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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.

Introducing our new Joint Professional Development Series

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 »

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.

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

NSCSW lunch & learn: Africentric Social Work Challenges & Opportunities. Thumbnail image is cover of the Africentric Social Work textbook

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

Black Lives Matter: Dismantling white supremacy in social work

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.

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