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Apr 30, 2024 — Social workers are invited to consider how supporting ethical praxis requires practitioners to address unconscious bias & vicarious trauma.

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 »

22 Mar, 2024 — Alec Stratford reflects on the government’s latest budget bill. The budget fails to grapple with the root causes of the issues facing Nova Scotians today.

May 24-25, 2024 — Our annual conference is a decentralized hybrid event, foregrounding first voices and challenging social workers to explore how their positionality interacts with their practice.

Mar 14, 2024 — It’s National Social Work Month, and we’re getting ready to put our values into practice in a big way. Join us at Advocacy Day on March 25.

Apr 11, 2024 — Quarterly communities of practice gathering for Nova Scotia social workers

Apr8-Jun3, 2024 — This is the College’s third time offering this eight-week seminar with Anne Pirie and Jim Morton, an intensive course about Bowen family systems theory.

Apri 5, 2024 — Drawing from her research and experience, MSW student Tanya McHarg will explore decolonization in social work practice and education.

Apri 4, 2024 — Drawing from research and discussions with a range of community social workers, BSW student Brooke Collicutt will lead us through an exploration of disordered eating and how colonization has shaped our understanding of what “disordered” eating is.

Mar 1, 2024 — This year’s National Social Work Month celebrations honour the shared values that guide us on our individual and collective journeys of truth, reconciliation, equity, and inclusion.