Myra Elizabeth Baynton

Dr. Myra Baynton has an MSW and PhD from the University of Calgary and has worked in a variety of human services contexts, including education, health care and municipal government.  She has worked as an independent consultant, completing contracts ranging from educational television curriculum design to health promotion.  She has held management positions and worked as a Human Resources/Management consultant in the Middle East and Ireland. 

Myra has taught a variety of on-line courses.  Since joining the Faculty of Social Work in 2004, Dr. Baynton has been the Field Education Coordinator and Faculty Liaison for the MSW Leadership Specialization (SOWK 696) and has co-taught SOWK 667 (Leadership Theories in Action) and Diversity, Oppression & Social Justice (SOWK 697).  Myra is currently the Field Education Coordinator for the MSW Distance Program (Leadership Specialization).

Collins, T; A. McLaughlin; J. Ayala; M. Baynton, G. Dimitropoulos; G. Elliott; L. Hilsen; L. Letkemann; A. Judge-Stasiak; C. Blaug.  MSW Foundation Students Readiness for Practice.  In progress. 

Ayala. J, J. Drolet, A.Fulton, J.Hewson, L.Letkemann, M.Baynton, G.Elliott, A. Judge-Stasiak, C. Blaug, A. Gérard Tétreault, E. Schweizer. Restructuring Social Work Field Education in 21st-Century Canada: From Crisis Management to Sustainability.  Submitted for publication.

Ayala. J, J. Drolet, A.Fulton, J.Hewson, L.Letkemann, M.Baynton, G.Elliott, A. Judge-Stasiak, C. Blaug, A. Gérard Tétreault, E. Schweizer.  Field Education in Crisis: Experiences and Perceptions of Field Education Coordinators and Directors in Canada.  Submitted for publication.

BA Psychology & Sociology

MSW

PhD (Adult Education)

Ayala, J, J. Ing, E. Perrault, G. Elliott, L.Letkemann and M. Baynton (2014).  The Potential of Online Learning in Addressing Challenges in Field Instructor Training.  Currents: Scholarship in the Human Services.

Ayala, J. M. Baynton, R. Crowder, E. Perrault, W. Pelech, J. Shankar, M. Williams, D. Wulff. (April 2013). Current Challenges in Social Work Distance Education: Responses from the Elluminati. Journal of Teaching in Social Work.

Walsh, C. A. & M. Baynton. (May 2012). Distance Education in Social Work: An Evaluation of an Undergraduate Course on Family Violence.  International Journal of Higher Education.  Vol. 1 (1).

Ayala, J., M. Baynton, E. Perrault. (2012). Distance field Education: New Technologies and Tools for Learning in Drolet, J., N. Clark, H. Allen (2012).  Shifting Sites of Practice.  Field Education in Canada. Pearson. Canada

Walsh, C., M. Baynton, & M. Hunter. (2008). Violence and Victimology Across the Lifespan.  Poster session. European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN).  Lisbon, Portugal.  June 11-14, 2008.

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