Leading through empathy and example

BY HAROLD BEALS, EDITORIAL COMMITTEE CHAIR

Connection magazine manifests the College’s desire to highlight social workers as leaders who provide essential services to support Nova Scotians lead healthier and happier lives. Connection illustrates the realities and challenges that social workers face, promotes the profession’s passionate work and brings stories from our community to life.

The magazine you are reading reflects the evolution of our organization from its beginning as an association almost 60 years ago to a present-day College which continues to regulate the profession while working in solidarity with Nova Scotians to advocate for improvement to social policies and programs.

This full-colour digital magazine is distributed to social workers, government, community & advocacy groups and more, and is produced three times during a calendar year in the fall, winter & spring. We welcome all submissions as they relate to the social work profession.

We invite your original articles on:

» New developments in any area of social work;

» Findings from research that relates to the practice of social work or social justice; and

» Opinion pieces on social justice and social work-related issues.

We have produced editorial guidelines for authors who wish to publish in the magazine and have established six subject areas and general outlines for each to assist contributors when deciding to write an article. The topics include Ethics in Action; Social Justice; Private Practice; Diverse Communities; Research; and Social Worker Spotlight (to celebrate the often untold stories of social workers doing great things).

We are fortunate to have a very qualified staff who ensure that each issue is carefully organized and crafted to fully represent our profession and ensure that we have quality articles that represent social work as one of the leading professions in the country. Hats off to: Annemieke Vink, Professional Private Practice Consultant; Rebecca Faria, Communication Coordinator; and Alec Stratford, Executive Director/Registrar.

Over the next year the committee will be looking for new committee members to join the ongoing development of the magazine, and select stories and themes to pursue. We look forward to publishing your book reviews; university faculty and student research; social work perspectives from the Acadian, African Nova Scotian and Indigenous communities; military social work stories, and more.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Harold Beals, (Chair), Lynn Brogan (staff), Judy Butler, Rebecca Faria (staff), Bessie Harris, Shalyse Sangster, Alec Stratford (staff), Linda Turner, Annemieke Vink (staff).