Category: Media

March 20, 2025 — The NSCSW is raising significant concerns about Bill 36 – the Free Trade and Mobility Within Canada Act – calling it a major setback for public safety and the regulatory integrity of the social work profession in Nova Scotia.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFeb 18, 2025 KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX, NS) – The Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) voices deep concern over the 2025-2026 provincial budget, which disregards critical investments needed to safeguard the well-being of children and youth. While the budget includes baseline measures on gender-based violence, income supports and minimum wage, it fails to offer… Read more »

January 15, 2025 — The Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) is releasing its comprehensive review of the Children and Family Services Act submitted to the Department of Opportunities and Social Development in the fall of 2023.

May 7, 2024 — In light of the Auditor General’s new report concerning places of safety in Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) calls attention to the significant gaps in the report regarding its understanding of service users’ needs, the realities of social workers, and how these factors contribute to the reported challenges in the delivery of places of safety.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 26, 2024 KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX, NS) – The Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) celebrated National Social Work Month with a collaborative virtual mini-conference about mental health advocacy on Monday March 25. Free and open to the public, NSCSW’s third annual Advocacy Day brought together social workers with allied health partners, community… Read more »

Jun 8, 2023 — This Pride Month, a coalition of concerned Nova Scotians is asking for children to be protected from conversion practices in schools.

May 31, 2023 — join us at our media conference as we share the findings and recommendations of the child welfare consultation completed by Wisdom2Action

24 March, 2023 — at their second annual advocacy day, NSCSW launches the More Than a Diagnosis campaign, and an innovative advocacy resource co-created with the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia.

12 October, 2021 — As a new legislature meets for the first time, NSCSW offers the policy goals of Nova Scotian social workers for due consideration.

February 1, 2021 — In October 2019, the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) received two complaints regarding the conduct and practice of its member Ryanne Rhodenizer, of Nova Scotia, registration #2173.