Social Work Education Canada’s North : Capacity Building through Social Work

The Faculty of Social Work program at the University of Regina is a broker for two social work programs north of the 60th parallel reaching the northern residents of both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestry. In addition, for over 30 years, the University of Regina partners with the First Nations...

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Main Authors: Douglas Durst, Nicole Ives
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Stavanger 2015
Subjects:
Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
HV1-9960
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
Canada
Indian
Regina
First Nations
Whitehorse
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/0b2daa2c2df343bca9af9ec7b8fc761c
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Summary:The Faculty of Social Work program at the University of Regina is a broker for two social work programs north of the 60th parallel reaching the northern residents of both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestry. In addition, for over 30 years, the University of Regina partners with the First Nations University of Canada where a specialized Bachelor of Indian Social Work is offered and now a Master of Aboriginal Social Work. This paper presents the background to the Northern Human Service/BSW program at Yukon College in Whitehorse, Yukon and the Certificate of Social Work at the Aurora College in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

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