Resilience Research Centre

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	Canadian Research Sites The Pathways to Resilience research is being conducted in the three Atlantic Canadian sites listed below. The choice of sites demonstrates both homogeneity (Atlantic Canadian sites that are all challenged by regional health-related issues, similarities in provincial funding, and access to care facilities that necessitate transfers to central Canada for specialized children's services) and variability by culture and organization of services and community supports. Halifax, Nova Scotia Fredericton, New Brunswick Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador International Research Sites Each of our partner countries provides an opportunity to understand culturally specific aspects of service use, risk, and resilience among youth who face considerable disadvantage. To date, our international partners include: Palmerston North, New Zealand Bethlehem, South Africa Medellin, Colombia Beijing, China	Latest News Information for June 6-7 Meeting in Halifax If you are attending the meetings of the Pathways to Resilience Research Project (ICURA) in Halifax, starting June 6th at 12:00 noon, you can find the agenda and other materials you'll need for the discussions by linking to them here. We're looking forward to seeing everyone in Halifax! Michael Ungar Research Update As we continue with the quantitative data collection in Canada, we are also expanding our work qualitatively. Thank you to all the youth for participating in our study and sharing their wonderful stories with us! A preliminary analysis of the first wave of quantitative data was completed in May, 2009. That report found some interesting findings: Youth who are most at risk are most likely to use multiple services. It is the quality rather than quantity of service provision that has an impact on youth outcomes. Youth with the most mental health needs may not be accessing mental health services. The ones who do receive mental health services may not be those with the highest levels of need. To read the full Research Update, please click here. New Partners We now have research partners in China, Colombia, New Zealand, and South Africa, in addition to Canada. Our New Zealand partners Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders at Massey University have linked with their exciting community partner Youthline to learn about Aotearoa-New Zealand youth's Pathways to Resilience. Check out the study here. Did you know that we now have four research programs running in more than a dozen countries worldwide? Visit our project pages to find out more. Looking for books from the presenters at our June 2010 conference? The event bookseller still has copies and can ship them to you. Please see their website for details: www.kingsbookstore.ca JUST RELEASED Counseling in Challenging Contexts: Working with Individuals and Families Across Clinical and Community Settings (Can you spot the kitten that makes a surprise appearance?) Researching Resilience Resilience in Action RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS The RRC is committed to assisting the professional development of students and graduates interested in youth resilience and researching youth. Onsite internships are designed to provide participants with challenging work experience under the guidance and supervision of researchers with extensive knowledge of youth resilience and mixed research methods. Internships normally result in publications (see the various projects and publications on our website for more details). While we are unable to fund internships, we are happy to provide mentoring to individuals who are able to secure their own funding to join the RRC team at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. If you are interested in applying, please submit a cover letter specifying your area of interest and anticipated goals, as well as the length of the internship you are seeking. A 3-5 page sample of your writing is also requested. Please contact us at: RESILIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY 6414 COBURG ROAD HALIFAX NS B3H 2A7 CANADA Applications can also be emailed to rrc@dal.ca Conference Announcement: Resilience - Why bother? Share, swap and debate resilience research and practice knowledge University of Brighton, England, 6-7 April 2011 This exciting conference promises to be a creative mix of different individuals and groups, coming together to examine what resilience research is telling us AND consider ways of working in light of these findings. Just how does resilience help us to foster healthy responses in times of trouble? The programme will include keynotes from leading international academics, parents, young people and practitioners. Expect workshops, panel debate, posters and networking. To see the Call for contributions and further details, click here.