Tag: social justice

Feb 28, 2024 — Vicent Mousseau, RSW, will discuss the concepts of Afropressimism and Black joy, and invite us consider their implications for social work.

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

Jan 31, 2024 — Big Ideas in Mental Health is a panel discussion series hosted by the NSCSW Social Justice Committee. Join us to discuss the psychosocial, spiritual and structural factors surrounding death and dying in Nova Scotia. (originally scheduled for Sep 20, 2023 and postponed)

Jan 24, 2024 — Join social workers, health experts and first voice panelists to learn more about fat liberation as a social justice issue, and to understand how weight bias and sizeism affect mental health.

Jan 22, 2024 — Bring your lunch and join TESS and the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) online to learn about human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation in the Nova Scotian context. The Trafficking and Exploitation Services System (TESS) is a partnership of over 70 agencies across our province who are working together to respond to the commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth.

Jan 12, 2024 — Nova Scotia social workers are invited to learn from someone with first-hand experience of conversion practices and unlearning bias.

Dec 8, 2023 — Join social workers, doctors and an engineer for an interprofessional exploration of safety practices in relation to health care, professional regulation, and social advocacy.

Dec 7, 2023 — Nova Scotia social workers are invited to hear first voice perspectives on the role of peer support in creating safer care & safer practice.

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

Nov 9, 2023 — Nova Scotia social workers are invited to explore interprofessional perspectives on long term care services in our province.