Health Care and Social Service Education Associations Partner to Address the Opioid Crisis
April, 2019. The Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) in partnership with the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC), and the Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE-ACFTS) are pleased to announce the funding of a three-year interprofessional education project by Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program. Read More.
AGM 2019
April, 2019. The CASWE-ACFTS Annual General Meeting will be held on June 5, 2019, from 9h-12:30 at the University of Bristish Columbia (Room ESB1013). Documents will be posted online as soon as they are available.
Become a Member or Renew your Membership!
March, 2019. The Membership system is now open for 2019-2020 membership. Click on the button below to renew your membership or become a member. For further information, please contact member.membre@caswe-acfts.ca.
President’s Blog
January, 2019. January is an exciting month in many ways. The start of a new calendar year and, for many of us, the start of a new term. Not all of us in education throughout the world are on the same calendar, however. I just returned from representing Canada at the board meetings of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW). Continue reading.
President and Executive Director Visit to Atlantic Schools
December, 2018. As part of the Association’s strategy to intensify and strengthen collaboration and networking with all member schools, Association President Susan Cadell and Executive Director Alexandra Wright visited four Atlantic schools in November. The goal was to encourage participation in the annual conference and involvement in the work and activities of various constituency groups, such as the Association’s journal, the Commission on Accreditation, Committees and Caucuses. The President and the ED had the opportunity to meet with faculty members, field coordinators and students at the Université de Moncton, St Thomas University, Dalhousie University and Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. Ms. Cadell and Ms. Wright are grateful to all those who took the time to meet with them.
Open Letter to Premier Ford from Ontario Schools of Social Work
December, 2018. Deans and Directors and Faculty members from Ontario Schools of Social Work sent an open letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford. In their letter, the schools denounce the closure by the provincial government of the Ontario Child Advocate. Read More.
