CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 STUDENT BURSARY RECIPIENTS! These student members each received $500 to help them achieve their academic and professional goals while completing accredited social work programs at Canadian universities. For those who are continuing their studies, we wish them well in their academic pursuits. And for those who received the award in the last year of their program and have just graduated, we are delighted to welcome them as they take the next steps in their professional journeys.
MICHAELA SINGER | DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY In 2019 I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Greece to work in a dental clinic in Ritsona refugee camp. While in Greece, I realized my love for providing support, resources and advocacy for people. Since then, I have been inspired to pursue an education and a career in social work. Since starting my journey at Dalhousie’s School of Social Work, I have learned so much about what it means to practice social work. I hope to take everything I have learned and apply it to my practice. I plan to someday gain my MSW and work within the healthcare system, where I can combine my knowledge from my social work education and my previous medical sciences degree. I am honoured to be accepted for this award and look forward to what my future career and academic endeavours have in store for me.
DANI SHERWOOD | DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY I am currently living in Kjipuktuk, where I am enrolled in the two-year Master of Social Work program at the Dalhousie University School of Social Work. I have completed all of my coursework and practicums, and am now focused on my thesis project entitled Social Work for Land Back: Environmental Social Work, Decolonization, Reconciliation, and Indigenous SelfDetermination. I have experience and interest in social work areas such as addictions, mental health, gender, sexuality, climate action, education, decolonization, settler responsibility, and spirituality, among others. I am curious to see where my career takes me next and I am very appreciative of support from the NSCSW. I feel empowered to further deepen my commitment to this journey as a social service provider/advocate/change maker/lifelong learner!
10 Connection | Summer 2023