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Bill O’Leary
BILL O’LEARY MSW, PhD (Candidate)
bill.oleary@mail.utoronto.ca (647) 321-3635 256 Bloor St. W. • Toronto, ON • M5S 1V4 Website Profile
SUMMARY OF RELEVANT SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Expertise in mental health, substance use issues, mindfulness, community development, social policy, LGBTQ+ populations, homelessness, harm reduction practice, and interdisciplinary collaboration Extensive hospital and community based clinical experience; excellent interpersonal, assessment, treatment planning, and advocacy skills Possess a wealth of teaching and group facilitation experience and skills
SUMMARY OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Educator working in the context of community and clinical social work for over 15 years. Over the past four years, I have developed my role as an academic educator,working with university students, academics, and the community I have provided a myriadof educational sessions and workshops in community and healthcare settings to a variety of groups (staff, services users, community members) Mydesire for teaching stems from a wholehearted belief that critical education has the potential to facilitate and contribute to emancipatory change and social justice. My desire is to bring my commitment to social justice into the classroom
EDUCATION
2014–Present
Doctor of Philosophy, Social Work (PhD Cand.)
University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Toronto, Ontario Dissertation: Disrupting our “common sense” knowledge: A structuration theory analysis of knowledge related to the provision of healthcare during hospital admission of People Living with HIV who use substances. Supervisor: Dr. David J. Brennan (University of Toronto) Committee Members: Dr. Carol Strike (University of Toronto); Dr. Rachelle Ashcroft (University of Toronto)
2012 -2014
2009 -2012
2005 -2007 2016 York University; Toronto, Ontario Master of Social Work Advanced Standing Ryerson University; Toronto, Ontario Bachelor of Social Work Advanced Standing Centennial College; Toronto, Ontario Social Service Worker 2-year program
RESEARCH GRANTS
2016 -2021 Day Health Programs for complex care delivery: Using implementation science and participatory methods to evaluate success and ethical care delivery for people living with HIV Casey House, University of Ottawa, University of Toronto, McMaster University,Carleton University, St. Michael’s Hospital, and McGill University Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Operating Grant) Strike, C.J. (PI), Chan Carusone, S. (Co-PI), Guta, A. (Co-PI), O’Leary, B. (Co-I) … (numerous Co-Is) ($416,801)
2016–2017 At the intersection of clinical ethics and harm reduction: Clinician perspectives on reducing discharges against medical advice for substance using patients living with HIV and Hepatitis C University of Toronto, Casey House, University of Ottawa, McMaster University, Carleton University, St. Michael’s Hospital Strike, C.J. (PI), Chan Carusone, S. (Co-PI), Guta, A. (Co-PI), O’Leary, B. (Co-I) … (numerous Co-Is) ($99,050)
2015 –2016
Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Catalyst Grant) AIMED: a participatory approach to adapting an intervention to reduce rates of early hospital discharge among people living with HIV who use substances Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Catalyst Grant) Strike, C.J. (PI), Guta, A. (Co-PI), O’Leary, B. (Co-I) … (numerous Co-Is)
($32,068)
The ART of conversation: Peer to Peer telephone support Casey House, AIDS Committee of Toronto, and University of Toronto Funder: Universities Without Walls and Ontario HIV Treatment Network: Flipped Workshop Project Development Competition (financial award received). O’Leary, B. (Project lead), Eaton, A., Chan Carusone, S. ($5,000)
2014 –2015
2012 –2014
2011–2012
AWARDS
2019 –2020
2015 –2020
2014 –2020 Sep –Dec 2020 Examining the hospital experiences of people living with HIV/HCV who use substances Casey House and University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Funder: Ontario HIV Treatment Network (CBR and Evaluation Fund) Chan Carusone, S. (PI), Strike, C.J. (Co-PI), Guta, A. (Co-PI), O’Leary, B. (Co-I) … (numerous Co-Is)
($25,000)
From hospital to community: A collective case study of the discharge and transition experience of adults with HIV/AIDS. Casey House and University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Catalyst Grant) Brennan, D.J. (PI), O'Leary, B. (Co-PI), and Chan Carusone, S. (Co-PI)
($32,947)
Exploring the use of arts-based approaches to engage individuals living with HIV about harm reduction. Casey House and University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Catalyst Grant)
O’Leary, B. (Advisor) ($28,000)
University of Toronto; School of Graduate Studies Doctoral Completion Award. Competitive funding. ($10,000). University of Toronto; Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Conference Grants. ($1,900). Fellowship. Competitive multi-year doctoral funding. ($84,750)
ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Toronto; School of Graduate Studies Doctoral Research
University of Toronto, Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies
Sex and THE Epidemic: Social Work, HIV and Human SexualitySDS345H1; Undergraduate Program Teaching Apprenticeship Initiative Teaching Apprentice • Work as part of a teaching team. • Develop remote learning syllabus and appropriate teaching methods for content delivery. • Remote learning course design; review tests and assignments; ongoing student consultation and mentorship.
Jan –Apr 2020
Oct2018 Jun 2018 Mar 2013
Oct 2017 Oct 2016 Oct 2015 Nov 2014 Nov 2013
Nov 2014
Oct 2009 2011–2018 2009 –2015
University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Practice-Based Research in Mental Health and Health SWK 4511H; Graduate Program Teaching Apprenticeship Initiative Teaching Apprentice • Work as part of a teaching team. • Teach a three hour-long lecture to approximately 25 students. • Course design; review tests and assignments; ongoing student consultation and mentorship.
University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
Social Work Practice in Health SWK4622H; Graduate Program Guest Lecture Guest Lecture Advanced Social Work Practice in Health SWK 4632H;Graduate Program Guest Lecture
University of Toronto, Sexual Diversity Studies Program
Sex and the Epidemic: Social Work, HIV and Human Sexuality SDS345; Undergraduate Program GuestLecture Guest Lecture Guest Lecture Guest Lecture Guest Lecture
York University, Social Work Department
Critical Perspectives in Social Work SOWK 5159; Graduate Program Guest Lecture
York University, Department of Sociology
Sociology of Race and Racism SOCI 3450; Undergraduate Program
CLINICAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Guest Lecture
Crisis Prevention and Intervention Course
Certification/Re-Certificationof hospital-based inter-disciplinary staff
28 to 36 participants annually; 40 hours per year
Harm Reduction in a Healthcare Setting: Skills Development
Education and mentoring of hospital-basedinter-disciplinary staff 20 participants per month; 6 hours per month
PUBLICATIONS, PEER REVIEWED
Strike, C., Robinson, S., Guta, A., Tana, D., O'Leary, B., Cooper, C., Upshur, R., Chan Carusone, S. (2020).Illicit drug use while admitted to hospital: patient and health care provider perspectives. PlosOne 15 (3):e0229713.
Chan Carusone, S., Guta, A., Robinson, S., Tan, D. H., Cooper, C., O’Leary, B., & Strike, C. (2019). “Maybe if I stop the drugs, then maybe they’d care?” -hospital care experiences of people who use drugs. Harm Reduction Journal, 16(1), 16.
Miscovic, M., Chan Carusone, S., Guta, A., O’Leary, B., dePrinse, K., & Strike, C. (2018). Distribution of harm reduction kits in a specialty HIV hospital in Canada. American Journal of Public health, doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304600
O’Leary, B., Strike, C., Sagar Rohailla, R., Barnes, M., McDougall, P., Baltzer Turje, R., & Chan Carusone, S. (2018). Perspectives of healthcare workers about the delivery and evaluation of harm reduction servicesfor people living with HIV who use substances. Cogent Medicine, 5(1), doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2018.1461005
Chan Carusone, S., O’Leary, B., McWatt, S., Stewart, A., Craig, S., & Brennan, D. (2017). The lived experience of the hospital discharge ‘plan’: a longitudinal qualitative study of complex patients. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 12(1),1-5.
Brennan, D.J.,McWatt, S., O’Leary, B., Carusone, S.C., Stewart, A., & Craig, S.L. (2015).Livingthrough the transition: The impact of complex care needs on the hospital to community transition. Canadian Journal of Infectious Disease and Medical Microbiology, 26(Supp B.), 30.
O’Leary, B. (2015). Constructing a ‘teacher’ identity: Influence andimpact of doctoral studies on the development of a teaching practice. Canadian Social Work, 17(1), 28-39.
REPORTS, PEER REVIEWED
McDonald, L., & O’Leary, B. (2018). Introducing and evaluating a harm reduction approach in HIV health care delivery. Healthscape. http://www.healthscape.ca/hot-topics/harm-reduction-in-hivcare
O’Leary, B. (2016). Unhoused in Toronto: The delivery and experience of hospital healthcare services for homeless people (Report). The Homeless Hub. http://homelesshub.ca/resource/unhoused-toronto-delivery-and-experience-hospital-healthcareservices-homeless-people
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
O’Leary, B., Brennan, D.J., Ashcroft,R., & Strike, C. (in preparation). A structuration theory guided analysis of healthcare provision for people living with HIV who use drugs: Beyond my scope!
O’Leary, B., Brennan, D.J., Ashcroft, R., & Strike, C. (in preparation). A structuration theory guided analysis of the hospital admission experience for people living with HIV who use drugs: My rules and their rules.
PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
O’Leary, B., Guimond, T., Rudzinski, K., Chan Carusone, S., Guta, A., & Strike, C. (2020) Engagement and retention of people living with HIV who use methamphetamine in a hospital-based substance use treatment program: Clinician perspectives Poster presentation at the 29th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR). Quebec, Canada.
O’Leary, B., Brennan, D.J., Ashcroft, R.., Chan Carusone, S., Guta, A., & Strike, C. (2020). Providing healthcare for people living with HIV who use drugs: Beyond my scope! Poster presentation at the 29th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR). Quebec, Canada.
Rudzinski, K., Xavier, J., Guta, A., King, K., Chan Carusone, S., O’Leary, B., Switzer, S., Phillips, J.C., de Prinse, K., Harrison, S., Baltzer Turje, R., Simons, J., & Strike, C. (2020). Perspectives of people living with HIV regarding the feasibility and desirability of implementing supervised injection services in a specialty HIV hospital. Paper presentation at the 29th AnnualCanadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR). Quebec, Canada.
O’Leary, B., Strike, C., Rohailla, S., Barnes, M., McDougall, P., Baltzer Turje, R., & Chan Carusone, S. (2019). Evaluating harm reduction services for people living with HIV who use substances: Perspectives of healthcare workers in Vancouver and Toronto, Canada. Poster presentation at the 28th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR). Saskatoon, Canada.
O’Leary, B., Brennan, D.J., Chan Carusone, S., Guta, A., Ashcroft, R., & Strike, C. (2019). The delivery of healthcare services to People Living with HIV Who Use Drugs: Who makes the rules? Paper presentation at the 28th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR). Saskatoon, Canada.
O'Leary, B., MacKinnon, A., Cardow, A.,Telegdi, E., Connolly, K., Creal, L., & Greeley, R. (2018). Healthcare professionals implementing harm reduction interventions and approaches to clinical care in a Toronto based HIV specialty hospital. Poster presentation at theHIV Endgame: Breakthrough InitiativesOntario HIV Treatment Network Research Conference. Toronto, Canada.
O’Leary, B., Strike, C., Rohailla, S., Barnes, M., McDougall, P., Baltzer Turje, R., & Chan Carusone, S. (2018). Harm reduction services for people living with HIV who use substances: Perspectives of healthcare workers. Paper presentation at the Confront the Crisis 2018 Conference: Promoting Dialogue and Action Surrounding Substance Use and Harm ReductionUniversity of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Toronto, Canada.
O’Leary, B., Strike, C., Rohailla, S., Barnes, M., McDougall, P., Baltzer Turje, R., & Chan Carusone, S. (2018). Providing and evaluating harm reduction services for people living with HIV who use substances: Perspectives of healthcare workers. Poster presentation at the Stimulus 2018 Conference: Drugs, Policy, and Practice in Canada. Edmonton, Canada.
O'Leary, B., MacKinnon, A., Cardow, A.,Telegdi, E., Connolly, K., Creal, L., & Greeley, R. (2018). Frontline healthcare professionals developing and implementing harm reduction programming in a Toronto based HIV specialty hospital. Poster presentation at the Stimulus 2018Conference: Drugs, Policy, and Practice in Canada. Edmonton, Canada.
Strike, C., Robinson, S., Guta,A., Chan Carusone, S., Tan, D.H., O’Leary, B., & Upshur, R (2018). The perspectives of people who use drugs and health care providers about what leads to illicit drug use during hospital admissions. Paper presentation at the 26th International Conferenceon Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services. Bologna, Italy.
Robinson, S., Strike, C., Guta, A., Chan Carusone, S., Tan, D.H., O’Leary, B., & Upshur, R. (2018). “You’re not gonna stop using ‘cause you’re in the hospital”: Accounts from people living with HIV/HCV who use drugs and from providers about hospital substance use. Paper presentation at the 27th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research(CAHR). Vancouver, Canada.
O'Leary, B., Cardow, A., Crawford, A., Creal, L., Greeley, R., MacKinnon, A., & Rhoden, L. (2018). Healthcare professionals implementing and managing harm reduction programming in a Toronto based HIV specialty hospital. Poster presentation at the 27th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR). Vancouver, Canada.
O’Leary, B., Tonatuih, E., Eaton, A., & Chan Carusone, S. (2017). The ART of conversation: Peer telephone support with antiretroviral therapy adherence following hospitalization for HIV-positive adults who use substances – Toronto, Canada. Poster presented at the 25th International Harm Reduction Conference. Montreal, Canada.
O’Leary, B., Chan Carusone, S., McWatt, S., Stewart, A., Craig, S., & Brennan, D.J. (2017). Living the hospital discharge plan: Experience of complex HIV-positive adults in Toronto, Canada.Poster presented at the 25th International Harm Reduction Conference. Montreal, Canada.
Chan Carusone, S., Guta, A., Tan, D.H., Cooper, C., de Prinse,K., O'Leary, B., Cobb, G., Antoniou, T., Upshur, R., & Strike, C. (2017)."Oh, and he's a drug user": the lived experience of in-patient hospital stays for people living with HIV/HCV who use substances. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR). Montreal, Canada.
O’Leary, B., Tonatuih, E., Chan Carusone, S., & Eaton, A. (2016). The ART of conversation: Peer telephone support for people living with HIV who use substances and are facing challenges with antiretroviral therapy adherence following hospitalization. Paper presented at the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) Conference. Toronto, Canada.
O’Leary, B., Eaton, A., & Chan Carusone, S. (2016). Creative community engagement as an innovative approach to program funding applications: Lessons learned from a team led by social workers. Poster presented at the Ontario Association of Social Workers: Provincial conference. Toronto, Canada.
O’Leary, B., Eaton, A., & Chan Carusone, S. (2016). The ART of conversation: Peer telephone support for people living with HIV who use substances and are facing challenges with antiretroviral therapy adherence following hospitalization. Paper presented at the 2016 OHTN Conference; HIV ENDGAME II: Stopping the Syndemics that Drive HIV. Toronto, Canada.
O’Leary, B., Brennan, D.J., McWatt, S., Stewart,A., Craig, S., & Chan Carusone, S. (2016). Living the hospital discharge plan: The experience of adults living with HIV/AIDS that have both psychosocial and medical complexity. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Nurses in HIV Care National Conference. Halifax, Canada.
Strike, C., Guta, A., Chan Carusone, S., de Prinse, K., Harrison, S., & O’Leary, B. (2016). Caring for people living with HIV who use substances during their hospital stays: Learning from research and practice. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Nurses in HIV Care National Conference. Halifax, Canada.
O’Leary, B., Chan Carusone, S., & Eaton, A. (2016). The ART of conversation: Peer to Peer telephone support Paper presented at the Universities Without Walls (UWW); Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN): Flipped Workshop Project 3-minutethesis. Toronto, Canada.
Brennan, D. J., McWatt, S., O’Leary, B., Chan Carusone*, S., Stewart, A., & Craig, S. (2015). Living through the transition: The impact of complex care needs on the hospital to community transition. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR). Toronto, Canada.
Chan Carusone, S., O’Leary*, B., McWatt, S., Stewart, A., Craig, S., & Brennan, D. J. (2015). The lived experience of the hospital discharge 'plan': a case study of adults living with HIV/AIDS and complex lives. Paper presented at the24th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR). Toronto, Canada.
Chan Carusone,* S., O’Leary, B., McWatt, S., Stewart, A., Craig, S., & Brennan, D.J. (2015). Plans for Discharge: A case study of hospital discharge and the transition experience of adults living with HIV/AIDS and complex lives. Paper presented at theMcMaster Department of Clinical Epidemiology Research Day. Hamilton, Canada.
INVITED SPEAKER
O’Leary, B. (2013). Understanding Substance Use and Addiction. Paper presented at theHIV/AIDS Education for Long Term Care: Compassionate Carein a Changing Landscape (presentation recorded for training video). Toronto, Canada.
O’Leary, B., & Rousza, J. (2012). Abolition, Transformative Justice and Building Bridges. Paper presented at the Rittenhouse Workshop Series.Toronto, Canada.
O’Leary, B. (2010). Issues Experienced by Street Involved People Living with HIV. Paper presented at the Toronto HIV/AIDS Network, Opening Doors Toronto. Toronto, Canada.
O’Leary*, B., & de Prinse*, K. (2010). Harm Reduction in the Health Care Environment HIV/AIDS and Mental Health: The Series. Paper presented at the An educational series designed for health care professionals and service providers. Toronto, Canada.
ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE
2017 –2019 PhD Student Association Student Representative 2016 –2018 PhD Mentorship Program Peer Mentor 2014 –2017 PhD Studies Committee Student Representative
Manuscript Reviewer
2020–Present
2019 –Present
2019 –Present Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services Primary Health Care Research & Development
Clinical Social Work Journal
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE
2018 –2019
2011 –Present 2010 –2011 2009 –2010
2007 –2011
2006 –2007
2005 –2006
St. Michael’s Hospital
Mental Health and Addictions Service Research Affiliate Visitor
Casey House
Clinical Social Worker Social Service Worker Harm Reduction Consultant (contract)
Prisoners’ HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)
Re-integration Coordinator
Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
Outreach Worker
Rittenhouse: A New Vision Support Worker
VOLUNTEER & MEMBERSHIP EXPERIENCE
2016 –2018
2015 –Present
2015 –Present
2013 –2014
2012 –Present 2012 –Present
Canadian Association of Nurses in HIV/AIDS Care
Member
Canadian Association for Social Work Education
Member
Canadian Association of Social Workers
Member
St. Stephen’s Community House; Rittenhouse: A New Vision; Community Justice Initiatives
Restorative Justice and Harm Reduction (Pilot Project) Advisory Committee; Member
Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
Registered Social Service Worker Registered Social Worker
2011–2020
Casey House
Board Quality Committee Regulated Health Professional Committee Member
2007 –2013
2008 –2011
2006 –2010
2020 2020 2020 2019 2016 2016 2016 2016 2015
Rittenhouse: A New Vision
Board Member
Public Health Agency of Canada
Expert Working Group on HIV Testing and Counselling, Member
Prisoners Justice Action Committee (PJAC)
CERTIFICATION & TRAINING
Committee Member Active Learning Strategies for Online Teaching University of Toronto; Center for Teaching Support & Innovation Training provided to faculty and teachingassistants
Teaching from a Distance: Webinars and Lecture Recordings University of Toronto; Center for Teaching Support & Innovation Training provided to faculty and teaching assistants Indigenous Cultural Competency Training University of Toronto; Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Facilitator: Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres Racial Sensitivity in Social Work Education Training University of Toronto; Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Facilitator: Dr. Kenneth Hardy Intermediate Statistics and Data Analysis University of Toronto; Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Doctoral Training Supporting Peer Research Associates Effectively Workshop Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR); Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN); Universities Without Walls (UWW); Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH) Competitive entry; 1-day training Research Issues in Addictions University of Toronto; Dalla Lana School of Public Health Doctoral Training CAHR Calm Cool Collected: Data Collection and Skill Development Workshop Canadian Association for HIV Research; Universities Without Walls Competitive entry; 2-day training Theory and Practice of Teaching Social Work University of Toronto; Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Doctoral Training
2015
2015
2015
2015
2014
2014
2013
2012
2011
2011
2010 CAHR New HIV Researcher Workshop The Canadian Association for HIV Research Competitive entry; 1-day training Designing and Implementing Quantitative Social Work Research University of Toronto; Factor-Inwentash Facultyof Social Work Doctoral Training Course; 4 months Applied Quantitative Data Analysis University of Toronto; Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work DoctoralTraining Springer Publications - Peer Review Academy Peer reviewer course
Epistemology and Social Work Research University of Toronto; Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Doctoral Training Designing and Implementing Qualitative Social Work Research University of Toronto; Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Doctoral Training Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans Research Ethics (TCPS 2: CORE) Community-Based Research Grant Writing Workshop Series Ontario HIV Treatment Network; Canadian Institutes of Health Research Competitive entry; 4-month training series Non-violent Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Instructor Certification Program Motivational Interviewing in a Healthcare Setting Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 4 day -Advanced Training Motivational Interviewing in a Healthcare Setting Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 2 day -Introduction Training
