Welcome to DROKACADEMY
Love. Care. Share.
Hello, I am Sasha, Dr. Oleksandr Kondrashov, Associate Professor of Social Work (tenured) at Thompson Rivers University. I have taught over 7,000 students across five Canadian universities. Here you will find my writing, books and courses on social work, care and teaching, and the work of standing with Ukraine.

The CARE+ Books
Five books, one question each. The four care books spell CARE, and Empowering Care adds the power: CARE + POWER = JUSTICE. Every book comes as an academic edition and a general reader’s edition, and every cover is one of my own photographs from the Garden of Care.

C · Book 1
Conscious Care: Who Am I?
The Social G*R*A*C*E*S* Framework: 126 dimensions of human diversity.
General reader’s edition: Who Am I? A Book About You

A · Book 2
Anchoring Care: What Do We Value, and What Heals?
Love, Care, Share, and the hope they grow.
General reader’s edition: What Heals? A Book About Your Roots

R · Book 3
Rooting Care: Where Does Care Come From, and Where Is It Going?
The Architecture of Care: six Ways and three Worlds of welfare.
General reader’s edition: Where Does Care Come From? A Book About Your Beliefs

E · Book 4
Enacting Care: What Makes a Service an A+?
The A+ Framework: thirty dimensions of quality and human rights for every service.
General reader’s edition: Is Your Service an A+? A Book About Your Services

+ · Book 5
Empowering Care: Who Holds the Power, and How Is It Shared?
+Power = Justice: the EMPOWER Framework, seven powers.
General reader’s edition: Who Holds the Power? A Book About Your Power
Three DEEP CARE guides carry the books into practice: TRACES+: Whose Story Survives? for what people make, SPACES+: Who Gets In? for the places people go, and PEOPLE+: Who Lifts You Up or Puts You Down? for those who hold authority over us.
Where it began. The first editions show how each framework started, and they stay available, marked First Edition: Who Am I? The Social G*R*A*C*E*S* Framework, Healing the Roots, The Architecture of Care, and Human Rights and the A+ Framework.
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Social Work Education
Courses, teaching and resources for students, field instructors and educators.
Books and Courses
DROKACADEMY books, modules and textbooks. The author takes no income from them.
Educating for Tomorrow
Conferences on values in a global world, and the Educating for Tomorrow journal.
Stand with Ukraine
The Saturday stand, every Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at Kamloops City Hall, events, fundraising and ways to help.
Ukrainian Roots
Ukrainian language and culture: the Ukrainian Roots Challenge, lessons, songs and traditions.
Welcome Guides
Guides for newcomers and students: welcome to Kamloops, Canada, university and beyond.
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Latest writing
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Kamloops Has Voted: Thank You to Every Candidate, and Congratulations to Those Elected
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We Voted Together. Now It’s Your Turn, Kamloops: Polls Close at 8 PM
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Stand with Ukraine: October 17, 2026 Update. Voting Day and Saturday #243
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13,000 Kilometres from Home: A Teacher Who Makes Ukrainian ¡Fácil!
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