Practice
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From  Bridging the Practice-Activism Divide: Advocacy, Organizing, and Social Movements |
This chapter uses examples from frontline social work practice and from schools of social work to highlight ways to integrate activism into everyday social work practice. The authors draw on … | Donna Baines; Jaclyn Sauer | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Human Rights for Social WorkSection 3: Rights-Based Approaches |
Human rights are commonly seen as an important part of social work’s value base, yet the understanding of human rights is often simplistic; the author argues tha social worker should better … | Jim Ife | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Learning to Trust Again – Steve Critchley, Jim Maeland and Can PraxisFrom: Field Excercises |
Readings in this book consist of case studies of programs that use outdoor activities such as farming and gardening to help veterans cope with PTSD and disability. This reading discusses Can … | Stephanie Westlund | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Let Us Work TogetherWelfare Rights and Anti-Oppressive Practice |
This chapter discusses ways for social workers to work collaboratively and strategically with people living in poverty. The chapter explores strategies for social workers to help people challenge … | Jeanne Fay | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
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From  NEW! Tkaranto Ondaadizi-GamigBirth is a Ceremony From: Decolonizing Equity |
In chapter 4, Roberta Pike– with contributors Cheryllee Bourgeois and Sara Booth– explore the Tkaranto Onddaazi-Gamig or The Toronto Birth Centre (TBC), which was envisioned as a … | Cheryllee Bourgeois; Roberta Pike; Sara Booth | 25 | 2022 | $2.50 Add |
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From  Youth Prevention and Early InterventionFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Discusses the fight against youth homelessness with particular emphasis on strategies to combat Indigenous youth homelessness in Winnipeg. | 19 | $1.90 Add | ||
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From "Each Year I Feel Better" – Christopher Brown and Growing VeteransFrom: Field Excercises |
Readings in this book consist of case studies of programs that use outdoor activities such as farming and gardening to help veterans cope with PTSD and disability. This reading recalls the … | Stephanie Westlund | 13 | 2014 | $1.30 Add |
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From Disability Rights and Justice ActivismLessons for Anti-Oppressive Community Organizing |
This chapter examines disability rights and justice activism, exploring key principles for community organizing undertaken from an antioppressive approach. The author emphasizes the experiences … | Samantha Wehbi | 16 | 2017 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Genocide Prevention: A Forgotten Obligation in Social Work?Section 3: Rights-Based Approaches |
This chapter reflects on the place of human rights in social work theory. The author uses a human rights angle to explore and reflect on social work’s role in what she call a cold genocide … | Maria Cheung | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Introducing Indigenous and Black Youth to a New Vision of Social WorkFrom: Decolonizing Equity |
In chapter 5, Terry Gardiner reflects on the development and implementation of programming in Faculties of Social Work to introduce Black and Indigenous high school students to social work as a … | Terry Gardiner | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
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From Re-Imagining Social Work Resistance: Knowledge, Bodies and solidarities |
In this chapter, three acts of resistance that can be used to unsettle dominant and inequitable social work approaches and practices in micro, meso and macro contexts. The first is actively … | Fritz Pino | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From The Community HubFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Cora Gajari, Executive Director of Carmichael Outreach Inc. in Regina, Saskatchewan, draws on her own experience as an Indigenous woman who has faced violence and marginalization, discusses the … | 16 | $1.60 Add | ||
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From A Chance to Prove Myself Again – Gordon CousinsFrom: Field Excercises |
Readings in this book consist of case studies of programs that use outdoor activities such as farming and gardening to help veterans cope with PTSD and disability. This reading tells the story of … | Stephanie Westlund | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From A New Model of CareFrom: Beyond Shelters |
Describes how the Mustard Seed in Calgary is building its own capacity to move homeless people into the community at scale. Examines the organization’s Wellness Centre as emblematic of its … | 17 | $1.70 Add | ||
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From Beyond the Social Model of DisabilityEngaging in Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice |
This chapter addresses anti-oppressive social work practice with people with disabilities. The authors highlight the importance of language in the social construction of disability and expanding … | Irene Carter; Judy MacDonald; Roy Hanes | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! Decolonizing Urban EducationFrom: Decolonizing Equity |
In chapter 6, Roland Sintos Coloma draws on insight from the field of Ethnic Studies to explore the following components: outlining the elusive task of defining urban; delineating three … | Roland Sintos Coloma | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
