Tag: Conference

Nov 25, 2025 — In advance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, social workers, survivors, and government representatives gathered in downtown Halifax on November 24, 2025, for a pivotal conference that underscored social work’s critical responsibility in dismantling the normalization of gender-based and intimate partner violence, and championed the empowerment of survivors.

Nov 6, 2025 — The theme for next year’s conference is “Navigating complexity together.” We’re inviting our social work community to submit proposals for conference sessions.

July 17, 2025 — This year’s annual conference featured a collaborative design challenge: How can social workers activate critical hope in ourselves & others so we can create and sustain change?

May 2, 2025 — For our conference this year, we are trying something a little bit different, and inviting our members to a free virtual mini-conference focused on building relational connections.

Apr 16, 2024 — Join us in preparing for our annual conference this May. We have two free pre-conference events planned for the coming weeks.

May 24-25, 2024 — Our annual conference is a decentralized hybrid event, foregrounding first voices and challenging social workers to explore how their positionality interacts with their practice.

Invitation to interested storytellers for Celebrating Courage (May 24-25, 2023) are open until on February 15, 2024.

May 9, 2023 — Naj reflects on the processes of learning and unlearning, and the radical potential of allyship to change systems for the better.

Apr 27, 2023 — Becoming an ally is challenging, but it is a vital skill for ethical social work practice and conscientious living in a world that remains plagued by systemic violence. Join our virtual conference on May 11-12 to explore the ethics of allyship,

May 12-13 2023 — Workshops and small group discussions will offer opportunities for participants to collaboratively deconstruct and critically investigate the concept of allyship, and to reflect on how the themes of the conference resonate with their personal and professional context.

The goal of this virtual conference is to situate these conversations in a larger reflection about social work’s role in building true social justice.