Category: Events

Invitation to interested storytellers for Celebrating Courage (May 24-25, 2023) are open until on February 15, 2024.

Feb 1, 2023 — Nova Scotia social workers are invited to join a colleague sharing her Indigenous social work perspective on domestic violence.

Jan 31, 2024 — Big Ideas in Mental Health is a panel discussion series hosted by the NSCSW Social Justice Committee. Join us to discuss the psychosocial, spiritual and structural factors surrounding death and dying in Nova Scotia. (originally scheduled for Sep 20, 2023 and postponed)

Jan 29, 2024 — Join us for a day of learning and advocacy around Nova Scotia’s housing crisis.

Jan 24, 2024 — Join social workers, health experts and first voice panelists to learn more about fat liberation as a social justice issue, and to understand how weight bias and sizeism affect mental health.

Jan 22, 2024 — Bring your lunch and join TESS and the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) online to learn about human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation in the Nova Scotian context. The Trafficking and Exploitation Services System (TESS) is a partnership of over 70 agencies across our province who are working together to respond to the commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth.

Jan 19, 2024 — Research insights into animal hoarding from a social work perspective

Jan 12, 2024 — Nova Scotia social workers are invited to learn from someone with first-hand experience of conversion practices and unlearning bias.

Dec 15, 2023 — Social workers in Nova Scotia are invited to join your colleagues from across the province to connect, network, organize & share resources.

Dec 13, 2023 —Nova Scotian social workers are invited to develop their professional ethics by collaboratively exploring possible scenarios. This session will explore ways to identify ethics concerns and distinguish them from other, similar concerns we might have about professional practice, the law, or issues of structural justice and equity. Learn more about the role of ethics consultation at the NSCSW and the Nova Scotia Health Ethics Network.