Margolin, Indrani

Indrani Margolin
RSW, BA Honours (Guelph), MSW (Wilfred Laurier), PhD (OISE Toronto) Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Email: Cell:
778-988-5117
Website: Office:
Room 10-2550
Campus:
  • Prince George

Research and Expertise

Holistic Therapeutic Practice (Spirit, mind, body)
Mahavakyam Meditation
Girls’ and Women’s Wellness (Bodyself)
Arts-based Research

Research Fields:
  • Gender and Women's Studies
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Mental Health
  • Social Work
  • Youth
Areas of Expertise:

Consciousness and Meditation Spirituality and Social Work Qualitative Arts-based Research Methodology Women's and Girls' Wellness Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy

Selected Publications

Margolin, I. (2019). Breaking Free: One Adolescent Woman’s Recovery from Dating Violence through Creative Dance American Journal of Dance Therapy, 41(2), 170-192. doi:10.1007/s10465-019-09311-9

Margolin, I. (2014). Collage as a method of inquiry for university women practicing Mahavakyam Meditation: Ameliorating the effects of stress, anxiety, and sadness. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 33 (3-4), 254-273. doi: 10.1080/15426432.2014.930632

Margolin, I. (2014). Bodyself: Linking dance and spirituality. Dance, Movement & Spiritualities, 1(1), 143-162.
doi: 10.1386/dmas.1.1.143_1

Margolin, I., Pierce, J. & Wiley, A. (2011). Wellness through a creative lens: meditation and visualization. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 30(3), 234-252. doi: 10.1080/15426432.2011.587385

Book Chapters

Margolin, I. & Sen, T. (forthcoming, 2021). Post-traumatic growth across the lifespan: Pathways back to spirit. In J. Vis & H. Boyton (Eds.) Trauma, spirituality and post-traumatic growth in clinical social work practice (pp. 197-211). University of Toronto Press.

Margolin, I., Krupa, T., Kidd, S.A., Burnham, D., Hemingway, D., Patterson, M., & Zabkiewicz, D. (2017). Using art-based methods to create research spaces that encourage meaningful dialogue about gender, social inequity, recovery and mental illness. In M. Morrow & L. H. Malcoe (Eds.) Critical Inquiries: Theories and Methodologies for Social Justice in Mental Health (pp. 386-412). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Curriculum Vitae

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