Social Work Education Canada’s North

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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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Comparative Social Work
Main Authors: Douglas Durst, Nicole Ives
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Stavanger 2012
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v7i1.77
https://doaj.org/article/75c1906175c140e29cc0f61adbb088da
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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.