Tonino Esposito, MSW, Ph.D. is a Full Professor at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Adjunct Professor at 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 School of Social Work, and Scientific Director of the Institut universitaire Jeunes en difficult茅. He is also a research member of 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Centre for Research on Children and Families and the Canadian Consortium on Child & Youth Trauma, board member of the Child Welfare League of Canada, and Associate Editor of Child Abuse & Neglect. His work is focused on better understanding the broader systemic, socioeconomic, and neighbourhood factors that keep children chronically involved in child welfare and negatively impact parental capacity. Many of his research projects consider the long-term service trajectories and outcomes of children involved with child welfare, as well as the influences of social spending, socioeconomic vulnerabilities, and neighbourhood-level services on children and families.
Area of Research
Child welfare systems; chronic neglect; socioeconomic inequalities; neighbourhood effects; overrepresentation and disparities; Indigenous child and family services; intergenerational maltreatment; administrative data and trajectories; youth mental health; policy and service evaluation.
Current projects
Current research projects for which I am a co-researcher or lead investigator
- (Re)penser et renforcer les capacit茅s du syst猫me de sant茅 en mati猫re de donn茅es et d鈥檃pprentissage 鈥� IYS-Net Phase 2
- The effects of cannabis, alcohol, and tobacco policies on vulnerable populations in Qu茅bec
- Co-developing evaluation mechanisms: Interrupting overrepresentation with culturally-based interventions
- Aires Ouverte 鈥� Continuous service improvement and learning organizations
- IYS-Net Phase 1: Building Learning Health System Networks (2024鈥�2029)
- D茅veloppement des normes en sant茅 mentale et d茅pendance des jeunes en justice des mineurs
- Beyond neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantages: Structural inequalities in child protection involvement
- First Nations Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect
- Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect
- Quebec Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect
- Pan-Canadian Child Welfare Administrative Data Knowledge Exchange Project
Contact
tonino.esposito [at] umontreal.ca (Email)