The CASWE-ACFTS Board of Directors (BOD) is responsible for planning and overseeing the activities and policies of the Association and is accountable to the General Assembly of CASWE-ACFTS members. The term of office for Directors is three years and members may stand for re-election for one consecutive term for a total of six years.
The Board can have a maximum of 14 members. There are currently 13 members.
Stéphane Grenier
President (2019-2021)
Treasurer: (2016-2019)
Liaison : Schools of Social Work in Québec
Term : 2015-2018, 2018-2021
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
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Kathy Hogarth
Vice-President (2018-2021)
Co-Chair, International Affairs Committee
Chair, Nominating Committee (2018-2019)
Term : 2015-2021
School of Social Work, Renison University College, affiliated with University of Waterloo
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Judy White
Treasurer (2019)
Term: 2019-2021
University of Regina
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Anita Vaillancourt
Liaison and Co-Chair, Social Policy and Advocacy Committee
Term: 2015-2018, 2018-2021
School of Social Work and Human Services, University of the Fraser Valley
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Billie Allan
Liaison: Thunderbird Circle – Indigenous Social Work Educators’ Network
Term: 2017-2020
University of Victoria
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Céline Bellot
Liaison: Canadian Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work
Term: 2019-2022
Université de Montréal
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François Luu
Liaison: Comité des étudiants/Student Committee
Term: 2018-2021
Université de Montréal
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Heather Peters
Term: 2017-2020
University of Northern British Columbia
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Jessica Ayala
Term: 2018-2021
University of Calgary
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Patricia MacKenzie
Liaison : Commission on Accreditation (COA)
Term: 2018-2021
University of Victoria
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Ravi Gokani
Term: 2019-2022
Lakehead University
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Sébastien Savard
Liaison : Committee on Francophone Social Work in Linguistic Minority Contexts
Term: 2016-2019, 2019-2022
École de service social, Université d’Ottawa
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Vina Sandher
Liaison : Field Education Committee
Term: 2017-2020
York University
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Directors of the Board act as a liaison to a variety of constituents engaged in social work education in Canada that include the following:
- The Quebec Schools of Social Work
- The Canadian Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work
- Thunderbird Circle-the Indigenous Social Work Educators Network
- The Commission on Accreditation
- The International Affairs Committee
- The Student Committee
- The Field Education Committee
- The Social Policy and Advocacy Committee
- The Committee on Francophone Social Work in Linguistic Minority Contexts
- The Finance Committee
- The Educational Policy Committee
- The Nominating Committee
The BOD’s responsibilities vary and include the following activities:
- The development, amendment and approval of educational policy for social work education;
- The approval of accreditation standards and procedures;
- The promotion of advocacy and a national and international voice on social work and social work education;
- The management the Association’s finances and accounting;
- The provision of oversight to all of the CASWE-ACFTS Board committees, subcommittees, committees, commissions, and taskforces/working groups;
- The creation of committees charged with the task of designing and implementing the program of conferences, and other fora, under terms of reference established by the BOD;
- The endorsement and support (financially and/or otherwise) all groups which report to the Board of Directors annually;
- The receipt and adjudication of accreditation appeals;
- The approval of appointments for committee positions;
- The hiring and evaluation of the Executive Director;
- The collaboration with the Quebec Schools of Social Work, the Canadian Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work, and Thunderbird Circle – the Indigenous Social Work Educators Network (ISWEN) in carrying out its responsibility;
- The development of a yearly action plan in consultation with the membership.
