climate: Doctoral Reflections. Panel Presentation on Gender Equity at UBC-O: Social Justice and Leadership. UBC-O Faculty Association, Oct. 20, 2010.
The Exploration of Bi-Regionality. March 8, 2008. International Women’s Day, Nelson, B.C.
The Challenge of Creating Anti-oppressive Classrooms at Ryerson University School of Social Work’s Structural Social Work Conference, Sept. 29 & 30, 2006, Toronto, Ontario.
Dismantling the Boundaries Between Teachers and Learners at the UBC-O 2nd Annual Learning Conference, Kelowna, May, 4&5, 2006.
How to Write for Social Work, UBC-Okanagan, March 10/06.
Powering Over: Local Behaviors and Global Oppression as keynote speaker at the Penticton & Area Women’s Center’s Annual Conference, April 26, 2006.
Setting the Stage to Maximize Learner- Centered Outcomes for the 2005 UBC-O Learning Conference, From the Inside Out, Kelowna, B.C.
Suicide Intervention workshops to train UBC-O Peer Support Network ( 05, 06, 07).
Suicide Intervention colloquia for all UBC-O social work students on Nov. 4/ 05 & Nov./06.
Creating Classrooms as Sites of Resistance at World Education Conference, UVic, Victoria, B.C. (Nov. 20-23/03).
Power in the Social Work Classroom. OUC BSW Student Orientation. Kelowna, B.C. (Sept./03).
Social Work In the Emergency: Making The Case. OUC BSW Annual Research Conference. (March 28/03).
Critical Thinking. Presentation to OUC BSW Advanced Field Instructors. Kelowna, B.C. (March 03).
Resistance to Oppression. OUC BSW Third Annual Research Conference. (February 15/02).
Stress Management, Relaxation, Conflict Resolution, Diffusing Aggression, Learning Contracts, Professional Behavior. OUC Field Integration Seminars. (2001- 3).
Maximizing Adult Learning. Heart and Stroke Foundation Annual Conference. Saint John, N.B. (Sept. 12/99).
Community Initiatives
Director and Board member of the Central Okanagan Hospice Association (2011-2013)
Board member of the Kelowna Women’s Resource Center (2008- 2010)
Last reviewed 
9/13/2011 8:20:28 AM
Susan Hillock
Associate Professor
ART301
(250) 807-8701
susan.hillock@ubc.ca
