Joliane Allaire, MA, BSW

Education

Master of Art - Individualized Program - Concordia University
Bachelor of Social Work - McGill University

Teaching in AHSC

Joliane has taught the following courses in the department: Play, Adult Learning and Development and Adolescence: Issues and Intervention.

Teaching Philosophy

Joliane is passionate about developing multi-sensorial learning experiences. She is convinced that art and play facilitates positive group dynamics, improves the participants’ concentration and involvement, and allows for emergent and active reflection. 

Professional Work

Joliane is a professional social worker. She is currently practicing in the program Youth in Difficulties at the CIUSSS de l’Est de l’Île de Montréal. She has worked with community organizations such as the Literacy Foundation, the Association francophone du Nunavut in Iqaluit and with various women’s shelters in Montréal and abroad.

She is also part of the Theatre Company Living Histories Ensemble who perform intersections of Playback Theatre, Theatre for the Oppressed, Theatre for the Living and Developmental Transformation.