Cheryl Regehr

Professor & Vice-Provost Academic Programs

Room 225, Simcoe Hall,
27 Kings College Circle
Toronto, ON

Tel.: 416-978-2122
Email: Cheryl.regehr@utoronto.ca

Faculty of Social work biography

Research interests
Health Law

Cheryl Regehr is the Vice-Provost of Academic Programs for the University of Toronto. Former Dean of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, her practice background includes over 20 years of direct service in forensic social work and emergency mental health and in the administration of mental health programs, specializing in civil litigation and criminal court assessments of trauma victims and violent offenders, and organizationally based trauma interventions. She was the director of the Crisis Response Team at Pearson International Airport, served on the mental health advisory for the Department of National Defence and Veteran’s Affairs Canada, and currently is a member of the Board of Trustees for the University Health Network.  Her publications and funded research address professional competency, trauma, and the interface between the law and mental health.

Education
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Faculty of Social Work, 1992 - 1995
Master of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 1978 - 1980
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada, 1976 – 1978
Academic appointments
Professor, Faculty of Social Work (1999-present)
Cross appointed faculty member, Faculty of Law (2002-present)
Member, Institute for Medical Science (1998-present)
Awards and distinctions
Beverley Antle Award for Leadership, Ontario Association of Social Workers (2011)
Amicus Award (for contributions to forensic psychiatry), American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (2004)
Sandra Rotman Chair, Faculty of Social Work (2003-2009)
Teacher of the year, Faculty of Social Work (2001, 2002, 2003)
Other service
Council of Ontario Universities - Quality Council (2010-2013)
Department of National Defence and Veterans Affairs Canada - Mental Health Advisory Group (2009-2010)
University Health Network- Board of Trustees (2009-2012)
Baycrest Health Sciences Centre - Board of Directors (2008-2011)
Selected Publications

Regehr, C. & Kanani, K. (2006/ 2010) Essential Law for Social Work Practice in Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press http://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780195430776.html 

Regehr, C. & Glancy, G. (2010) Mental Health Social Work in Canada.  Toronto: Oxford University Press. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/SocialWork/?view=usa&ci=9780195429718 

Regehr, C., Alaggia, R., Dennis, J., Pitts, A. & Saini, M. (2013) Interventions to Reduce Distress in Adult Victims of Rape and Sexual Violence: A Systematic Review. Research on Social Work Practice. 23(3) 255 - 263

Regehr, C., LeBlanc, V., Shlonsky, A. & Bogo, M. (2010) The Influence of Clinicians' Previous Trauma Exposure on their Assessment of Child Abuse Risk.  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.198(9) 614-618

Alaggia, R., Regehr, C. & Rishchynsky, G. (2009) Intimate Partner Violence and Immigration Laws in Canada: How Far Have We Come? International Journal of Law and Psychiatry.32 (6) 335-341.