Contract faculty
andersonh4@douglascollege.ca
778 233 5431
Education and credentials
- Bachelor of Social Work, University of Victoria
- Master of Arts in Integrated Studies, Athabasca University
About
Holly Anderson (BSW, MA) is a M茅tis social work leader, educator, and practitioner with more than 25 years of experience working alongside Indigenous children, youth, families, and communities. She is a Director at Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS), where she provides leadership within a delegated Indigenous child welfare agency. Her practice is grounded in relational, community-centred approaches and Indigenous ways of knowing, with a focus on restorative practice, Indigenous self-determination, and systems change.
Holly is particularly passionate about centering the voices and lived experiences of Indigenous young people. She coordinates the VACFSS Youth Advisory Committee, supporting Indigenous youth currently and formerly in care to develop leadership, advocate for change, and contribute their knowledge to child welfare policy and practice. She brings this commitment to her teaching, encouraging students to critically examine colonial systems while learning from Indigenous knowledge, resilience, and community-led approaches to social work.
Holly holds a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Victoria and a Master of Arts in Integrated Studies from Athabasca University, with additional study in Indigenous Peoples鈥 rights and policy at Columbia University.
teigens@douglascollege.ca
778 558 8498
Education and credentials
- Master of Social Work, University of Calgary
- Bachelor of Social Work, University of Calgary
About
Suvi has been a practicing social worker for nearly 30 years. Her work has crossed through multiple areas of public, not for profit and private sectors including adoption, healthcare, child protection, youth homelessness, mental health. Across these fields of practice Suvi鈥檚 work has been focused on leading and supporting frontline practitioners as they engage in their own social work practice. She has a particular interest in leading systems through periods of transformation and supporting them in the ongoing work of practice adaptation. Shehas been privileged to provide support, supervision, and training to client serving organizations across British Columbia, including Covenant House Vancouver, Pacifica Housing, Yu虂ustway Health & Wellness at Sk瘫wx瘫wu虂7mesh U虂xwumixw (Squamish Nation) and Ally Global Foundation. She is known for her expertise in and commitment to practical and ongoing implementation of trauma informed practice in organizations, including in the classroom setting. Since joining 51情报站 as a contract instructor in 2025, Suvi has enjoyed supporting students from this lens, teaching courses in Child Welfare and Practicum Seminar. Her approach to supporting students has been documented as part of an anthology entitled Trauma-informed care in social work education: Implications for students, educators, field, and pedagogy, published in 2025.
In her spare time, Suvi loves to chase her dog through the forest on a hike, read, and explore the joy of trying new hobbies with mixed success. When she is not at DouglSuvi headshotas College, she considers it a privilege to live and work as a settler/occupier on the unceded land of the sh铆sh谩lh Nation on the beautiful Sunshine Coast.
Publications
Teigen, S. (2025). 鈥淧reparation, integration & practice: A field placement model for creating resiliency and longevity in the social workers of tomorrow.鈥 In L. Tufford & A. Dylan, Trauma-informed care in social work education: Implications for students, educators, field, and pedagogy. Routledge.
About
Munir Velji (He/Him/His) is both a Registered Clinical Counsellor and a Registered Social Worker. He has a passion for working with people from all walks of life. Having worked with people for 32 years and in many areas of counselling including mental health, substance misuse, crisis management and relationships. Munir has worked as a Sessional Instructor for over 10 years at 51情报站 and is a seasoned Workshop Facilitator. Currently, he works as the Director of Practice and Standards at Phoenix Society. In his spare time, he loves to play and watch sports, walk his dog and spend time with his family.
Education and credentials
- MSW, University of British Columbia
- BSW, University of British Columbia
- BA, Simon Fraser University
Emeriti
Faculty Emeritus
Education
- MBA, Simon Fraser
- MSW, Calgary
- BSW, Calgary
- BA, Calgary
Bob taught at 51情报站 for over thirty years. As well, he taught social work courses at the University of Calgary, University of British Columbia, and Mount Royal University. He has worked as a consultant and counsellor in the areas of child welfare, corrections, mental health/substance misuse, and with youth.
At 51情报站, where he was the program coordinator for many years, he taught courses in counselling and co-occurring disorders. He was also active with international projects and scholarly activity including work in China and Uganda where he accompanied many students. As well, his professional travels included over 100 workshop presentations across Canada, the United States, and China.
Bob is the author of many textbooks including the Canadian best seller, Choices: Interviewing and Counselling Skills for Canadians (Pearsoned), now in its鈥 8th edition (2023) and widely adopted by Canadian schools of social work as well as programs in nursing, child and youth care and criminology. His work has also been published in Mandarin and Korean.
Bob continues his work in the field as an author, counsellor and educator. His interests include neuroscience applications to counselling, mental health, and co-occurring disorders.