 Dr. Josephine Fong
2000 Doctor of Philosophy, York University
1993 M.A. (Psychology) Wilfrid Laurier University
1983 B.A. (Psychology) University of Waterloo
1983 Social Work Diploma, Renison College (U of W)
Dr. Josephine Fong came to Canada in 1978 to continue her high school education before she embarked on her post-secondary studies in Psychology and Social Work. Graduating in 1983, she went back to Hong Kong to work as a social worker, helping teenagers, families, and abused women in secondary schools and women’s shelter. She also worked as a fieldwork supervisor in Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. Returning to Canada since 1990, she continued to work in the local community while completing her M.A. in Psychology and Ph.D. in Women’s Studies, focusing on the psychological strengths of women.
Over the last 16 years, Dr. Fong has been contributing to various local communities as a committed volunteer, a helping professional and an educator. Today she is well known as a public educator, a life coach and a psychotherapist who promotes equity, anti-racist education, self-empowerment, and the healthy development of youths. As an adjunct professor in York University’s School of Women’s Studies, she often draws on her professional experiences to teaching and shares her academic expertise in knowledge and research with her clients and their communities.
Dr. Fong, a prolific scholar, had been profiled in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record for her work in domestic violence which looks at how mother-blaming operates systemically in society, thus making them the scapegoat of child sexual abuse happening within the family. Dr. Fong had also been profiled many times in the local T.V. program and Chinese newspapers for her works in helping people to cope with adversity, confront issues of woman abuse and pursue higher education.
Believing in and emphasizing the strengths of individuals, Dr. Fong works with clients to take control over their own healing. The instillation of hope and optimism in clients is the unique feature and critical essence in her service to bring change in people's life. To her, adversity is just an opportunity for personal growth; seeking help is indeed a positive endeavor. After all, learning or personal development is a life-long process that everyone will win at the end.
Interested readers can look up her other involvement in the community at www.ctn-simcoeyork.ca and read about the highlights of her publications.
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