Mindfulness and Social Work
Steven Hick (PhD, University of Toronto; MA, Carleton University) is associate professor at the School of Social Work, Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada. He is a writer, teacher, human rights advocate, and researcher. He teaches in the area of mindfulness, human rights practice, social worker formation, and community development. He offers MBSR courses and social worker training in interpersonal mindfulness. He is co-founder of War Child Canada, an organization that educates Canadian youths about war and helps children in war zones. He is widely published in peer-reviewed journals and is the author of Mindfulness and the Therapeutic Relationship (2008), Social Work in Canada (2nd ed., 2005), Social Work: A Critical Turn (2005), Social Welfare in Canada: Understanding Income Security (2nd ed., 2007), Advocacy, Activism, and the Internet (2002), Children s Rights and the Internet (2001), and Human Rights and the Internet (2000).