Year: 2018

  • Remembrance Day Long Weekend Reflection

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    11.11 at 11:11 in Canada in six time zones there is a yearly opportunity for everyone to reflect the meaning of Remembrance Day. Every human being on this planet is affected by the war in one way or another.  The recognition of sacrifice and acts of courage of those who bring peace to others should…

  • International Social Work Conference in Dublin: TRU is represented on both student and faculty levels!

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    Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development held in Royal Dublin Society, in Dublin, Ireland from 4th  to 8th July, 2018. It is the largest and the most recognized international social work conference where up to 2,500 practitioners, researchers and educators from around the world join together to explore the latest developments…

  • TRU had the highest social work student representation at the 2018 CASWE Conference in Regina.

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    This year TRU School of Social Work and Human Services set a new record for bringing 8 social work students to share their research and interact with other students across Canada at the Canadian Association for Social Work Education Conference (CASWE). Usually, Schools of Social Work across Canada send up to 2 students to represent…

  • Social Work Education in Ukraine

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    This summer I had a unique opportunity to visit multiple locations in Ukraine and map all the Schools of Social Work in my birth country. I want to thank Yaryna Ivashchyshyn for all her work in putting each Ukrainian Social Work School location on the Google Map: Schools of Social Work Around the World I…

  • Social Work Education in New Zealand

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    New Zealand is one of the countries I haven’t yet visited but thanks to the support of the social work educator from New Zealand, Neil Ballantyne, I was able to verify the list of Schools that are currently offer social work degrees in New Zealand. The list can be found on the Social Worker Registration…

  • Language learning as a self-care strategy: Tautogram and Alliteration.

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    Tautogram and Alliteration Language creation is an interesting process and I use language learning as a way of self-care and relaxation. I have compiled some of the tautograms and alliteration examples from languages I can fluently speak (English and Ukrainian). If you know other examples in Ukrainian and English let me know and I will…

  • 5th Canadian Birthday Fundraiser and Around the World with the Word GoFundMe Projects.

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    In summer 2017 I visited School #76 in Lviv and met with my teacher with whom we are connected on Facebook. Natalya Tuldukova was teaching in School #76 for more than 40 years. It was so lovely to re-connect after more than 15 years I graduated from the school and to remember the time when…

  • Contemporary Social Policy Concerns in Canada: Social Work Responses.

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    Contemporary Social Policy Concerns in Canada: Social Work Responses. Oleksandr (Sasha) Kondrashov Saima Farooqi Rayell Sellars-Sarnowski Faculty of Education and Social Work Thompson Rivers University     Recently I had the honour to present with my social policy students at the British Columbia Political Studies Conference in Thompson Rivers University. I had an extremely successful…

  • Social Work Education in Japan

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    I wanted to visit Japan for a number of years as I had very good friends whom I met originally in 2012 at the social work conference in Stockholm and wanted to learn from them about social work in the country of raising sun. Thanks to ANA airlines I was able to accomplish my dream…

  • Social Work Education in Australia

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    I have been quite fortunate to travel to Australia multiple times, first during the SWSD Conference in Melbourne in 2014 and second time during grading retreat in 2017. I have visited  Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Gold Coast while meeting with social work educators and learning about Schools of Social Work in Australia. Special…

  • Social Work Education in Taiwan

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    My first visit to Taiwan will always bring many positive memories. I am thankful for Taipei National University Department of Social Work for inviting me to speak on my research in social work distance education during the reading week. It was a great opportunity to share my knowledge and here the perspective of local social…

  • Touchdown 21: Switzerland-Canada Connection.

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    Touchdown 21: Switzerland-Canada Connection. By Oleksandr (Sasha) Kondrashov When I recently visited Switzerland I attended the Touchdown21 Exhibition in Bern and met Dr. Katja de Bragança and Anne Leichtfuß and learn more about TOUCHDOWN21 research project that is made by people with Down syndrome, and is about people with Down Syndrome. The research team collects…