Tag: child safety

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE4 Sep, 2025 KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX, NS) – As students across Nova Scotia return to school, 2SLGBTQIA+ youth face yet another academic year without updated Guidelines for Supporting Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Students. These guidelines, now over a decade old, fail to reflect the current realities and necessary protections, including the bans on conversion practices legislated both… Read more »

Oct 24, 2024 — For the third consecutive year, the NSCSW is joining with community partners for an event celebrating National Child Day. Join us online, or in-person in Halifax, on November 20.

Nov 20, 2024 — This year we’re joining our community partners in celebrating children and youth as advocates for climate action and protectors of nature for future generations.

Jul 18, 2024 — Changes to Canada’s Divorce Act in 2019 included various measures to promote the best interests of children affected by family conflict and separation. Join NSCSW’s new Council President Robert Wright, MSW, RSW, to explore how to integrate these principles into your practice.

May 7, 2024 — In light of the Auditor General’s new report concerning places of safety in Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) calls attention to the significant gaps in the report regarding its understanding of service users’ needs, the realities of social workers, and how these factors contribute to the reported challenges in the delivery of places of safety.

May 31, 2023 — W2A was contracted by the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers to consult with partners and collaborators on behalf of children and families Let’s

This week the Nova Scotia branch of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a new report about child and family poverty in our province. Nova Scotia has reduced child poverty less than 1% from 1989 levels. If we are to alleviate the stress that poverty puts on our well-being, our economy and our political system, we must collectively shift our ideology regarding the market and the role of government.

The province announced this week that they plan to create a committee to conduct reviews of unexpected deaths of children under the age of 19 who have died while in provincial care.

NSCSW is holding a panel discussion the evening before our public symposium. All stakeholders involved with the child welfare system are welcome. Five professionals will share their diverse experiences and perspectives regarding child welfare during a moderated discussion, followed by a public Q&A.

Our partners at the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives Nova Scotia (CCPA-NS) recently released the 2017 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia. Statistics show that the child poverty rate in the province went down less than a percentage point in 2015 compared to 2014. One in five Nova Scotian children lives… Read more »