Dr. Jane Middelton Moz

Biography

Jane Middelton-Moz joined the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work in 2016. She is the Director of the Middelton-Moz Institute and has forty years of experience in consultation, training, and community intervention. Her work is recognized in areas concerning adult children of alcoholics, multi-generational grief, and trauma affecting individuals, families, and communities. She focuses on trauma-informed care within organizations, ethnic cultural awareness, domestic violence, sexual abuse, anger, bullying in schools and workplaces, and lateral violence, aiming to empower employees and create positive workplace environments. Jane is actively developing the MSW Indigenous Trauma Resiliency Field Study and teaches courses on trauma, including its intergenerational effects. In collaboration with a SSHRC funded research project, she has worked on a project focusing on Japanese Canadians, emphasizing intergenerational trauma and cultural identity renewal through activism and community building. Jane has served on the Board of NACOA and the Advisory Board of NANACOA, and was awarded the distinction title of 'Honorary Witness' by the Truth and Reconciliation Committee of Canada. Her work has been prominently featured in various media outlets including U.S. News & World Report, The New York Post, and The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and she has contributed to films by the National Film Board of Canada.

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