Struggles & successes

Crystal Hill, RSW & Dominic Boyd, RSW

This session will explore how to create meaningful social change in the context of the dominant neoliberal social ethos. Two social workers will speak on their efforts to create transformational change using land acknowledgments in order to challenge settler assumptions in governmental agencies. Key social work strategies will be identified and participants challenged to reflect on their own roles in regards to social justice and social change. Discussion will help participants to identify strategies they can employ in their own work and lives regarding those social justice issues that are most pressing to them

Social Workers as Change Agents

Reflecting on our Journeys toward Transformational Change

The keynote address reflects the conference’s broader theme. This session will also integrate concrete skills with theory, to help us to embrace our role as change agents, advocates and leaders, as we seek to pivot from our role in perpetuating bias and systemic inequity, toward decolonization and true justice for all people.