Erin Beckwell, MSW RSW (SK)
Lecturer, University of Regina
About
Erin is a social worker and social work educator who has spent her career working in the areas of social policy, trauma, harm reduction, and health equity. She currently works as a Lecturer with the University of Regina Faculty of Social Work. Her research interests include social work education, chronic pain, substance use, harm reduction, and 2SLGBTQ+ experiences with human services. Erin was also President of the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers (2020-2022), and in 2018 was awarded the Canadian Association of Social Workers Distinguished Service Award.
Education
Master of Social Work, University of Regina, 2009
Conference Presentations
Title: Dentistry students’ perceptions of key learnings and change in chronic
pain beliefs with a graphic medicine reflective learning activity..
Date: 2025
Conference: Canadian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Toronto, Canada
Co-Authors: Tupper SM, Singh A, Beckwell E.
Title: Feasibility of Geospatially Informed Pop-up Interventions: A Community-Driven Approach to Enhancing Accessibility of Harm Reduction Services.
Date: 2024
Conference: 29th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research, Washington, DC
Co-Authors: Pang N, Eaton AD, Varghese SM, Reddy VR, Ross S, Novotna G, Beckwell E, Medeiros P, Ibáñez-Carrasco F, Shuper PA.
Title: Geospatially Informed Pop-Up Interventions: Enhancing Accessibility of Harm Reduction Services Through Naloxone Training in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Date: 2024
Conference: 33rd Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research, London, ON
Co-Authors: Pang N, Eaton AD, Varghese SM, Reddy VR, Ross S, Novotna G, Beckwell E, Medeiros P, Ibáñez-Carrasco F, Shuper PA.
Title: Solutions-focused story-telling: challenging pain- and drug-related stigma and marginalization
with graphic medicine.
Date: 2023
Conference: Canadian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Banff, Canada
Co-Authors: Tupper SM, Beckwell E, Pavelich A, Arisman K, Fesciuc D, CoeJ, MacFadden M, Desnomie C, Fornssler B, Downe P.
Title: Community-Generated Change Strategies for Improving Pain in Saskatchewan.
Date: 2022
Conference: Canadian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Montreal, Canada
Co-Authors: Jack J, Jones C, Hewson M, McCreery R, Okeeweehow S, Beckwell E, Coe J, Baerg K, Lawson K, Dell C, Downe PJ, Ugolini C, Tupper SM, Juckes K.
Title: Community-led Change Strategies for Improving Pain in Saskatchewan.
Date: 2022
Conference: Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Co-Authors: Jack J, Jones C, Beckwell E, Ugolini C, Lawson K, Okeeweehow S, McCreery R, Baerg K, Downe P, Daniel-Whyte S, Juckes K, Dell C, Coe J, Tupper SM.
Title: Chronic pain needs assessment in Saskatchewan: hearing experiences of people with lived experience, healthcare providers, and decisionmakers in three communities.
Date: 2021
Conference: Canadian Pain Society Annual Scientific Conference, Montreal, Canada
Co-Authors: Jack, J., Jones, C., Hewson, M., Okeeweehow, S., Beckwell, E., McCreery, R., Baerg, K., Juckes, K., Coe, J., Dell, C., Downe, P., Lawson, K., Ugolini, C., Tupper, S.M.
Title: Improving pain inSaskatchewan: a community-based participatory research project with three communities.
Date: 2020
Conference: Saskatchewan Health Research Showcase
Co-Authors: Tupper SM, Juckes K, Jack J, Hewson M, Jones C, Baerg K, Beckwell, E., Coe J, Dell C, Downe PJ, Lawson K, McCreery R, Okeeweehow S, Ugolini C.
Outputs
Title: It doesn’t have to be this way: Theresa’s story
Format: Graphic Medicine Story (https://saskpain.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Theresas-Story_Colour-FINAL.pdf)
Date: 2024
Co-Authors: S.M. Tupper, E. Beckwell
Title: It doesn’t have to be this way: Jim and Dr. Houghton’s story
Format: Graphic Medicine Story (https://saskpain.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jims-Story_Colour-FINAL.pdf)
Date: 2024
Co-Authors: S.M. Tupper, E. Beckwell
Title: It doesn’t have to be this way: Dennis and Nurse Tracy’s story
Format: Graphic Medicine Story (https://saskpain.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Dennis-Story_Colour-FINAL.pdf)
Date: 2024
Co-Authors: S.M. Tupper, E. Beckwell
Community Presentations and Products
Title: Influencing Substance Use, Hard Knox Talks Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1gNCKN0QDw)
Date: 2022
Requesting Organization: Hard Knox Talks
Co-Authors: D. Hearn, E. Beckwell
SURGE-SK
5D40.28 Health Sciences, 107 Wiggins Rd. Saskatoon, SK
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