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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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.
DEC Panel: Culturally Responsive Healthcare to Reduce Gender Based Violence
Jan 19, 2023 — Africentric principles can be incorporated into health research, program development, and service delivery for African Nova Scotian communities. Join the Dalhousie School of Social Work’s Diversity & Equity Committee for this research conversation.
Mini-conference — The Shadow Pandemic: Culturally responsive approaches to intimate partner violence
March 4 2022 — Mini-conference on challenges and opportunities of serving Nova Scotians who face intimate partner violence during the pandemic.
Welcoming African Heritage Month 2022
February 1, 2022 — The theme for our province’s celebration of African Heritage Month this year is Through Our Eyes: The Voices of African Nova Scotians. NSCSW is honouring this month with two special events.
PANEL — Big Ideas in Mental Health for Black & African Nova Scotians
February 16, 2022 — Join us for an online panel discussion about social justice issues and resources affecting mental health for African, Caribbean & Black Nova Scotians.
Webinar: Challenges & Opportunities for Africentric Social Work Practice
February 17, 2022 — Join us for a lunch & learn with several of the contributors to Africentric Social Work, a recently published text.
Celebrating our first Emancipation Day
July 30, 2021 − The recognition of Emancipation Day on August 1 celebrates the strength and perseverance of Black communities in Canada, and invites all Canadians to reflect, educate and engage in the ongoing fight against anti-Black racism and discrimination.
Webinar: Examining protective factors for children’s welfare: the case of Indigenous, African Nova Scotian, and Immigrant and Refugee Children in the HRM
March 23, 2021 — In this webinar we discuss findings from qualitative study conducted in the HRM that sought to identify support systems and strategies to strengthen the capacity of families from urban Indigenous, African Nova Scotian, and immigrant and refugee populations in the Halifax Regional Municipality to mobilize communities to prevent the entry or re-entry of children into state care.
Black Lives Matter & Environmental Racism: A Social Work Ethics Perspective
March 5, 2021 — A thought-provoking webinar with Senator Wanda Thomas-Bernard, RSW, PhD. Presented by NSCSW and the Pictou County Social Workers Group.
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