September 30, 2020 – The Board of Directors of CASWE-ACFTS denounces the acts of racism suffered by Ms. Joyce Echaquan. We offer our condolences to Ms. Echaquan’s family, the Manawan community, and all Indigenous Peoples and communities. We ask that the provincial and federal governments and health and social services recognize systemic racism and challenge […]
Category Archives: Press Release
Statement on Anti-Asian Racism Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
June 2, 2020: The Canadian Association of Social Work Education – Association Canadienne pour la formation en travail social (CASWE-ACFTS) recognizes and strongly condemns the rise in racist incidents directed at people of Chinese and Asian descent amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. We understand our responsibility, as racialized and non-racialized social work educators, researchers, students, and […]
Media Release: Board of Directors Endorses a Statement of Complicity and Commits to Change
The Board of Directors of CASWE-ACFTS has committed to ensuring that social work education in Canada contributes to transforming Canada’s colonial reality* Ottawa. June 26th, 2017. At the May 27th, 2017 Board meeting, the Board of Directors of CASWE-ACFTS committed to ensuring that social work education in Canada contributes to transforming Canada’s colonial reality and […]
The Three Pillars of Social Work sign Historic Agreement
OTTAWA, June 30, 2016 – The Canadian Association for Social Work Education – l’Association canadienne pour la formation en travail social (CASWE-ACFTS), the Canadian Council of Social Work Regulators (CCSWR), and the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) met in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 12, 2016 to sign a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The purpose […]
Statement on Recommendation for Mandatory Indigenous Social Work course (June 8, 2015)
CASWE-ACFTS: Statement on Recommendation for Mandatory Indigenous Social Work course – June 8, 2015
Joint Statement on the Affirmation of Gender Diverse Children and Youth
CASWE-ACFTS and CASW-ACTS Joint Proclamations: Joint Statement on the Affirmation of Gender Diverse Children and Youth – (January 9, 2015)
News Release on Violence against Women and Girls
News Release on Violence against Women and Girls (December 4, 2014)
Statement Supporting the Aspirations of Indigenous Peoples
January 31, 2013 As social work educators and practitioners the members of the Canadian Association of Social Work Education (CASWE) and Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) applaud the endeavours of the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island, as exemplified in the Idle No More Movement, to bring attention to recent legislative changes contained in Bill C45. […]