News & Events

Oct 25, 2021 — NSCSW Members are invited to provide feedback on new professional development standards proposed to take effect in 2022.

20 October 2021 — Save the date for our First Annual Awards Gala. Special guest speaker Dr. Ingrid Waldron.

Oct 18, 2021 — NSCSW Members are invited to provide feedback on new professional development standards proposed to take effect in 2022.

14 October, 2021 — Ethical Implications of Spirituality in the Social Work Setting; a theoretical overview of the challenges and opportunities. Part one of a three part webinar series with Nadia Siritsky and CASW.

1 October 2021 — Join Alec Stratford to discuss updates to sexual misconduct standards & policy proposed for social workers in Nova Scotia.

23 September, 2021 — A workshop for NSCSW members on the foundations of ethical social work practice, particularly in the Nova Scotian context.

August 18, 2021 — Once again the government of Nova Scotia’s capital has decided to remove crisis shelters that were erected by Halifax Mutual Aid to assist those in need until they can be housed permanently.

Our Social Justice Committee has created a new annual award. The Social Justice Ally Award will be given annually to an individual in the public sphere who has used her or his position or social standing to advocate for the role of social workers in serving the public good, and who advances our ethical mandate to work toward the establishment of equity and social justice. Nominations close August 25, 2021.

12 August 2021 — As part of our mandate to serve the public good, the NSCSW has completed analysis of each party’s positions, through the lens of the social policy framework that we developed with CCPA-NS.

August 9, 2021 – Candidates from the three major parties have agreed to join us and CMHA for a pre-election panel about mental health and substance use care