Valerie Borum

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Associate Professor Director, School of Social Work Faculty of Community Services School of Social Work Toronto, Ontario valerie.borum@torontomu.ca Office: (416) 979-5000 ext. 544580

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Dr. Borum, Director, School of Social Work, came to Toronto Metropolitan University in January 2020. Her research and scholarship focus on the role of ethnoculture as a protective and promotive factor in health, mental health, and disability, with attention to Black/African Americans. She also s...

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Bio/Research

Dr. Borum, Director, School of Social Work, came to Toronto Metropolitan University in January 2020. Her research and scholarship focus on the role of ethnoculture as a protective and promotive factor in health, mental health, and disability, with attention to Black/African Americans. She also studies the intersection of disability, deafness, and ethnoculture, focusing on Black/African American and Afro-Latinx/Black Hispanic families with Deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Dr. Borum completed her postdoctoral studies (e.g., focus on suicide and ethnoculture) at the University of Rochester, School of Medicine, Rochester, NY. Dr. Borum received her Ph.D. in Social Work from Howard University, School of Social Work and her MSW from Gallaudet University.

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