Callista Mason

Callista has been a Registered Social Worker in Alberta since 2013. Her professional experience includes community rehabilitation work with people experiencing disability, mental health promotion, education, and outreach, arts-based community development, and counselling services with individuals, couples, and groups addressing a variety of issues.

Callista began working at the University of Lethbridge in 2015 as the Mental Health Educator in the Student Success Centre, and later as the Coordinator of Student Wellness and Sexual Violence Prevention and Education. She has been a full-time faculty member since 2018 in the Addictions and Mental Health Counselling Program. Callista is currently serving as the Program Coordinator for the department. Her primary teaching interests are in health promotion, community development, diversity in counselling, and field education for counsellors in training. She is particularly passionate about supporting students in their journey to becoming professional helpers.

Education:

• Master of Social Work, University of Calgary '15
• Bachelor of Social Work, University of Calgary '13
• Communication Arts Diploma in Broadcast Journalism, Lethbridge College '06

Professional & Teaching Experience:

At our Faculty, Callista has been a full-time faculty member in Health Sciences since 2018. She has experience teaching the following courses at the University of Lethbridge:

• AMHC 2002- Health Promotion & Education
• AMHC 2130- Diversity & Counselling
• AMHC 2245 - Assessment of Addictions
• AMHC 3900 - Community Development and Outreach
• AMHC 3050 & 4050- Internship I & II in Addictions Counselling
• AMHC 3420- Ethics in Addictions Counselling
• HLSC 3570- Contemporary Issues in Mental Health
• HLSC 3850- Gender- Based Violence
• AMHC 1020, 1220, 2120, 3120 Labs (counselling skills)
• SOWK1000- An Introduction to Social Work

Past Research:

Callista does not currently engage in research. Her past research work included assistance/collaboration on SSHRC funded research on Art for Social Change (link to project website below), and mentorship practices within the field of arts-engaged social change and community development.

Link to ASC! Project: https://icasc.ca/resource/art-for-social-change-asc-web-an-online-interactive-teaching-and-learning-resource-for-community-engaged-participatory-arts/ 

Prior Publications (*please note these works were published under her former name- Callista Chasse):

• Chasse, C. (2022). Working with issues of social class and socioeconomic status, In Luft, T. (Ed.) (2022), Diversity in Addictions Counselling (pp. 155-169), Kendall Hunt
   
• Fels, L., Armos, N., Chasse, C. & Grindlay, M. (2022). Performing mentorship in collaborative research teams: Arts-based digital encounters, Canadian Journal of Action Research, 22(3)
   
• Armos, N. & Chasse, C. (2022). Performing mentorship in collaborative research teams, Papers on post-secondary Learning and teaching, 5, p.86-92
   
• Doolittle, L., Chasse, C., Makoloski, C., Boyd, P. & Yassi, A. (2016). May I have this dance? Teaching, Performing, and Transforming in a University-Community Mixed-Ability Dance Theatre Project, Theatre Research in Canada, 37:2