Category: Events

Aug 22, 2023 — Social workers are invited to learn about the traditional African concept of Ubuntu during your lunch break.

Aug 17, 2023 — Nova Scotian social workers are invited to develop their professional ethics by collaboratively exploring possible scenarios in a quarterly ethics café series. This session will explore how social justice issues are intertwined with medical assistance in dying.

Aug 8, 2023 — Dive into how social workers in Nova Scotia can transform our approach to social justice & advocacy through our evolving code of ethics and commitment to decolonization.

Aug 3, 2023 — We’re creating a tool to support Nova Scotia social workers in managing vicarious trauma and preventing burnout. And we need your feedback.

Jul 31, 2023 — Our social justice committee’s panel series is back! Let’s share our big ideas about how to protect kids from conversion practices in Nova Scotia.

Jul 27, 2023 — Be more prepared to practice with and alongside Muslim people and communities. Ax Montasser will share lived experiences and perspective as a social work student and an active leader in their mosque.

Jul 26, 2023 — Be more prepared to practice with and alongside Black people in queer and trans communities. Vincent Mousseau, RSW, will share their research on Black LGBTQIA+ identity development.

Jul 17, 2023 — Learn more about the NSCSW’s strategy to respond to moral distress in social workers and health care workers by integrating advocacy into our practice.

6 July, 2023 — NSCSW members are invited to join us for a guided meditation specifically for social workers.

May 2023 — On November 18, 2022, and in recognition of National Child Day, a “Fishbowl Conversation” panel presentation was convened, with the panel held in-person at Dalhousie University and an audience participating online. The panel engaged in a critical conversation about ongoing work in Nova Scotia aimed at addressing child rights and well-being, for the purpose of guiding the work of an independent child and youth commission. This commentary article in the Healthy Populations Journal summarizes the recommendations from this panel, unifying the work from various reports and initiatives addressing child rights in the province.