NSCSW Lunch & Learn: Exploring a two-eyed seeing approach to social work

Nova Scotia College of Social Workers

Michelle LeBrun introduces  NSCSW members to a two-eyed seeing perspective on social work.

Truth & reconciliation

Members of the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers are required to complete annual professional development, which must include training or activities related to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls for action.

<aside><strong>NOTE: This webinar was originally planned for Jun 9 and was rescheduled for Jun 16. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the changed date.</strong></aside><p>Please bring your lunch and join the <a href="https://nscsw.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nova Scotia College of Social Workers</a> (NSCSW) online for a virtual lunch &amp; learn that explores integrating Indigenous and western perspectives on social work via an <em>Etuaptmumk</em> (Two-eyed Seeing) approach.</p><p>This is the third session of a three-part series about practicing social work in Mi’kma’ki.</p><p>Mi’kma’ki is the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq, whose inherent rights were recognized in the Peace and Friendship Treaties that were signed from 1725 to 1779. This series of treaties did not surrender Indigenous land, resources or sovereignty to the British Empire, but instead established rules for an ongoing relationship between nations. The treaties were later reaffirmed by Canada in Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, and remain active to this day. </p><p>The NSCSW joins our members and our communities in the labour of reconciliation, and we are grateful to live and work together as treaty people in Mi’kma’ki.</p><h2>Presenter</h2><p><strong>Michelle LeBrun, MSW, PP</strong>, is a Mi’kmaw woman and jingle dress dancer from Piktu’k First Nation. She has a BBA from STFX, and her BSW &amp; MSW from Dalhousie.  </p><p>Michelle specializes in Indigenous counselling and provide supports and consultation services throughout Nova Scotia on decolonizing practices from a Mi’kmaw perspective.  Her doctoral research is centred on how Mi’kmaw culture, ceremony, language, and the Indigenous ways of knowing and being can inform social work practice, particularly in counselling and support services.</p><h2>Eligibility</h2><p>Must be a current member of the <a href="https://nscsw.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>NSCSW to attend; all active, associate, retired, and student members are welcome. There is no other prerequisite for this session.</p><p>You'll need a device that can use <a href="https://zoom.us/test" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Zoom</a>, and a reasonably reliable internet connection.</p><h2>Category</h2><p>Participating in this event may fulfil part of the mandated requirements for all social workers in Nova Scotia to complete annual <strong>training or activities related to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s recommendations</strong>. NSCSW members who have already completed that requirement for the year can track this session as <strong>formal professional development</strong> instead.</p><p>Visit <a href="https://nscsw.org/pd" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">nscsw.org/pd</a> for more information about the updated professional development requirements for NSCSW members.</p><h2>Questions? </h2><p>If you have questions, please contact the College's Professional Practice &amp; Advocacy Consultant, Naj Siritsky, at <strong>nsiritsky@nscsw.org</strong>.</p>

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