Ontario Association of Social Workers

People of mixed heritage may live coexisting realities of racialization, belonging, marginalization, and sometimes conditional proximity to privilege that fixed racial categories cannot fully capture. Grounded in anti-racist and anti-oppressive social work, this webinar examines how monoracism, misracialization, identity denial, and multiracial microaggressions affect the well-being, relationships, and everyday lives of people of mixed heritage. ... Read more

Social work is meaningful work, but it carries real psychological demands: trauma exposure, emotional labour, ethical tension, and workplace conditions that can wear practitioners down over time. This three-part series helps social work students build the foundation for a sustainable career before they enter the field. Students will learn to recognize the occupational risks specific ... Read more

This webinar will provide a practical introduction to Ontario family law and explain how family law issues intersect with day-to-day social work practice. Participants will learn to identify urgent concerns, understand key legal concepts and processes, and support clients in obtaining timely legal advice.

Social work is meaningful work, but it carries real psychological demands: trauma exposure, emotional labour, ethical tension, and workplace conditions that can wear practitioners down over time. This three-part series helps social work students build the foundation for a sustainable career before they enter the field. Students will learn to recognize the occupational risks specific ... Read more

Narrative therapy invites us to listen for moments that look beyond problem-saturated stories and notice 'unique outcomes' and explore how they can become openings to re-authoring stories. In this webinar, Angel Yuen will explore practical narrative therapy approaches for discovering 'unique outcomes' in conversations with individuals and families. Through sharing a story and a self-reflective ... Read more

Social work is meaningful work, but it carries real psychological demands: trauma exposure, emotional labour, ethical tension, and workplace conditions that can wear practitioners down over time. This three-part series helps social work students build the foundation for a sustainable career before they enter the field. Students will learn to recognize the occupational risks specific ... Read more

Social workers are being asked to do more with less while AI tools enter their workplaces and their clients’ lives faster than professional guidance can keep pace. This session demystifies AI for social work practice: what the technology is, where it may genuinely save time and how to use it within OCSWSSW expectations and applicable ... Read more

This interactive full-day workshop builds on foundational narrative therapy knowledge and focuses on 'unique outcomes' and scaffolding conversations as practices for supporting re-authoring. Participants will explore how seemingly small or overlooked experiences can provide openings and discover ways of developing these moments into meaningful alternative stories. Drawing on Michael White's approach to scaffolding conversations, the ... Read more

This webinar will examine how gender-based violence intersects with family, immigration, housing, criminal, human rights, and civil law. It will include a focused discussion of Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16, in which the Supreme Court of Canada recognized the tort of intimate partner violence and explained how coercive and controlling conduct may include isolation, ... Read more