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This presentation will be taking place at 12:00pm CST / 1:00pm EST. 

Truth & Reconciliation

No Guilt!  No Shame?

Just the information you need along with the opportunity TO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS in a safe and welcoming environment.

90 minutes could literally change everything!

Social workers in all diverse areas work with individuals who have experienced trauma. This session will provide an overview of trauma informed practice, including integrating trauma informed principles into the workplace at a practice and organizational level.  Information presented will include understanding trauma, the presentation of trauma, and trauma response. Important considerations for social workers will be discussed in the assessment of trauma and in providing trauma informed care based on safety and choice. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on self-care for the service provider.

The COVID-19 pandemic has escalated health care social workers’ professional responsibilities and obligations, complicated goals of care, and restricted hospice and palliative care decision-making at end-of-life. Consequently, social workers’ roles are shifting as they encounter complex medical and ethical scenarios that have heightened experiences of moral distress. Encounters of moral distress arise when institutional or individual factors constrain an individual from executing a plan they identify as ethically justifiable; they are tasked with having to act in a way that conflicts with their personal and/or professional values and ethics. The implications of moral distress are far-reaching and have long-term effects on providers’ mental health and well-being. Yet, the impacts of COVID-19 have centered largely on nurses and physicians, hands-on direct care medical providers. This two-part presentation will start with a focus on the triggers and consequences of moral distress for health care social workers and conclude with strategies to reduce moral distress, identify self-care practices, and foster moral resilience, professional efficacy, and wellness. 

Part 1: 
- To introduce participants to the concept of moral distress and the unique triggers for health care social workers 
- To examine the physical, psychological, emotional, and occupational stressors attributable to moral distress and how they differentiate from encounters of burnout and compassion fatigue.  
- To consider the positive effects of moral distress and how this may result in moral resilience, professional efficacy, and social work empowerment. 

In 2019, the human right to adequate housing was recognized in Canadian law via the National Housing Strategy Act. Since then, the National Right to Housing Network has been working with governments, community organizations, and rights-claimants to implement this legislated commitment to realize the right to housing for all—and thus end homelessness and housing need across the country. This presentation will explore what the right to housing means, why a rights-based approach to housing is transformational, and what systemic violations of the right to housing look like, to help attendees recognize and respond to these barriers within their work. Presenters will provide attendees with concrete examples of the right to housing in action, and explore ways in which social workers can build rights-based approaches to housing into both their practice and advocacy work. 

Webinar Objectives 
·    To introduce attendees to the right to adequate housing and the NHSA
·       To help attendees recognize violations of the right to housing that they may come across in their practice
·       To identify concrete ways social work practice can advance the right to housing 

Circles For Reconciliation is an organization founded and incorporated on the principles of an equal partnership between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, which is reflected in our staff, board, advisory committee, and activities. Our goal is to “create and maintain mutually respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people,” as defined by the Commissioners of the TRC. We foster the creation of such grassroots relationships by forming ten-week Circles across the country, which each involve weekly meetings of ten participants (five Indigenous and five non-Indigenous) and are led by two trained facilitators (of whom one is Indigenous and one is non-Indigenous). 

Webinar Objectives 
The key objective of this webinar is to introduce participants to the work of Circles For Reconciliation and explain how our model can be applied to both local communities and organizational workplaces in order to advance reconciliation

Spirituality is a key component of the human experience and human identity. In this webinar series, an overview of the ethical implications of spiritualty to social work practice will be presented, and a perspective on the ways in which diversity can impact the integration of spirituality and social work. The ethical and practical implications of these issues will be discussed.

Session 3: Ethical and practical implications of integrating Spirituality in the Social Work Setting- tools and methods

Webinar Objectives:
• Review connections of spirituality, ethics and social work
• Introduce some areas of focus concerning spirituality, ethics and social work
• Define spirituality and religion as they relate to the field of ethics in social work
• Consider implications for social work practice

Eating disorders are a complex, biopsychosocial mental health issue that can present numerous challenges for care. In this webinar, attendees will reflect on what it means to provide person-centered care for someone affected with an eating disorder. Grounded in latest knowledge, presenters will share information about varying modalities and types of support that could be helpful for clients’, and provide practical resources to aid with resourcing clients as they engage in the ongoing process that is recovery. 

Webinar Objectives

• To reflect on what it means to build a therapeutic alliance with someone who’s affected by an eating disorder
• To explore different modalities and types of support for people affected by an eating disorder
• To learn about relevant resources and referral pathways to best support your clients 

Abolition is not only about dismantling colonial and carceral systems – it is about building the world we want to live in. In the final webinar of this three-part series, abolition and transformative justice through a decolonial lens will be introduced as a path forward for social work.  Participants will be invited to re-imagine their social work practice, teaching, and research with an eye towards Indigenous sovereignty, Land Back, resurgence, and self-determination. 

Webinar Objectives 

1. Introduce participants to abolition and transformative justice through a decolonial lens 
2. Examine the implications of abolition and transformative justice for social work practice
3. Explore current social movements working towards Indigenous sovereignty, Land Back, resurgence, and self-determination and identify social work’s responsibility to centre these efforts in practice, research, and education.

FASD 101

Webinar Objectives 

The webinar will cover: 

• What is fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD);
• What are the impacts of FASD on the brain;
• How FASD is diagnosed;
• What are the signs, symptoms and behaviours;
• Resources/best practice approaches to working with individuals with FASD; and
• An overview of the Centre of Excellence and the process of assessment.  

Spirituality is a key component of the human experience and human identity. In this webinar series, an overview of the ethical implications of spiritualty to social work practice will be presented, and a perspective on the ways in which diversity can impact the integration of spirituality and social work. The ethical and practical implications of these issues will be discussed.

Session 2: A panel discussion focusing upon this same topic- challenges and opportunities

Webinar Objectives:
• Review connections of spirituality, ethics and social work
• Introduce some areas of focus concerning spirituality, ethics and social work
• Define spirituality and religion as they relate to the field of ethics in social work
• Consider implications for social work practice