Beverley J. Antle Memorial
This section will be in honour of the memory of Beverley J. Antle, a significant life who dedicated her work to improving the lives of children and those she worked with.
“Beverley Antle, 47: A force for good with a zeal for life” - This article can be accessed from http://www.thestar.com/News/article/174388.
Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) Messages of Condolence - http://www.oasw.org/en/communitysite/news/messages.asp.
University of Toronto Memorial - http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/061212-2840.asp.
The Beverley Antle OASW Scholarship
OASW has established a scholarship through the University of Toronto Faculty of Social Work. in the memory of Beverley Antle. Beverley received her PhD at U of T. As well, she was an Adjunct Associate Professor at the faculty, where she taught courses on health, illness and disability, and integration of research and practice.
Donations can be made by credit card or cheque. Cheques should be made out to “The Beverley Antle OASW Scholarship” and sent to: Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1
Criteria for this endowment fund will be established shortly in conjunction with Beverley’s family.
Recipient of the 2008 CASW Award for Outstanding Service
The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) is honoured to remember and acknowledge the late Dr. Beverley Antle through the presentation of the 2008 CASW Award for Outstanding Service. The award will be presented to Phil Ferguson, Dr. Antle’s husband, tomorrow in Toronto by CASW president Veronica Marsman during the National Social Work Conference.
The CASW Award for Outstanding Service recognizes the contributions of a social worker to social justice and to the social work profession locally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Antle’s commitment to outstanding service is exemplified by her success and achievement within the professional and academic communities both in Ontario and across the country.
Dr. Beverley Antle has been called the “face of social work” by the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW). After moving to Toronto in 1992, she made significant contributions to the social work profession provincially. Until her untimely death, Beverley had dedicated over nine years of service to OASW and served as the Association’s president from 2002 to 2006.
Within her career, Beverley was a leader in research and education. As an academic and clinical specialist in the Department of Social Work and director of the Phenylketonuria Program in the Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics at the Hospital for Sick Children, she was the first social scientist to hold a leadership position in metabolic genetics in Canada. As well, Beverley was an adjunct associate professor at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, where she taught courses on health, illness and disability, and integration of research and practice.
Nationally, most significant was Dr. Antle’s leadership role and innovation in the revision of the CASW Code of Ethics and the development of Guidelines for Ethical Practice. As a result of Bev’s knowledge and expertise, for the first time in Canada, social work ethics included a practical companion document that applied the values and principles in the Code to common areas of practice. Following the publication of the Code and Guidelines in 2005, Bev travelled across the country for presentations and workshops on ethics and the practical application of the guidelines.
The Award for Outstanding Service acknowledges and remembers Beverley’s spirit, her passion, and her commitment to human rights and social justice that underpinned all of her work. Social workers across the country will continue to benefit from her legacy.
Dr. Beverley Antle Legacy of Hope Award in Social Work
It is with very great pleasure that I announce the recipients of the Dr. Beverley J. Antle Legacy of Hope Award for 2009. This annual award recognizes the contributions of an outstanding social worker. Among the talented and accomplished nominees this year, we had two exceptional candidates, and the selection committee made a decision to recognize each of them for their extraordinary accomplishments. The winners each bring a very high level of expertise that reflects the knowledge and skill to which we aspire. This year’s winners are Gail Picone, social worker on the Nephrology Program and Richard Sugarman, social worker on the Neuropsychiatry Program and Chair of the Research Ethics Board. Please join me in congratulating Gail and Richard for this recognition by their peers and colleagues. I would also like to say a very special thank you to all of the nominators who who recommmended a social work colleague for the award - we sincerely appreciate your support and generosity. Please join us for a special celebration event to honour this year’s recipients to be held in the Garden Terrace on Thursday, June 18 from 3 – 4:30 pm.
Ted McNeill Ph.D., R.S.W.
Director of Social Work and Child Life
The Hospital for Sick Children
Associate Professor
Faculty of Social Work
University of Toronto
2008 recipient of the Dr. Beverly Antle Legacy of Hope Award in Social Work
Dr. David Nicholas
David exemplifies so many of the qualities and characteristics that this award is meant to recognize - commitment to social work values and practice, interprofessional collaboration, life long learning and the pursuit of knowledge. It is a tribute to David’s compassion and generocity of spirit that he has been selected as this year’s winner.
The Beverly Antle Trainee Conference Award
On behalf of the CHES Program, it is a pleasure to congratulate Dr. Amy Greer (Research Fellow working with Dr. D. Fisman) as this year’s recipient of The Beverly Antle Trainee Conference Award.
