Feb 16, 2023 — Join the Dalhousie School of Social Work’s Diversity & Equity Committee and a panel of Black and African educators for this discussion during African Heritage Month.
DEC Panel: Teaching While Black
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Member consultation: Candidacy Mentorship Program (Mentors)
Feb 16, 2023 (7 PM) — NSCSW members who have been involved with the Candidacy Mentorship Program as mentors are invited to join virtual focus groups in February 2023 for a discussion about the program and what adjustments, if any, need to be made to strengthen training and preparedness to practice and protect the public.
Lunch & Learn: Working with Indigenous persons in Mi’kma’ki
Feb 10, 2023 — An overview and introduction to what social workers should know about working with Indigenous persons in Mi’kma’ki. This is the first session of a three-part series with Michelle Lebrun about practicing social work in Mi’kma’ki.
DEC Panel: Fitting African Centred Perspectives into Social Work Practice
Feb 9, 2023 — Join NSCSW and the Dalhousie School of Social Work’s Diversity & Equity Committee for an evening panel discussion commemorating African Heritage Month.
Social workers for social justice: Integrating advocacy into our practice
Feb 8, 2023 — NSCSW members are invited to explore strategies for integrating advocacy within social work practice.
Introducing our new Joint Professional Development Series
The Nova Scotia College of Social Workers is proud and excited to partner with the Diversity and Equity Committee (DEC) at the Dalhousie School of Social Work on a new professional development series. We hope to help bridge the gap between academia and practice by creating a collective forum where social work students, social work… Read more »
Join us in dismantling hatred in health care
Jan 26, 2023 — All social workers in Nova Scotia are invited to participate in an anonymous feedback session to provide valuable insight for the development of a Health Equity Framework for the province’s healthcare system.
Lunch & learn: Legends, oral histories & Mi’kmaw cultural memory
Jan 27, 2023 — This is the fifth session of a series about Mi’kmaw culture & heritage. Gerald Gloade will offer members an introduction to Mi’kmaw history as preserved in the Glooscap legends.
DEC Panel: Intentional Erasures
Jan 26, 2023 — Join NSCSW and the Dalhousie School of Social Work’s Diversity & Equity Committee for an evening panel discussion about intentional erasure, false histories and the invisibilization of current struggles.
Connection Fall 2022: Social work & self-medication
Dec 21, 2022 — In this issue, social workers consider the causes and effects of self medication, and both systemic and individual interventions.
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