Category: Connection Magazine

31 Mar, 2025 — Please join us in congratulating the student members who were selected to receive our bursaries last year.

Feb 27, 2024 — Dr. Norma Jean Profitt, RSW, writes for Connection about the distinction between burnout and moral injury, and explores moral engagement as essential to the pursuit of social justice.

May 23, 2024 — Here’s what we were up to in 2023. Check out the amazing work of our dedicated staff and volunteers, and see what we have planned for 2024.

The Third Annual NSCSW Award Gala was held in Downtown Halifax on October 13, 2023. Our annual awards program recognizes excellence and dedication in the field of social work, as well as the efforts of allies in the health and social sectors. Please join us in person in celebrating these amazing people in our communities.

In this issue, social workers turn a decolonization lens towards their praxis.

What social work looks like: This special double issue of Connection magazine includes our 2022 annual report. In these pages, College staff, Council members and committee chairs reflect on the results of sustained collaborative advocacy and systems change.

Dec 21, 2022 — In this issue, social workers consider the causes and effects of self medication, and both systemic and individual interventions.

Collaboration & Change: This special double issue of Connection magazine includes our 2021 annual report. In these pages, College staff, Council members and committee chairs reflect on a year of change and growth.

In this issue, our contributors consider how Nova Scotia’s housing crisis and homelessness are inextricably interconnected with social determinants of health and well-being.

The Spring 2021 issue of Connection magazine includes the NSCSW’s annual report for 2020