Tag: Awards

Recognize the contributions of your amazing colleagues! Submit award nominations before November 24, 2024

The Third Annual NSCSW Award Gala was held in Downtown Halifax on October 13, 2023. Our annual awards program recognizes excellence and dedication in the field of social work, as well as the efforts of allies in the health and social sectors. Please join us in person in celebrating these amazing people in our communities.

February 1, 2023 — Nominate a colleague for the CASW Distinguished Service Award! Nominations close on February 20.

Nov 24, 2022 — Please join the NSCSW and featured guest speaker Robert Wright, RSW, to celebrate our award recipients and volunteers from 2022.

20 October 2021 — Save the date for our First Annual Awards Gala. Special guest speaker Dr. Ingrid Waldron.

Every year Nova Scotia social workers who contribute to our profession through practice, leadership, research and education are nominated by their colleagues for our annual awards. We are proud to offer recognition to these outstanding members of our social work community.

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.