A step-by-step guide to completing the registration renewal process for 2026, with troubleshooting tips. Remember that you’ll need to make time to review the new code and standards!
Nov 25, 2025 — In advance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, social workers, survivors, and government representatives gathered in downtown Halifax on November 24, 2025, for a pivotal conference that underscored social work’s critical responsibility in dismantling the normalization of gender-based and intimate partner violence, and championed the empowerment of survivors.
We will be closed on the afternoon of December 12 for a staff event. On December 24 the NSCSW office will close at noon, and then reopen on January 2. We encourage members who need assistance with annual renewal to contact us well in advance of the January 31 deadline.
Recognize the contributions of your amazing colleagues! Submit award nominations before January 18, 2026.
Dec 10, 2025 — Learn ways to better understand neurodivergence and how to make supportive adaptations in social work practice.
Dec 8, 2025 — Learn more about our evaluation & audit of the professional development program, and get support with completing your activity reports.
Nov 6, 2025 — The theme for next year’s conference is “Navigating complexity together.” We’re inviting our social work community to submit proposals for conference sessions.
Dec 5, 2025 — Closed space for Mi’kmaq & Indigenous social workers to discuss ethics, practice issues, & build connections for safer social work practice.
Nov 5, 2025 — Beth Toomey, MSW, RSW-Clinical Specialist, reflects on her experience volunteering with Healing for Gaza, and learning to practice clinical social work for Palestinians who have been displaced by the war.
Nov 4, 2025 — The NSCSW is inviting members to apply to join the Circle of Learning cohort. In 2026 this pilot project will test a new approach to professional development that incorporates self-assessment, peer consultation, and a holistic reflection process.
Dec 4, 2025 — Moving away from the biomedical paradigm, to a non-pathologizing paradigm that is truly anti-oppressive and trauma-informed.
CONNECTION is the official newsletter of the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers.
