Nominations are now open for CASW Distinguished Service Award
The CASW National Social Work Month Distinguished Service Award is given yearly by the Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) on the occasion of the National Social Work Month, to an individual or group of individuals selected from their membership by each CASW member organization.
Deadline is January 11, 2019. Email your nominations to bcasw [at] bcasw.org
Nominee must be a member of BCASW and meet required criteria.
Inclusion of Social Workers on Primary Health Care Teams
Letter to the Minister of Health
Child and Youth Advocates newly released Report
Time to Listen: Youth Voices on Substance Use – Representative for Children and Youth November 2018
Child and Youth Advocates newly released Report
Missing Pieces: Joshuas Story – Representative for Children and Youth
October 2017
Why can’t social workers share success stories with the media?
Inspiring Social Worker of the Year Award
Video of the lecture given by 2017 winner Ilm Kassam
Advocacy Information
Life in BC Snapshots – Useful facts
Racism in British Columbia
Response from the Director of Multiculturalism, Government of BC
Regarding Response to Opiate Overdose-Related Public Health Crisis
Letter from the Minister of Health and the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Recommendations to Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth
BCASW Letter of Recommendations
Sale of Retirement Concepts
Letter to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Job Posting – Representative for Children and Youth
Letter to the Chair and Deputy Chair of Special Committee
Response from the Chair of Special Committee
Campaign for Supervised Consumption Services
Medical Services Plan of BC Premiums
Letter to the Minister of Health
Social Work Week in British Columbia
Special needs of immigrant, refugee, ethnocultural and racialized children, and youth
Letter to the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth
Response from Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth
BC Budget 2016 Fails Children and Families
Retention of the Office of the Representative for Children and Youth Letter to the Select Standing Committee
Letter to the Select Standing Committee
The British Columbia Association of Social Workers urges Action on Findings in Growing Up in B.C.-2015
BC Social Workers welcome Truth and Reconciliation Report
Access denied: Shut out of BC’s welfare system
BCASW Speaks to the Responsibility to Secure Safety for All Children
Response from the Premier
Letter from the Honourable Christy Clark, Premier of B.C.
Response from the Honourable Rich Coleman, Minister and Deputy Premier
Letter to the Premier
Re: Comprehensive Poverty Reduction Strategy for B.C.
BCASW Calls for a Social Policy Framework for B.C.
The British Columbia Association of Social Workers joins municipalities and boards of trade in calling for a Social Policy Framework for B.C. Barb Keith, President of the BC Association of Social Workers stated that “BCASW is pleased to join Board Voice in calling for the development and adoption of a Social Policy Framework for BC. ..read more
Letter to Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation|March 2014
Re: Child Support Payments and Income Assistance
Response from Minister of Social Development and Social Innovation
