Cal Oliver

Cal began their career as a social worker 25 years ago. They have worked as a frontline practitioner, supervisor, consultant, researcher and policy developer, in Australia, England and Canada. They have taught at the University of British Columbia School of Social Work and many professional training sites, and have trained as a family mediator and suicide intervention educator. Immediately prior to joining Douglas College, Cal led research, policy and development work at one of Canada’s largest urban Indigenous child welfare agencies, and ran their own social work consulting business.  

Cal is the author of Strengths-Based Child Protection: Firm, Fair and Friendly (2018) and multiple academic and practice publications relating to child welfare, inter-disciplinary practice, research, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Passionate about child welfare, social justice and Reconciliation, Cal seeks to build individual and organizational capacity in sustainable, strengths-based ways.