Tag: African Nova Scotians

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. 

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.

February 17, 2022 — Join us for a lunch & learn with several of the contributors to Africentric Social Work, a recently published text.

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.

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.

March 5, 2021 — A thought-provoking webinar with Senator Wanda Thomas-Bernard, RSW, PhD. Presented by NSCSW and the Pictou County Social Workers Group.

The 2021 provincial theme of African Heritage Month, “Black History Matters: Listen, Learn, Share and Act,” calls on all Nova Scotians to make a better society by recognizing the long-standing history and legacy of African Nova Scotians, and by acknowledging racialized issues and adversity for people of African descent.

Part of practising from an anti-oppressive lens is continually asking ourselves how the intergenerational effects of colonization and slavery have impacted our own perspective and bias, and how we can address the resulting behaviours.

The 2020 African Heritage Month theme, The Ties that Bind: Faith, Family and Community, recognizes the essential traits that sustain the strength, resiliency and togetherness of the African Nova Scotian community. For social workers, African Heritage Month is also an important time to reflect on the urgent and continued work that is needed to create full inclusion and belonging in Nova Scotia.