Profile: Dr. Fred Wien
Fred Wien has an Honours B.A. in Political Studies and Spanish from Queen’s University (1962-66), and an M.A. and PhD. in Development Sociology, Government and Latin American Studies from Cornell University (1966-71).
His initial academic appointment was at the University of Western Ontario (1970-73) in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, where he was also cross-appointed to the Office on International Education. In 1973, he was appointed a Research Associate at the Institute of Public Affairs, Dalhousie University, where he was one of the leaders of a major research program on low-income work in the Maritime region. He became the Director of the Maritime School of Social Work in 1981, serving in that capacity until 1986 and on an acting basis on two occasions more recently.
Between 1992-96, Dr. Wien served as the Deputy Director of Research at the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples where he headed up the research program on employment and economic development. Upon his return to Dalhousie in 1996, he continues as a professor in the School of Social Work but also serves as the nominated principal applicant for the Atlantic Aboriginal Health Research Program (AAHRP), funded by CIHR/IAPH. He is also the co-chair of the Steering Committee for the Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program (AAEDIRP).
At a national level, he chairs the Advisory Board for the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples Health (CIHR) He also chairs the “Make Poverty History” Expert Advisory Committee serving the Assembly of First Nations, and is a member of the Advisory Committee on Social Conditions for Statistics Canada.
Contact Information:
Dr. Fred Wien
School of Social Work
Dalhousie University
6414 Coburg Road
Halifax. Nova Scotia B3H 2A7
Phone: (902) 494-1326
Email: frederic.wien [at] dal.ca