Tag: child youth advocate

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFeb 18, 2025 KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX, NS) – The Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) voices deep concern over the 2025-2026 provincial budget, which disregards critical investments needed to safeguard the well-being of children and youth. While the budget includes baseline measures on gender-based violence, income supports and minimum wage, it fails to offer… Read more »

January 15, 2025 — The Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) is releasing its comprehensive review of the Children and Family Services Act submitted to the Department of Opportunities and Social Development in the fall of 2023.

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.

Oct 26, 2023 — Advocates concerned the creation of a child and youth commission in Nova Scotia appears to be stalled.

Nov 20, 2023 — Members of NSCSW are invited to attend a collaborative event celebrating National Child Day.

Jun 8, 2023 — This Pride Month, a coalition of concerned Nova Scotians is asking for children to be protected from conversion practices in schools.

Jun 8, 2023 — No child should be subjected to harmful, illegal conversion practices. No child should be afraid that their school will fail to support them if they reveal themselves to be queer, trans, or questioning. Here’s what Nova Scotia can do to help.

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

May 31, 2023 — join us at our media conference as we share the findings and recommendations of the child welfare consultation completed by Wisdom2Action

November 18, 2022 — In honour of National Child Day, join Dalhousie University and IWK Health, along with the Healthy Populations Institute and the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers, for this special virtual event featuring a collective of passionate advocates for a critical conversation on Child and Youth Well-Being in Nova Scotia and the formation of a provincial Child and Youth Commission