[homeles_ot-l] FYI: Talk by Tom Wolff

Tue May 18 14:19:57 EDT 2010

Tom Wolff, a community psychologist who is well known for his work and publications on coalition building and community development, will be speaking on Friday, May 21, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. at Desmarais, Room 4101, to open a national conference on community psychology at the University of Ottawa. The talk is open to non-registrants of the conference.  

The title of his talk is:

« The Power of Collaborative Solutions: Community psychology building healthy communities » 

Please find below a brief biography of Dr. Tom Wolff.

Tim Aubry

Professeur / Professor

École de psychologie / School of Psychology 

Chercheur / Senior Researcher

Centre de recherche sur les services éducatifs et communautaires /

Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services (CRSEC / CRECS)

Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 

34 Stewart

Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5

Tél. / Tel: (613) 562-5800 X 4815

Télec. / Fax: 562-5188

CRSEC / CRECS: http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/crecs/ <http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/crecs/> 

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Biography of Tom Wolff, Ph.D.

 Tom Wolff, Ph.D. is a nationally recognized consultant on coalition building and community development, with over 30 years’ experience training and consulting with individuals, organizations and communities across North America. His clients include federal, state and local government agencies, foundations, hospitals, non-profit organizations, professional associations, and grassroots groups.

Tom Wolff’s writings on coalition building include the popular book From the Ground Up: A Workbook on Coalition Building and Community Development (1997 with Gillian Kaye), and The Spirit of the Coalition (2000 with Bill Berkowitz), published by the American Public Health Association. He co-authored Outreach Works: Strategies for Expanding Health Access in Communities in 2001.

From 1985 to 2002, Tom Wolff founded and directed Community Partners, a technical assistance and training program in coalition building and community development affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Tom Wolff is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, which granted him its 1985 National Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Practice in Community Psychology and its 1993 Henry V. McNeil Award for Innovation in Community Mental Health. In 2000, he received the For the People Against the Tide Award from Health Care for All for his “outstanding efforts to energize and educate local communities in areas of health care justice.” He has held academic appointments at the University of Massachusetts School of Public Health, the University of Massachusetts Medical School Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and Wellesley College’s Stone Center. He received his undergraduate degree from Clark University and his doctorate from the University of Rochester.

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