Edward Hon-Sing Wong

Biographic Data

ID110363
NAMEEdward Hon-Sing Wong
GIVEN NAMESEdward Hon-Sing
FAMILY NAMEWong
SIGNATUREWONG E H
ORCID0009-0005-7323-6019
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Social Work Abolitionism in the Midst of the Hong Kong Protests

    Open AccessEdward Hon-Sing Wong, Edward C WongARTICLECritical Social Work2024

    2019 was a historic year for political struggle in Hong Kong. What had begun as protests against a bill that would allow for the extradition of activists and labour organizers to the mainland Chinese criminal justice system, transformed into a broader movement against authoritarianism and policing. A praxis embodying social work abolitionism has emerged in this context, with growing recognition that social service and healthcare sectors are close…

  • The settler colonialism of social work and the social work of settler colonialism

    Craig Fortier, Edward Hon-Sing Wong et al.ARTICLESettler Colonial Studies2019

    The consolidation of the social work profession in Canada was critical to the settler colonial project. Parallel to the rise of the modern police force, the accounting bureaucracy, and the colonial legal apparatus, the social work profession is a foundational component to the creation, expansion, and adaptation of the settler state. Through a historical review of the origins of social work and its professionalization in Canada, this paper argues …