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Lin Fang, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor/ Endowed Factor-Inwentash Chair in Children's Mental Health
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada

Lin Fang is currently an Associate Professor and the Factor-Inwentash Chair in Children’s Mental Health. She is also the Founding Director of FIFSW’s Talk It Out Online Counseling Clinic. Lin’s program of research has focused on advancing the theoretical and empirical knowledge of positive child and youth development through etiology and intervention research as well as community-based research and services. Versed with a range of research methodologies and advanced statistics, Lin has published and presented widely in the areas of adolescent substance use, information and communication technologies (ICTs), and mental health and cross-cultural experiences among immigrant communities.

Coming from a community organizing background, Lin takes pride in advancing social work while doing social work in the community. During the pandemic, Lin conceived and launched the Talk It Out Online Counseling Clinic, where supervised MSW students at FIFSW provide free short-term counseling services and innovative mental health commuinty interventions to communities that face multiple challenges and racialized communities in the Greater Toronto Area.

In recent years, Lin has also expanded her scholarship to examine the experiences of anti-Asian raciam (AAR) among Asian youth and families. She is particularly interested in how it impacts Asian youth mental health and identity development and how Asian parents can take an active role in having meaningful diaglogues with their children on race and racism.

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