Event

Janice Popp Presentation

Janice Popp, MSW, RSW is an Adjust Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. She is currently managing the ongoing development of an inter-organizational network designed to provide supports and services to children and youth, primarily within the school setting. Janice will be sharing highlights and learnings from the Networks Leadership Symposium held in Edmonton, Alberta in September 2015 with leading experts in networks, policy, health and the third sector.

Janice Popp, MSW, RSW is an Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. Janice has a keen interest in the use of inter-organizational networks to create mechanisms and mobilize knowledge to improve service systems. From 2001 to 2009 she was Director of the Southern Alberta Child & Youth Health Network, a highly successful inter-regional, cross-sector network established to optimize the health and well-being of children, youth and families. She is the past Chair of Child and Youth Health Networks of Canada, a network of networks that came together to promote the awareness, understanding and evaluation of child and youth health networks and evolved into a network with an expanded focus on all networks in the public interest. She is also currently managing the ongoing development of an inter-organizational network designed to provide supports and services to children and youth, primarily within the school setting. Janice has been a lead organizer of a series of Network Leadership Summits held in Canada over the past six years bringing together international network researchers and practitioners. Janice also has extensive clinical, management, and policy experience in the area of childrens mental health. She holds a Masters of Social Work Degree from the University of Calgary and is an approved clinical supervisor under the Alberta College of Social Workers.