Fonds F0352 - Art Hoffer fonds

Art Hoffer was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba on May 25, 1934. Following high school, Hoffer moved to Winnipeg and worked at the YMHA and YWHA [Hebrew Association] Community Centre in the Membership Department. Following his BA Sociology from the University of Montana in 1958, Hoffer worked at the Children's Aid Society of Central Manitoba. Hoffer later received his BSW (1962) and MSW (1963) from the University of Manitoba.

Hoffer was hired at the University of Manitoba School of Social Work as a Field Instructor where he was involved with the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. This experience was valuable when Hoffer moved to the University of Calgary where the School of Social Welfare was implementing the move from Social Work as a graduate course to undergraduate offerings. Hoffer worked at the University of Calgary for 20 years, retiring in 1989. His research focused on the development of Occupational Social Work as a viable field of practice.

Hoffer was a perpetual student himself, throughout his academic career, and later as a consultant. He attended courses at the Kairos Centre for Study of the Person, Vector Counselling, Esalen Institute and the Walden University Institute for Advanced Studies where he pursued post-graduate learning.