Alicia Boatswain-Kyte

Dr. Alicia Boatswain-Kyte is a social worker with over ten years of clinical experience working with marginalized individuals, families and groups. The majority of this experience has been in the area of child protection. Her research interests center around the systemic oppression of racialized individuals and how this contributes to their unequal representation within systems of social control. Alicia advocates for transformative social change within our institutions and social policies to ensure that all individuals and groups are able to participate as full and equal peers within society. Her work seeks to identify innovative solutions to facilitating service accessibility to marginalized populations. She is involved with several community organizations aiming to improve the health and social outcomes for Black children and families in Montreal.
Alicia’s teaching gives consideration to both historical and contemporary social work practice and how it relates to our interventions with marginalized individuals and families. Her pedagogy draws on the importance of social and relational processes pursuant to social justice, while seeking to develop the critical reflexivity of students within the context of their professional social work practice.