Siu-ming Kwok, PhD, MSW

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Hong Kong Polytechnic University - BSW
University of British Columbia - MSW
University of Calgary - PhD (Social Work)
 

 

Contact Information
 

Office: FB 306
Extension: 4574
Email: skwok33@uwo.ca

 

Research Interests

Criminal Juvenile Justice; Substance Abuse; Social Policy; Cross-cultural Research; New Immigrants; Ethnic Minorities.

Views on Social Work:

 
Social work is way of life. It is a lifestyle to respect human dignity and support democracy. As a social work educator, my teaching philosophy is to help students to become a full-fledged social worker. A full-fledged social worker should be a researcher; our job is to investigate a problem and provide practical solutions and knowledge to improve the welfare of mankind. A full-fledged social worker should be a practitioner; our duty is to use our practice expertise to serve our community rather than hiding behind the ivory tower. A full-fledged social worker should be an educator; our obligation is to train and hand down our knowledge to students and let them to continue our social work ideal to make the world a better place for us and our future generations to live.

Recent Publications & Research Activity:


Selected Research over the past 2 years:
Co-investigator. Project entitled “Health Initiatives to Prevent and Intervene Violence Against Women in China.” This research project was funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in 2007.

Principal investigator. Project titled “Chinese youth in the criminal justice system in Canada.” This research project was funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) in 2006. 

Co-Principal Investigator. Project titled “Experiences on Studying Research Methods and Statistics in Social Work.” A longitudinal study between 2006 and 2009.

  List of Publications over the past 2 years:

Kwok, S.M. (2009). Asian Youth in the Criminal Justice System in Canada. Germany: VDM Verlag. pp.141. ISBN 978-3639146455

 Wallis, M. & Kwok, S.M. (Eds.). (2008). Daily struggles: The deepening racialization and feminization of poverty in Canada.pp.352. ISBN 978-1551303390 Toronto, Canada. Canada Scholars’ Press.
 
 Kwok, S.M. (Accepted), How Asian youth cope with the Criminal Justice System in Canada: A Grounded Theory Approach. Asian Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development.
 
Tam, D.M.Y., Kwok, S.M., Wu, W., Law, A.K.C., & Chan, Y.C. (2009). Support Systems of Abused Women under the Changing Economy in China.  Interdisciplinary Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 3(10), 179-191.
 
Kwok, S.M. (2008), Experiences of Asian Youth in the Criminal Justice System of Canada, Journal of Gang Research, 15(3), 1-17.
 
Kwok, S.M. & Tam, D.M.Y. (2007). Chinese youth in the criminal justice system of Canada. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 2(2), 305-313.
 
Tam, D.M.Y., & Kwok, S.M. (2007). Controversy debate on gatekeeping in social work education. The International Journal of Learning, 14(2), 195-203.
 
Tam, D.M.Y., & Kwok, S.M. (2007). The premise of an educational continuum in social work Education. The International Journal of Learning, 14(2), 47-52.
 
Tam, D.M.Y., & Kwok, S.M. (2007). Challenges in undergraduate social work field supervision. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 2(1), 345-354.
 
Kwok, S.M. (2006), Pendulum in child welfare, The Indian Journal of Social Work, 67(4), 370-380.
 
Kwok, S.M. & Tam, D.M.Y. (2006), Methodological Challenges in Studying Asian Gangs in Canada, Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work & Development, 16(2), 43-52.