Category: Events

Oct 23, 2020 — Special Meeting of Members called to amend by-laws, to allow for electronic voting at future annual or special general meetings.

Nov 12, 2020 — Participants will join Davina Melanson, behavioural intervention teacher, to discuss and unpack mental health challenges emerging in elementary aged youth, and concrete strategies for teachers, counsellors and concerned communities to engage in practical, supportive action. Delivered in partnership between CASW and NSCSW.

Nov 2, 2020 — Jacqueline Barkley, MSW, RSW, will introduce session participants to key introductory issues in understanding the Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis and its traits, and provide concrete suggestions for managing clients suffering from this personality disorder. Delivered in partnership between CASW and NSCSW.

Oct 28, 2020 — Jenny Cameron MSW, RSW, and Thomas Williams, MSW, RSW, will describe key points about historical and contemporary telehealth services, and discuss future directions of telehealth in Nova Scotia and across Canada. Particular attention will be paid to how technology can be used to provide more equitable services to marginalized populations within Nova Scotia. The discussion will be situated within the Social Work Code of Ethics, covering how we can ensure services promote inherent dignity, social justice, and confidentiality for all of those involved. Delivered in partnership between CASW and NSCSW.

Oct 21, 2020 — Anne Pirie and Jim Morton will introduce participants to Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST) and describe how to construct a family diagram: a tool for assessing and recording significant contextual information. This webinar will show how placing symptoms in their family/ social context informs diagnostic work and treatment directions in various clinical settings. Delivered in partnership between CASW and NSCSW.

We’re gathering Nova Scotia’s social work community at the annual NSCSW Conference in May 2021 to collaboratively develop our social justice praxis.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nova Scotia’s Emergency Management Act allows the NSCSW to host our 2020 Annual General Meeting virtually. Register now to join us on June 10.

May 8, 2020 — Social workers are needing to make rapid changes to their social work practice to adapt to the COVID 19 pandemic. Heidi Sturgeon, an RSW in NS who’s been practicing online therapy for the past 4 years, offers an overview of how to transition to social work telepractice. Recording available on-demand after event via CASW.

Every March we celebrate National Social Work Month (NSWM) in recognition of the contributions of social workers to society. The theme adopted by the CASW Board for the 2020 National Social Work Month celebrations is: United by Diversity. Strengthened by Inclusion.