Tag: Africentric

Feb 23, 2023 — Join NSCSW, the Dalhousie School of Social Work’s Diversity & Equity Committee, and and Healthy Populations Institute Flagship Project (HPI), Improving the Health Outcomes of People of African Descent for an evening panel discussion about bringing Africentric perspectives into health care.

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.

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.

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 »

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.

March 4 2022 — Mini-conference on challenges and opportunities of serving Nova Scotians who face intimate partner violence during the pandemic.

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.

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.