News & Events

Aug 3, 2023 — We’re creating a tool to support Nova Scotia social workers in managing vicarious trauma and preventing burnout. And we need your feedback.

Jul 31, 2023 — Our social justice committee’s panel series is back! Let’s share our big ideas about how to protect kids from conversion practices in Nova Scotia.

Jul 27, 2023 — Be more prepared to practice with and alongside Muslim people and communities. Ax Montasser will share lived experiences and perspective as a social work student and an active leader in their mosque.

Jul 26, 2023 — Be more prepared to practice with and alongside Black people in queer and trans communities. Vincent Mousseau, RSW, will share their research on Black LGBTQIA+ identity development.

Jun 22, 2023 — The NSCSW is inviting proposals from qualified web development agencies to improve and enhance the user experience of our website. Proposal deadline August 15, 2023.

22 Jun, 2023 — Read ED/R Alec Stratford’s recap of the NSCSW’s special general meeting in May. Video recording is included.

Jul 17, 2023 — Learn more about the NSCSW’s strategy to respond to moral distress in social workers and health care workers by integrating advocacy into our practice.

Jun 8, 2023 — Children are especially vulnerable to the growing discourse of hatred and alienation that’s targeting 2SLGBTQIA+ people and communities. Advocating for 2SLGBTQIA+ people is also part of our necessary labour of decolonization.

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

Jun 8, 2023 — No child should be subjected to harmful, illegal conversion practices. No child should be afraid that their school will fail to support them if they reveal themselves to be queer, trans, or questioning. Here’s what Nova Scotia can do to help.