Award Type: 
CASW Distinguished Service Award
Award Year: 
2014
Nominating Partner: 
Prince Edward Island Association of Social Workers
Recipient Bio: 
  • BA in Sociology from James Madison University
  • MSW from Case Western Reserve Univerity
  • Currently, PEIASW representative to CASW Board of Directors
  • Past President of PEIASW
  • Currently employed as Provincial Director of Community Mental Health and Addiction Services (with responsibility for in-patient and out-patient programs and facilities across PEI)
  • Currently Director responsible for the Mental Health Act of PEI (a Ministerial appointment)
  • Has provided and continues to provide numerous Professional Development presentations
  • Author and contributor to various Social Work and related publications
  • Previously employed in various consulting, curriculum development, instructing and Human Resources roles for various organizations in her Ohio and Texas.
  • Has instructed courses on PEI, on behalf of Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • Received Awards regarding Outstanding Teaching at Case Western Reserve University & Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Practitioner and Myer-Briggs Personality Type Practitioner
  • Critical Incident Stress Management practitioner
  • Previous Regional Director of Child, Youth and Family Programs, with responsibility for Child Protection, Speech Language Pathology, Public Health Nursing, Obstetric and Paedictric services at Prince County Hospital, and a local Community Health Center
  • Previous Regional Director of Family Services, with responsibility for Addiction Services, Community Mental Health, and Child Protection
  • Previous Policy Analyst for Home Care and Palliative Care, within PEI Dept of Health and Social Services
  • Previous Family Services Consultant with Veterans Affairs Canada, designing  a case management model for work with veterans and their families
  • Previous Regional Co-ordinator and Provincial Manager of Community Mental Health and Addictions Services, with responsibility for in-patient and out-patients programs and facilities
  • Margaret enjoys yoga, biking, traveling, her husband David.  She also enjoys her Blackberry so much that she named her beloved cat "Blackberry"