Magnus Mfoafo-M'Carthy

I am an Associate Professor at the Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada. I teach an array of courses mostly at the micro and macro levels. I have a master’s and PhD degrees in Social Work from Columbia University, New York and the University of Toronto respectively. I was the 2009 recipient of the Hilary M. Weston scholarship for scholastic achievement and commitment to mental health. A former Associate Director of Laurier’s Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa (TISCA) and a former Carnegie Diasporan Fellow at the University of Ghana, I have extensive policy, teaching, and research experience and have worked with adolescent and adult mental health organizations in New York City, British Columbia, and Ontario, including the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto. I have taught at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto and the University of Windsor. My research focuses on the social etiology of mental illness, community-based / global mental health practice, disability, inclusive education, international social work, and Afrocentric social work practice. I have received numerous Canadian research grants including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) exploring stigma, mental health, and disability. I travel regularly to Ghana and other African countries where I am involved in mental health and disability research. Prior to joining Wilfrid Laurier University, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health’s Social Aetiology of Mental Illness (SAMI) program at the University of Toronto (2010-2011).