Leading transformational change through social policy

Speakers: Alec Stratford, Christine Saulnier, Dr. Tammy Findlay

We have continued to see our governments, at all levels, implement policies and programs that have resulted in greater inequity. This workshop will introduce the Social Policy Framework as a tool for transformational change.

Speakers: Catrina Brown, Marjorie Johnstone, Nancy Ross

Presenting results and recommendations from the research paper published by NSCSW in January, Repositioning Social Work Practice in Mental Health in Nova Scotia.

Annual General Meeting of the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers

The AGM is free to attend. It is a public event, but only members of NSCSW can vote on motions.

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Speakers: Hazel Ling, Heidi Meagher

An exploration of social workers’ portrayal in mainstream films. Looking at themes of gender, race, and socioeconomic status using a feminist and intersectional lens provides insight into how little has changed regarding the image of social workers.

Pimotehowin Nehiyawi Pimātisiwin (We will walk this Cree way of life)

Professional and Personal Reflections on the Masks of Trauma

Trauma informed care, and trauma responses offer robust paths to healing for First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples in Canada. There are many masks of trauma, the colonial mask, the warrior mask, the survivor / surviving mask (etc.). Masks hold a rich narrative for storytellers, and can also help us in seeing trauma in multiple ways.

Speaker: Merlinda Weinberg

Social work as a profession has always been a normative based profession, focusing on ethics as a foundational concept. Ethics refers to a systematic exploration of our relationships to others, paying attention to harms and benefits, and concern for human flourishing and social justice. However, when one looks at the vehicles for evaluating ethics, such as codes and decision-making models, and the texts addressing ethics in social work, the absence of the recognition of racism as a fundamental problem in social work ethics is striking.

Disrupting white impostors and their claim of white fragility

Naming it white violence and trauma!

Participants in this workshop will learn strategies of self-interrogating and institutional action in order to disrupt and replace the voices of white imposters from the centre of anti-racist and decolonize activism, social work education and social work practice.