A middle-aged white woman with blonde hair wearing a jean jacket.

Jane Slessor

PhD Candidate MSW RSW
Pronouns: She/her

Positions

Sessional Instructor

Faculty of Social Work

Contact information

Projects

Decolonizing nonprofits: Pathways forward and the wisdom of not-so-docile frontline social workers who waver, persist and/or resist.

PhD dissertation research


Academic writing at the confluence of Indigenous and Western worldviews

Sustainable, culturally inclusive, peer-based writing development model for graduate students.

Workforce perceptions of social work professionalism: What role for social justice?

Awards

  • Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award - Sessional Instructor , University of Calgary Office of Institutional Commitments. 2025
  • Teaching Award: Sessional Instructors , University of Calgary. 2022
  • Faculty of Social Work Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award , University of Calgary. 2021