For Immediate Release
Media Advisory
Halifax, Nova Scotia Nov. 22, 2012 - Media representatives are invited to attend the presentation of the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) National Award for Outstanding Service to world renowned Nova Scotia social worker Michael Ungar, Ph.D on November 26th at noon. CASW President, Morel Caissie will present the CASW National Award Outstanding to Michael Ungar.
Date: November 26, 2012
Time: 12:15pm to 12:45pm
Speeches at 12:20pm
Place: Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers
Plaza 1881, 1891 Brunswick St., Suite 106
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2G8
Phone: 902.429.7799
The CASW National Award for Outstanding Service award is presented every two years to an individual who is a member in good standing of a CASW Partner Organization to honour outstanding social work practice at the local, provincial, national or international level.
Mr. Ungar is a valued member of the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers (NSASW). The NSASW Council is pleased to join CASW is celebrating the outstanding contributions Michael Ungar continues to make to social welfare and to the social work profession both in Canada and internationally.
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For more information:
Robert R. Shepherd
Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers
Tel: 902.429.7799
E-mail: Robert.shepherd@nsasw.org
Fred Phelps, MSW, RSW
Canadian Association of Social Workers
Tel.: 613.729.6668
E-Mail: fred.phelps@casw-acts.ca
Background
CASW National Award for Outstanding Service:
The award for outstanding service shall be made to an individual social worker who is a member in good standing of a CASW Partner Organization. It shall honour outstanding social work practice at the local, provincial, national or international level. It includes direct services, service on behalf of the profession, advocacy, social policy, social development, education and research. Nominations will be accepted from CASW Partner Organizations
The 2010 National Award for Outstanding Service Recipient was Cindy Blackstock, the Executive Director for First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada.
Michael Ungar, M.S.W., Ph.D.:
Michael Ungar is a Killam Professor of Social Work at Dalhousie University where he directs the Resilience Research Centre that coordinates more than five million dollars in funded research in a dozen countries. That research is focused on resilience among children, youth and families and how they together survive adversity in culturally diverse ways.
He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on this topic and is the author of eleven books including The Social Worker (2011), his first novel. Among his books for professionals are Counseling in Challenging Contexts: Working with Individuals and Families Across Clinical and Community Settings (2011), The Social Ecology of Resilience (2012), and Strengths-based Counseling with At-risk Youth (2006). Michael also writes for parents and educators. Among his most recent works are We Generation: Raising Socially Responsible Children and Teens (2009) and Too Safe For Their Own Good: How Risk and Responsibility Help Teens Thrive (2007) which was the subject of a cover story in Maclean’s.
In addition to his research and writing, Michael maintains a small family therapy practice in association with Phoenix Youth Programs, a prevention program for street youth and their families, and was the recipient of the Canadian Association of Social Workers Distinguished Service Award for Nova Scotia in 2010. His work has been featured in numerous magazines (Reader’s Digest, Body and Soul, Today’s Parent) and newspapers (Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, USA Today) around the world, and he regularly appears on radio and television. He recently Co-Chaired the Nova Scotia Mental Health Strategy Advisory Committee, is a Board Member of the American Family Therapy Academy, and sat for six years as a member of the Registration Board of the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers. His blog, Nurturing Resilience, can be read on Psychology Today’s website.