Tag: professional development

13-14 Mar, 2023 — Free two-day workshop (1-4 p.m. AST) on social workers confronting Islamophobia with Muslim people. Open to allied professionals and the public.

Mar 10, 2023 — Michelle Lebrun introduces NSCSW members to a Mi’kmaw perspective on intergenerational trauma. This is the second session of a three-part series about practicing social work in Mi’kma’ki.

Mar 9, 2023 — Join NSCSW and the Dalhousie School of Social Work’s Diversity & Equity Committee for an evening panel discussion about bringing cultural context to narrative practice.

Mar 8, 2023 — NSCSW members are invited to explore strategies for integrating advocacy within social work practice.

7 Mar, 2023 — NSCSW members are invited to join us for a guided meditation specifically for social workers.

1 Mar, 2023 — Members of NSCSW are invited to celebrate the beginning of National Social Work Month!

Feb 1, 2023 — The provincial theme developed by the Nova Scotia African Heritage Month Information Network for 2023 is Seas of Struggle – African Peoples from Shore to Shore: a call to reflect upon the struggles that African people have experienced from the shores of Africa to the shores of Nova Scotia, and the role of the Atlantic in those experiences.

Feb 27, 2023 — NSCSW members are invited to explore strategies for integrating advocacy within social work practice.

Conference submissions for The Ethics of Allyship (May 12-13, 2023) are due on February 6, 2023.

Feb 24, 2023 — Nova Scotian social workers are invited to develop their professional ethics by collaboratively exploring possible scenarios. This session will explore how Africentricity must inform ethical decision making in Nova Scotia, especially within the health care context.