Faculty of Health Professions
School of Social Work
1459 LeMarchant Street, Suite 3201, Halifax, NS, CANADA B3H 4R2 | +1 (902) 494-3760

Marion Brown

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

School of Social Work
Dalhousie University
6414 Coburg Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 2A7

Telephone:  (902) 494-1192
Fax:  (902) 494-6709
E-mail: marion.brown@dal.ca

Areas of expertise

  • Program development, implementation, resource generation, professional development and supervision in community based residential care for youth
  • Individual, couple and family assessment and intervention, specifically regarding parent-adolescent conflict and out-of-home placement of children
  • Certification in mediation
  • Certified as expert witness in family court for parenting capacity assessments

Educational background

  • 2008 Ph.D. School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • 1997 Master’s Degree in Social Work.  Dalhousie University, Maritime School of Social Work. 
  • 1990 Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work.  Dalhousie University, Maritime School of Social Work
  • 1988 Bachelor of Arts Degree (Honours in Psychology).  Dalhousie University

Professional and educational responsibilities

  • Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University (2006-present)
  • Faculty of Health Professions Council, Member (2006-present)
  • School of Social Work Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Member (2006-present)
  • Diversity and Equity Committee, Member (2004-present)
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Youth Project Society, Board Member (2003-present
  • Faculty Council, School of Social Work, Member (2002-present)
  • Recruitment Committee, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University (2004-06)
  • Orientation Committee, Chair (2005)

Recent funded research

Brown, M. (2005-07).  “She Hits Like A Girl:  Constructs and Contexts of Aggressive Behaviour Among Young Women in Residential Care.”  Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, Student Awards Competition.

Ungar, M. & Brown, M. (2003-06).  “An International Collaboration to Study Resilience in Children Across Cultures.”  Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Recent publications

Brown, M. (2006).  Sugar and Spice AND Not So Nice:  A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Girls and Violence.  Conference Proceedings:  Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education.

Brown, M. & Colbourne, M. (2005). Bent but not Broken:  Exploring Queer Youth Resilience.  In M. Ungar (Ed.), A Handbook for Working with Children and Adolescents:  Pathways to Resilience Across Cultures and Contexts.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage Publications.

Brown, M. (2004). Gender in Youth Care:  Contexts, Meanings, Responses.  Relational Journal of Child and Youth 17 (4), pp. 24-31.