Tag: African Nova Scotians

Jan 30, 2025 — African Heritage Month begins this weekend. The theme for 2025 is Legacy in Action: Celebrating Black Brilliance.

February 27, 2025 — A community of practice for Black & African Nova Scotian social workers to talk ethics & practice issues, and build connections for safe(r) social work.

Feb 3, 2025 — A panel of three African Nova Scotian members of NSCSW share their insights into principles of Africentric social work practice.

Aug 1, 2024 — On this date in 1834, thousands of enslaved people of African descent were declared free here in Nova Scotia, and many more around the world.

April 9, 2024 — The Africentric Bachelor of Social Work Cohort (ABSWC) is seeking volunteer mentors to support their students during their learning journey.

1 Feb, 2024 — The 2024 African Heritage Month theme is Our Smiles, Our Joy, Our Resilience as African Nova Scotians. We invite social workers to celebrate and recognize the history and culture of people of African descent.

Feb 29 — Join Dr. Ifeyinwa Mbakogu and her research team as they share the findings of their research with youth of African Descent (and their caregivers) who have interacted with or sought access to mental health and substance use services in Nova Scotia, as well as with mental health and substance use service providers in Nova Scotia.

Sep 5, 2023 — We are excited to share a collaboration between the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funded project titled, “Voices That Count: Providing Culturally Inclusive Mental Health and Substance Use Health Service Delivery to Youth of African Descent in Canada.” led by Dr. Ifeyinwa Mbakogu.

Feb 1, 2023 — The provincial theme developed by the Nova Scotia African Heritage Month Information Network for 2023 is Seas of Struggle – African Peoples from Shore to Shore: a call to reflect upon the struggles that African people have experienced from the shores of Africa to the shores of Nova Scotia, and the role of the Atlantic in those experiences.

Feb 24, 2023 — Nova Scotian social workers are invited to develop their professional ethics by collaboratively exploring possible scenarios. This session will explore how Africentricity must inform ethical decision making in Nova Scotia, especially within the health care context.