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Shared Responsibility: A Virtual Community Dialogue on Policy Praxis in Social Work
March 21, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Join FIFSW students on March 21st, from noon to 1:30pm for “Shared Responsibility: A Virtual Community Dialogue on Policy Praxis in Social Work.”
This virtual forum is hosted by MSW students in the Social Justice & Diversity Field of Study at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work.
Please join SJ&D students to discuss and consider how social workers can (and do) intervene in local, national, and global policies to advance social justice.
Following a world café format, forum attendees will be invited to join two break-out sessions on one of the topics listed below, followed by a facilitated discussion on strategies for policy praxis in social work.
Topics
Climate change & e-waste disposal:
How the unsafe and unethical disposal of e-waste contribute toclimate change and negatively influence health outcomes
Gladue sentencing principles:
The overrepresentation of Indigenous People in the criminal lawsystem and the implementation of Gladue sentencing principles
Policy inQueeries:
Advancing the health equity, liberation, self-determination, andfull participation of 2SLGBTQ+ people in society
Black youth mental health:
Increasing access to culturally relevant services for Black youth in Toronto
Cannabis restoration:
Restorative justice for those affected by cannabis legalization
Migrant worker realities:
How current policies place the power over people in the hands of employers
Accessible childcare:
Advocating for accessible child care for social equity
