Feb 28, 2024 — Vicent Mousseau, RSW, will discuss the concepts of Afropressimism and Black joy, and invite us consider their implications for social work.
Feb 28, 2024 — Vicent Mousseau, RSW, will discuss the concepts of Afropressimism and Black joy, and invite us consider their implications for social work.
Feb 14 — Considering BDSM through the lens of social work ethics. Let’s talk about its history and place in culture, the radical potential of ritual and performance, and the importance of autonomy and consent.
Feb 7, 2024 — Join us to learn about a new treatment modality that is being used for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Feb 1, 2023 — Nova Scotia social workers are invited to join a colleague sharing her Indigenous social work perspective on domestic violence.
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 19, 2024 — Research insights into animal hoarding from a social work perspective
Jan 12, 2024 — Nova Scotia social workers are invited to learn from someone with first-hand experience of conversion practices and unlearning bias.
Dec 13, 2023 —Nova Scotian social workers are invited to develop their professional ethics by collaboratively exploring possible scenarios. This session will explore ways to identify ethics concerns and distinguish them from other, similar concerns we might have about professional practice, the law, or issues of structural justice and equity. Learn more about the role of ethics consultation at the NSCSW and the Nova Scotia Health Ethics Network.
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.
CONNECTION is the official newsletter of the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers.