Emmanuelle Khoury, PhD

Associate Professor at Université de Montréal

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My experience and expertise is mainly in the field of mental health, more recently with an emphasis on youth mental health practices and contemplative work. Mental health is a very broad field that includes knowledge and interests around: mental health intervention in institutional and community settings; processes of marginalization, stigmatization and discrimination; and issues linked to the reproduction of power relations.

I have clinical experience working with children, young adults and adults, and their families living with mental health problems and psychosocial distress in hospital settings and in the community. Most notably I have completed clinical training at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute where I also worked for the majority of my social work career.

I teach mental health policy + practice and social work ethics from a strengths-based and feminist care perspective. Since 2020, I have been developing and integrating contemplative practices (ie. exercises that attend to critical introspection, identity construction, present moment attentiveness through mindfulness, art, poetry, and movement) into my pedagogy and research.

I am a membre of the Ordre des travailleurs sociaux et thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec (OTSTCFQ) and the Canadian Association of Social Work Education (CASWE). I am a regular researcher at the Équipe de recherche et d'action en santé mentale et culture, the CREMIS Research Centre and the Chaire-réseau de recherche sur la jeunesse team. Broadly, my research focuses on understanding how social work practice can continuously question itself to lead the way in social change.

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Experience

  • Université de Montréal

    Université de Montréal

    17 years 3 months

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      Associate Professor

      Université de Montréal

      - Present 2 months

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      Assistant Professor

      Université de Montréal

      - 4 years

      Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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      Sessional Lecturer

      Université de Montréal

      - 6 years 5 months

      Sessional Lecturer/Chargée de cours:

      Conflits, lien social et santé mentale
      Pratiques en santé mentale
      Santé mentale: aspects socio-politiques
      Intervention et pratiques collaboratives
      Séminaire de stage
      Superviseure de stage

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      Research Coordinator and Research Assistant

      Université de Montréal

      - 9 years 10 months

      École de service social, Université de Montréal

      Coordinate 2 qualitative research projects in the mental health field
      1) investigating practices and approaches in psychiatric day hospitals (CRDI, CSRH)
      2) investigating barriers to integration and inclusion of people with mental health problems, a participatory research project (FRQSC)
      Conduct surveys and questionnaires for 1 research project
      3) investigating practices and relationships amongst community mental health organizations and other organizations (ÉRASME)

      Research…

      Coordinate 2 qualitative research projects in the mental health field
      1) investigating practices and approaches in psychiatric day hospitals (CRDI, CSRH)
      2) investigating barriers to integration and inclusion of people with mental health problems, a participatory research project (FRQSC)
      Conduct surveys and questionnaires for 1 research project
      3) investigating practices and relationships amongst community mental health organizations and other organizations (ÉRASME)

      Research Assistant for the CRI-VIFF centre
      1) Working on cross-national research project on violence in the lives of young girls (Status of Women Canada)

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    Social worker - private practice

    Montreal Therapy Centre

    - 1 year

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

    Chaire-réseau de recherche sur la jeunesse du Québec

    - 8 months

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Contributing to the Montreal Aire Ouverte integrated youth service network.

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    Sessional Lecturer

    McGill University

    - 8 months

    Montreal, Canada Area

    Teaching graduate social work (MSW) course:

    Introduction to Practice
    Critical Thought and Ethics

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    Assistant Professor

    Université de Sherbrooke

    - 10 months

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    Professional Social Worker

    CIUSSS de l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal

    - 11 months

    Montreal, Canada Area

    Professional social worker in a specialized team of client workers in mental health residential resources.

    Coordinator of a working committee for mental health Training and Development programs

  • Service Transformation Coordinator (ACCESS Open Minds/Esprits Ouverts Research Project)

    ACCESS Open Minds - ACCESS Esprits Ouverts

    - 1 year 3 months

    Douglas Mental Health University Institute Research Centre

    Liaising with service providers, youth, families/carers, researchers and key decision makers in 12 research sites across Canada
    Developing timelines and action plans for mental health service transformation
    Supporting the 12 research sites (partners) during the prepartion, implementation and evaluation phases of the research project

  • Douglas Mental Health University Institute

    Douglas Mental Health University Institute

    3 years 4 months

    • Professional Social Worker - Liaison Agent

      Douglas Mental Health University Institute

      - 8 years 8 months

      Montreal, Canada Area

      Liaison agent - maintain and develop partnerships and communication with community organisations, primary health care providers and internal specialized teams
      Developing clinical tools
      Responsible for all psychosocial assessments
      Responsible for triage of new evaluation and treatment requests

    • Interim Clinical-Administrative chief

      Douglas Mental Health University Institute

      - 1 year

      Assumer la gestion des ressources humaines, financières, matérielles et informationnelles pour 4 équipes cliniques.

  • Consultant for the primary care mental health team

    CSSS Dorval Lachine Lasalle

    - 4 months

    Research agent / consultant for the community mental health clinic
    Assisting clinic with the development of their service offer and best practices

Education

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    Université de Montréal

    PhD Social Work Mention of excellence

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    Activities and Societies: International Community-University Research Alliance - Mental Health and Citizenship; Society for Social Work Research; Canadian Association for Social Work Education; ERASME - Equipe de recherche et d'action en santé mentale et culture

    Dissertation title: Recovery oriented care in Assertive Community Treatment: How is it done and what does it mean to professionals and service users? (FRQSC doctoral award recipient)

    A critical constructivist exploration of relationships and practices in an intensive community based mental health team. Using qualitative, ethnographic methods this study seeks to understand how recovery-oriented practice is accomplished as well as explore the meaning of recovery for participants. Results…

    Dissertation title: Recovery oriented care in Assertive Community Treatment: How is it done and what does it mean to professionals and service users? (FRQSC doctoral award recipient)

    A critical constructivist exploration of relationships and practices in an intensive community based mental health team. Using qualitative, ethnographic methods this study seeks to understand how recovery-oriented practice is accomplished as well as explore the meaning of recovery for participants. Results offer implications for understanding participants' relationship with madness as well as the role that relationship-based practice can play in accomplishing a recovery orientation in mental health care and service.

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    Université de Montréal

    MSc Social Work Thesis accepted with mention of excellence and invitation to publish

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    Activities and Societies: International Community-University Research Alliance - Mental Health and Citizenship

    Thesis: Assessing the recovery orientation in community based primary care mental health teams in Québec: perspectives from social workers and managers

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    Université Laval

    Graduate Certificate Management and Organizational Development

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    McGill University

    BSW Social Work

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    Graduated with Great Distinction

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    McGill University

    Bachelor of Commerce Organizational Psychology and Strategy

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    Activities and Societies: McGIll Undergraduate Society, Class President

Volunteer Experience

  • Membre du conseil d'administration - member of the Board of Directors

    L'autre maison - centre de crise

    - 5 years 1 month

  • Administrator

    Governing Board - Edinburgh Elementary School

    - 2 years 1 month

    Education

  • Member

    Refugee Action Committee Steering Committee - Saint Ignatius Parish

    - 2 years 2 months

    Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

  • Membre

    Conseil des familles - Ville de Montréal Ouest

    - 1 year 1 month

    Civil Rights and Social Action

Publications

Honors & Awards

  • Publication Grant

    Université de Montréal

  • Publication grant

    Université de Montréal

  • Doctoral Scholarship Award ($26 000)

    Fonds de recherche du Québec, société et culture

    Bourse doctorale FRQSC

  • Dissemination of results Grant

    Université de Montréal, École de service social

  • Mobility grant

    Department of international relations, University of Montreal

    Recipient of mobility grant to present preliminary research findings at international conference on mental health recovery in Campinas, Brazil

  • Data collection grant

    Université de Montréal, École de service social

  • Mobility Grant

    Department of International Relations, Université de Montréal

    Recipient of mobility grant to present original research (Master's research project) at an international social work research conference in San Diego, California

  • Study Grant

    Community - University Research Alliance - Mental Health and Citizenship

  • Excellence Award

    Université de Montréal

  • Study Grant

    Community - University Research Alliance (Mental Health and Citizenship)

  • Golden Key Society

    McGill University

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • Ordre Professionnel des Travailleurs Sociaux du Québec

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    - Present

  • Canadian association for social work education

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  • Society for Social Work and Research

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