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Course Lecturer: SWRK 224 - Human Development Across the Lifespan, Online Cree BSW Program

Sherbrooke 550 Part time

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Name of Hiring Unit: Indigenous Access McGill (IAM), School of Social Work

Course/Term: SWRK 224 - Human Development Across the Lifespan, Online Cree BSW Program

Schedule: July 6-10 : MF 9-10, TWR 9-12 & 13-16 July 13-17: MF 9-10, TWR 9-10, TWR 13-16

Start Date of Course: 2026-07-06, End Date of Course: 2026-07-17

Credits, Course Hours, Value of Contract: 3, 29, $11,479

TQRs:

  • MSW degree or equivalent
  • At least 3 years of experience working with children and families in a social work context,
  • At least 2 human development courses taken at the undergraduate level
  • Experience conducting psycho-social assessments of children, adolescents and adults
  • Knowledge of major developmental theories

Demonstrated clinical or practical application of, and/or teaching experience in, the following areas:

  • Development from birth to the fourth age
  • Frameworks in life course and life cycle and associated developmental tasks
  • The full span of life from pregnancy/birth to death;
  • Normative human development;
  • Theories of human development derived from some of the key scholars (i.e. Freud, Piaget, Bowlby, Erickson, Bandura, Kohlberg, Bronfenbrenner)
  • An understanding of the various areas of development and their influence on one another: physical, affective, social, moral, and cognitive;
  • The ways in which gender, socio-economic status, ethnicity, culture, belonging to First Nations, Inuit and Métis , etc. may shape one’s development;
  • Identify developmental risk factors and developmental protective factors and apply the theoretical models to real life situations.

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2026-04-29

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