Mental Health Action Plan: Better access and system performance for mental health services in Canada
July 13, 2020 – The CAMIMH membership, which comprises of 13 mental health associations, has worked together to produce CAMIMH’s Mental Health Action Plan. This document outlines CAMIMH’s six recommendations to the federal government on how to...
10 July, 2020 - Statement on the Decriminalization of Personal Use of Psychoactive Substances
The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) strongly supports and applauds the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) for its leadership in recommending, to the...
June 29, 2020 – The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) is pleased to announce the election of Joan Davis-Whelan, MSW, RSW from Newfoundland and Labrador as the association’s new President.
June 15, 2020 - CASW is calling for the Government of Canada to take immediate and tangible action to remedy our need for structural change.
June 3, 2020 - CASW Stands in Solidarity with the Association of Black Social Workers' (ABSW) Declaration of Systemic Racism
The Association of Black Social Workers declares that people of African descent have been living in a global pandemic for over 400 years. The injustices...
June 8, 2020 – While social media has provided a platform to shine light on the experiences of racism that is present in our lives, people of colour in North America have been living this reality since colonialism established dominance in the territories. Despite efforts to mobilize and be...
June 1, 2020 - Joint Letter to Minister Hajdu and Minister Schulte - Improving Long-Term Care for People in Canada
We are writing to you with recommendations for responding to the staggering effects COVID-19 has had on our health-care system, particularly...
May 27, 2020 - Today the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) publishes Ending Mandatory Minimums for Drug Offences.
Social workers across Canada are working tirelessly to address...
OTTAWA - April 27, 2020 - As a unified national voice for Canadian social workers, the Intersectoral Committee represents social work education, regulation, and the professional associations in Canada and we proudly acknowledge, thank, and salute you – our members - for your all too often...
April 20, 2020 - The Manitoba College of Social Workers (MCSW) and the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) reinforce the requests of other national and provincial organizations, deeply concerned with the wellbeing of children in Manitoba, for the Government of Manitoba to immediately...