DoctorYvonne Crichton-Hill

Associate Professor

Social Work

  • Associate Professor
    Social Work
  • +6433694328 (Work)
  • Elsie Locke Building 320

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

  • MEMBERSHIP
    1 Jul 2026
    Board member of the Foundation, created to drive innovation, research, evaluation and new initiatives.
  • MEMBERSHIP
    12 Dec 2025
    The Pacific Reference Group provides strategic and operational advice to the Ministry of Social Development on matters relating to the wellbeing of Pacific peoples, families and communities.
  • JOURNAL REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    8 Dec 2025 - 19 May 2026
    Anonymous peer review
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Tātou Collective ,Cause Collective Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency
    1 Apr 2025
    Director
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    IFSW Coordinating Body
    12 May 2023
    Elected member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Family Violence Prevention Expert Advisory Group
    1 Jan 2020
    Member
  • EDITORIAL
    1 Aug 2017 - 3 Sep 2018
    Journal article
  • OFFICE HELD
    Associate Head of School Language Social & Political Sciences
    1 Jun 2015 - 30 Dec 2016
    University of Canterbury
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Police Commissioner Pacific Forum (National).
    1 Jan 2015
    The Forum is tasked with developing a National Pacific Strategy for the New Zealand Police.
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Plenary or general session
    24 Mar 2014
    Invited keynote address at the University of Canterbury Pasifika Research Symposium, 2014. The conference was attended by students and academics from New Zealand and the Pacific.
  • JOURNAL REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Child Welfare: journal of policy, practice and program
    1 Jan 2011 - 1 Jan 2011
  • JOURNAL REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Child Welfare: journal of policy, practice and program
    1 Jan 2011
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Maori and Pacific Advisory Group to 'Every Child Counts'
    1 Jan 2011
    Member, Maori and Pacific Advisory Group to 'Every Child Counts' a child advocacy coalition group including Plunket, Barnardos, Save the Children, UNICEF, Te Kahui Mana Ririki (2011-present). The Maori and Pacific Advisory Group provides advice to the 'Every Child Counts' advocacy coalition group. The purpose of the group is to raise advocate for children and young people in New Zealand.
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Pacific Trust Canterbury
    1 Jan 2011 - 1 Jan 2015
    Board member of Pacific Trust Canterbury (2011-present) which is the largest Pacific provider of health and social services in the South Island. It is the holder of a range of contracts with the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Health and the Canterbury District Health Board and serves Pacific and other communities.
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Pacific Trust Canterbury
    1 Jan 2011
    Board Member of the Pacific Trust Canterbury a social service organisation providing integrated services to the Pacific Community in Canterbury (2011-present). The Board is responsible for the governance of the organisation which holds a number of service contracts across the education, health, welfare, and addictions sectors.
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Pacific Trust Canterbury
    1 Jan 2009 - 1 Jan 2011
    Elected to the position of Chair of Pacific Trust Canterbury for a second term (2009-2011). The Chair of the Board is a governance position and oversees the management of the organisation. Pacific Trust Canterbury is the largest Pacific provider of health and social services in the South Island. It is the holder of a range of contracts with the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Health and the Canterbury District Health Board and serves Pacific and other communities.
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Pacific Trust Canterbury,
    1 Jan 2000 - 1 Jan 2005
    Board Member Pacific Trust Canterbury, 2001 - 2005 Appointed Deputy Chair to Pacific Trust Canterbury, 2005. Pacific Trust Canterbury is a Pacific Provider providing a range of health and social services to the Canterbury Pacific community.
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Te Awatea Violence Research Centre
    1 Jan 2000 - 1 Jan 2005
    Membership to Te Awatea Violence Research Centre consortium partners of the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse (funded by the Ministry of Social Development). The opportunity to participate in the Consortium with Stopping Violence Services, the National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges, and Child Abuse Prevention Services demonstrates a reflection of the esteem Te Awatea is held in amongst key stakeholders in the family violence field.