Struggles & successes

This session will explore how to create meaningful social change in the context of the dominant neoliberal social ethos. Two social workers will speak on their efforts to create transformational change using land acknowledgments in order to challenge settler assumptions in governmental agencies. Key social work strategies will be identified and participants challenged to reflect on their own roles in regards to social justice and social change. Discussion will help participants to identify strategies they can employ in their own work and lives regarding those social justice issues that are most pressing to them

Crystal Hill, RSW

Crystal is an Indigenous social worker employed with NS Legal Aid. She has extensive experience in mental health and as a mental health first aid instructor, as well as volunteer experience with a Community Health Board in the Truro area.

Dominic Boyd, RSW

Dominic is a social worker involved with several community initiatives in Pictou County.