NSASW Publications
The following documents represent the publication of positions of the NSASW on social justice and other issues that have come to the attention of the Association and for which the Association had the resources to pursue.
Copies of all documents are available from the NSASW office upon request. Some can be copied from this page where indicated below.
2010 - Open Letter to Prime Minster Stephen Harper and Minister Tony Clement: Maintain the census long form. 8 August 2010. Click here
2010 - Letter to the editor in response to Hon. Michael Savage's "Canada can do more to eliminate poverty". 8 August 2010. Click here
2010 - "Standup Speak Out Against Poverty". An opinion article contributed to the Chronicle Herald on May 19, 2010 by Sharon Murphy, RSW, Chair of the NSASW Social Justice/Action Committee and also Vice President of Canada Without Poverty. Click Here
2009 - "Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers Organization Structure Review - Final Report", October 2009. To view and/or print the report, click here
2008 - "NSASW Work Life Survey: A glimpse at some key child welfare results", A presentation by Graeme Fraser, Coordinator, NSASW to a meeting of Representatives of the NSASW Child Welfare Group and Department of Community Services program staff, November 5, 2008. click here
2006 - "NSASW Submission to the Minister's Advisory Committee on the Children and Family Services Act and the Adoption Information Act - October 2006".click here
2006 - "Submission by the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities".click here
2006 - "RE-ORDERING PRIORITIES: HOW THE BUDGET CAN ADDRESS POVERTY IN A MEANINGFUL WAY". Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance by the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers. September 2006.click here
2005 - "Child Welfare Services: Protecting Children by Supporting Families." A brochure produced jointly with the Department of Community Services as part of a child welfare public education initiative. To view the brochure, click here.
2004 - "Under Siege Update: a follow-up study of non-profit, community based, social service agencies".
To view the report, click here.
2003 - "IMPACT! The effect of Nova Scotia's new income assistance system on people who need assistance. click here".
2002 - "Position Statement with Respect to Health Care". click here
2000 - "Presentation to Law amendments Committee re Bill 62: Employment Support and Income Assistance Act".
2000 - "Submission to Social Assistance Restructuring Initiative".
2000 - "Standards of Practice" (Amended - May 5, 2000)
2000 - "A Consultation Paper on Child Victims and the Criminal Justice System".
1999 - "Social Workers in the Health Field: Fears, Facts, and Futures". Findings of the NSASW survey of social workers practising in the health field.
1999 - "NSASW Submission to the Fiscal Management Task Force". This brief was presented to the provincial government's request for community consultation on how the government should control its deficit.
1998 - "NSASW Position on the Social Assistance Restructuring Initiative". This is a brief presented to the Department of Community Services as well as the Legislature's Standing Committee on Community Services.
1998 - "UNDER SIEGE: A Study of Non-Profit Community-Based Agencies in an Era of Cuts".
To view the report, click here.
1997 - "January Story Campaign" A collection of stories from social workers and their clients on the treatment of recipients of social services in Nova Scotia.
1996 - "More Crises, Less Resources: The Impact of Cuts to Community Agencies"
To view the report, click here.
1994 - "Survey of the Implementation of the Nova Scotia Children and Family Services Act"
1990 - "How Will the Poor Survive"? A discussion paper on the current social assistance system in Nova Scotia.
