EDWARD KRUK, MSW, PHD

Edward Kruk, MSW, PhD, is Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of British Columbia, specializing in child and family policy, who also practices family mediation in Vancouver, B.C.  His recent research projects have focused on parenting after divorce, family mediation, and parental alienation. He has over 40 years of clinical and community work experience as a professional social worker.  He received his BA and MSW degrees from the University of Toronto, and his doctorate from the University of Edinburgh, where he studied as a National Welfare Fellow. His professional experience also includes a faculty appointment with the University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work, family practice with Catholic Family Services in Calgary, medical social work practice with the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, school social work practice with the Metro Separate School Board in Toronto, and child protection work with the Metro and Catholic Children’s Aid Societies in Toronto.  He is author of “Divorce and Disengagement: Patterns of Fatherhood Within and Beyond Marriage” (Fernwood, 1993), “Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Social Work and the Human Services” (Nelson-Hall, 1997), “Divorced Fathers: Children’s Needs and Parental Responsibilities” (Fernwood, 2011), and “The Equal Parent Presumption” (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2013), and has published widely in a variety of academic and professional journals. Edward is the father of two boys, Stephan and Liam.