March 1, 2024 - This March we commemorate the 2024 Code of Ethics, Values and Guiding Principles while acknowledging the challenges faced by social workers, particularly during the pandemic. We honour our Seven Points of Unity and celebrate these shared values guiding our individual and...
February 27, 2024 - IFSW stands in full support of the recent statement by humanitarian leaders on the extreme peril facing civilians in Gaza. The escalation of violence following the attacks on 7 October has led to a preventable humanitarian crisis of unprecedented scale, with tens of thousands...
Februrary 22, 2024 - The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) urges the federal government and its provincial and territorial counterparts to act immediately to find a way to continue funding Wellness Together Canada. Mental health and substance use health is health and...
February 21, 2024 - The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) is pleased to submit to the Government of Canada’s 2024 Pre-Budget Consultation recommending a comprehensive social work sector study and the expansion of the Canada Student Loans forgiveness program.
February 9, 2024 - The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) publishes a pre-budget submission calling for legislation that equally values mental health, substance use health and physical health.
January 30, 2024 - The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) is pleased to announce Joan Churley, BSW, RSW, as the recipient of the 2024 Glenn Drover Award for Outstanding Service.
January 8, 2024 - The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) is proud to launch their new Code of Ethics resource, integrating values, guiding principles and guidelines into one document for ease of use and application. The changes announced today represent the first major overhaul to...
November 17, 2023 - CASW provides a report to the Standing Committee on Health calling to address the long-standing health inequities faced by marginalized and vulnerable women; to create a strategy to improve senior women’s health in Canada; to establish protected policies and provisions that...
October 30, 2023 - The International Federation of Social Workers publishes a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire and to address the root causes of the Israel/Palestine conflict.
October 12, 2023 - The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) is pleased to submit to the consultation to inform the development of a Safe Long-Term Care Act. We are encouraged by this initiative from government and hope to see it improve the long-term care sector in Canada.