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volume 29, Issue
issue 1,
Volume
spring 2004
THE
ADVOCATE
ALBERTA COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORKERS
www.acsw.ab.ca
His name is
TODAY
“…Many of the things we need can wait, the child cannot wait,
Right now is the time his bones are being formed,
His blood is being made,
And his senses are being developed.
To him we cannot answer “Tomorrow”
His name is ‘Today.’ ”
Gabriela Mistral, Nobel Prize winning poet from Chile
2003 ANNUAL REPORTS—SPECIAL PULL-OUT INSIDE
His name is Today
page 18
Charmaine Hammond: working under the big Alberta sky page 22
Psychosocial Oncology Network: bringing care closer to home page 24
Is love of labour lost? page 26
The Advocate
Volume 29, Issue 1
Spring 2004
COVER STORY
His name is Today................................... Papiya Das .......................................18
in this
issue
FEATURES
Close-up: Charmaine Hammond ................. Cheryl Moskaluk ................................22
Psychosocial Oncology Network................. Shelley Currie ...................................24
Is love of labour lost? ............................. Spider Robinson................................26
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NEWS
On a personal note ................................. Briar McGinnis ................................... 3
Associate Registrar: Alison MacDonald, MSW, RSW
[email protected]
From our desk to yours ............................ ACSW staff, Jake Kuiken,
............................................................ Area Coordinators .............................. 4
Professional Affairs: Elaine Paras, MSW, RSW
[email protected]
A tale of two social workers ..................... Carolyn Preston ................................11
Celebrate! National Social Work Week......... ACSW staff .......................................36
Research Coordinator: Jessica Smith, MSW, RSW
[email protected]
Finance and Administration: Gladys Smecko
Membership Services: Brenda Gross, Monica Vasconez
Administrative Secretary: Florence Reinhardt
REGULAR FEATURES
New RSWs.............................................. as of January 30, 2004 ....................... 8
Here we grow again...! ............................ Emily Drzymala .................................. 9
Beginnings: social work in Alberta ............ Baldwin Reichwein ............................10
Private Practice Page............................... Audrey Ferber ...................................12
Your input needed .................................. Competence Committee......................13
Ethics in action ...................................... Alison MacDonald..............................14
News from the Faculty ............................. Lynne Dulaney-MacNicol.....................16
Mountains as Water Towers conference ....... Colleen Palichuk ...............................17
Discipline order 01.14 ............................. ACSW Discipline Action ......................28
For Your Information ............................... Events listings..................................30
All material ©2004 the individual authors listed in bylines. If no author listed, ©2004 ACSW.
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ACSW Council:
President: Emily Drzymala, MSW, PhD (Educ), RSW
Vice President: Sandi Sherman, BSW, RSW
Secretary: Charlotte Cooper, MSW, RSW
Treasurer: Veronica (Ronnie) Wassill, MSW, RSW
Members: Bonita Decaire, BSW, RSW
Brenda Gladue, BSW, RSW
Linda Golding, MSW, RSW
Richard Gregory, BSW, MSc, RSW
Pamela Miller, PhD, RSW
Richard Shelson, MSW, RSW
Public Members: Vince Steinhauer, MA
William Patrick Donahue, BA, MA
Lynne Davies, BScN, Med
Ralph Westwood, Dip Mental Deficiency Nursing, BEd, MEd
Past President & CASW Representative:
Jake Kuiken, MSW, RSW
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of the Alberta College of Social Workers and other
interested parties.
Editorial Board: Papiya Das, MSW, RSW (Chair)
Duane Burton, BSW, MEd, RSW
Erin Gray, PhDW, RSW
Bill Kirwin, PhD, RSW
Leslie MacKinnon, BSW, RSW
Briar McGinnis, BSW Student
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The Advocate • spring 2004
On a Personal Note
Compiled by Briar McGinnis, BSW Student
This space is dedicated to sharing personal news, our triumphs and challenges, locating old
friends, bidding our farewells and finding out who’s who in our membership. We welcome members’
items to ACSW: [email protected], fax (780) 421-1168, or phone (780) 421-1167. Thank you.
Bruce Llewellyn
The award recognizes his outstanding contributions to domestic violence
prevention. Bruce began working with
Calgary Adult Probation in 1999, where
he helped to develop a specialized
Domestic Violence Court.
Bruce was successful in this initiative and has served as the liaison probation officer to the Domestic Violence Court since its
establishment in March 2000.
Germanie Lehodey has recently joined the ranks of the retired
social work community after working for many years with
older adults for the City of Edmonton. Germanie’s peers tell us
that she has reached a well deserved retirement, but that she is
not likely to sit still for long before taking on new challenges.
Congratulations, Germanie!
Elaine Eskow says if anyone is wondering what became of
her since she disappeared from the Advocate’s pages as U of C
contributor, she is currently working in a regional position
for the Calgary Health Region as a Program Facilitator,
Mental Health Diversity Program. Her primary work includes
improving access to health and mental health services for
people of diverse cultural backgrounds and improving the
cultural competency of mental health professionals.
The award is in honor of Jerry P. Selinger, the Chief Crown
Prosecutor who initiated the project to develop the specialized
court for domestic violence. He died of cancer in May 2000.
Erin Gray, assistant professor at the
University of Calgary Faculty of Social
Work, Edmonton Division, collects our
applause for successfully defending her
dissertation in Swansea, Wales.
Congratulations, Dr. Gray!
Andrew John Cassie Cunningham
Erin Gray
Karen McCullagh, a one-time member and Secretary of the
Ray Bedard passed away in Edmonton on January 20 at the age ACSW Council, welcomed a second child, Andrew John Cassie
Cunningham, on August 8, 2003. Andrew was 8 lbs 3 oz and 19
of 75. Ray worked for Social Services in Staff Development as
3⁄4 inches at birth. Karen tells us that he is a very good baby! 
well as with St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Ray will be sadly missed by his peers and the community.
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Briar McGinnis is a social work student with the University of Calgary, Edmonton
Division.
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Bruce Llewellyn was honored with
the Jerry P. Selinger Award at the Justice
Practitioners Celebration Breakfast
November 7, 2003, in Calgary.
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submissions to fill out this column and help our membership stay connected. Please contribute your
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IN THE NEWS
Social workers helping social workers—more
mentors needed
are advised to contact local GST Ruling offices. The new
ruling states:
In our last issue, we outlined the idea of developing mentors
for social workers. We have received a number of resumes
from interested members; however, we would appreciate
more members coming forward to work with us in this role.
To recap, this mentoring relationship could be available for
people wanting to: change areas of specialty, enter private
practice, move into supervisory or management roles, or relocate to a different area of the province. With the options of
meeting face-to-face, by e-mail or by phone, mentoring relationships would not be geographically limited.
“Social work services exempt from GST are those rendered to an
individual within a professional-client relationship and provides for
the prevention, assessment or remediation of, or to assist the individual in coping with, a physical, emotional, behavioral, or mental
disorder or disability of the individual or of another person to whom
the individual is related or to whom the individual provides care or
supervision otherwise than in a professional capacity.”
The first step in this radical idea is to have experienced social
workers from various education levels and practice venues
submit a half-page professional profile describing their areas
of experience and expertise. Send in those profiles now by
e-mail, fax, or snail mail, attention Elaine Paras, ACSW office,
Edmonton. Watch the ACSW website for future information
on this initiative.
New public members join ACSW Council
In December 2003, the Lieutenant Governor in Council
approved the appointment of William Patrick Donahue,
Lynne Davies and Ralph Westwood as public members of
the Alberta College of Social Workers. These three individuals
join with Vince Steinhauer, ACSW’s first public member, to
make up the required four public members under the Health
Professions Act.
William Patrick Donahue, BA, MA
GST exemption awaits next session of Parliament
The proposed amendment to exempt social workers from
charging GST has not yet been passed and will need to be
reintroduced in the next session of Parliament. It is assumed
that the amendment will pass and that it will be retroactive to
October 3, 2003. In the interim, there continues to be some
confusion about whether or not GST should be collected.
The options are:
1. Continue to collect GST and to inform clients about the
proposed retroactive amendment and their entitlement
to a rebate from the Canada Customs Revenue Agency
(CCRA). The social worker can repay any GST collected
to their clients or clients can apply for a rebate through
forms on the CCRA website; or
2. Stop collecting GST, assuming the amendment will pass,
while realizing that if the legislation is not passed, you will
be required to reimburse CCRA for the amount not collected plus interest.
Social workers are advised not to deregister. Any who have
From left to right: William (Bill) Donahue, Lynne Davies, and Ralph Westwood
Mr. Donahue is currently the publisher of Education
Advantage Inc. and previously was the publisher and president of Plains Publishing, Inc. He has extensive experience
in government, having served in Alberta Native Affairs first
as Economic Advisor and then as the Deputy Minister. Prior
to that he worked in Alberta Municipal Affairs, where he
was the Coordinator of the UN Conference on Human
Settlements/Habitat and the Coordinator of Youth Services,
West 10 Project. Mr. Donahue has served as a Board Member
on the Westview Regional Health Authority, as a Public
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Ms. Davies has been an instructor and course coordinator
for the Department of Nursing and Allied Health at Mount
Royal College. She instructed in classroom and clinical settings and was involved with the Diploma Nursing Program
at Mount Royal College and the Calgary Conjoint Nursing
Program with the University of Calgary. Ms. Davies has been
actively involved with the Alberta Association of Registered
Nurses and has served on the Professional Conduct Committee,
Registration Committee, and Nominating Committee. She
has been on the board of directors of the Alberta Registered
Nurses Educational Trust and the Victorian Order of Nurses in
Calgary. Ms. Davies has also served as a member of the board
of the Women in Need Society and on the Western Showcase
Committee of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Board.
Ralph Westwood, Dip Mental Deficiency Nursing, BEd, MEd
Mr. Westwood operates Westwood Education Consulting
Associates and specializes in program planning and proposal
preparation in the education and training fields.
Mr. Westwood has extensive experience in government,
having worked for Alberta Advanced Education and Career
Development as the Assistant Director of the Program
Coordination Branch, and then as Director of the PostSecondary Programs Branch. He has also been a Program
Consultant for Alberta Advanced Education, the Director
of Baker Centre, and the Staff Development Instructor at
Michener Centre. Mr.Westwood has served on numerous
boards including the Westview Tri-Community Health
Advisory Council and the governing council of St. Stephen’s
College. He has co-chaired a variety of initiatives including the
medical Laboratory Workforce, the Mental Health/Psychiatric
Nursing Education Advisory Committee, and the Advanced
Education/Education Committee on the Transition Needs of
Native Students. 
New CASW work plan
Late last year I attended my first national Board meeting in
Ottawa. As President Ellen Oliver explained at the outset, this
meeting was going to be a different from what has been the
custom of recent years.
Last June, Board members and presidents voted unanimously
to establish three areas of focus for CASW: social justice, promoting the profession, and supporting excellence in regulation. Almost the entire 2 1/2 days were focused on developing
the social justice theme. The Board, supported by CASW’s
Executive Director, Eugenia Moreno and by Glen Drover,
developed what can only be described as an ambitious and
comprehensive work plan. The plan identifies a series of outcome statements that will lead to a stronger presence of a
national social work voice. President Oliver has already asked
the new Prime Minister for a meeting with the entire CASW
Board when it next meets in Ottawa.
In June 2004, the Board meets in Saskatoon. Part of that time
will be devoted to the annual meeting with the presidents
of member organizations. It will also allow for some Board
members and presidents to attend the National Social Work
Conference, June 5-8, 2004, featuring one of Canada’s most
internationally eminent citizens, Stephen Lewis (see ad p. 33). 
Jake Kuiken MSW, RSW, ACSW Past President, Alberta Board Member for CASW
AREA COORDINATOR REPORTS
Summer Institute set for June 25
Planning for Central Alberta’s Summer Institute is on the go.
The committee, chaired by Maribeth Knowler, has set the date
for Friday, June 25, 2004. The tentative location is Red Deer
College although the Committee is also looking into other
suitable venues. This year there will again be a balance between
Category “A” and “B” Continuing Competency Workshops.
The brochure will be mailed out to central Alberta members in
April and information will be placed on the ACSW Calendar
of Events web page at www.acsw.ab.ca.
ACSW Staff
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Lynne Davies, BScN, Med
CASW UPDATE
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School Trustee, and Chairman of the Policy and Administration
Committee of Parkland School Division. He has also served
as the President and Treasurer of the Alberta Book Publishers
Association and the President of the Woodbend Community
Association.
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Calgary—area coordinators will offer workshops High Prairie—workshops will address substance
abuse interventions
The Calgary area coordinators are in the midst of planning
a one-evening medley of continuing competency workshops
for members. The University of Calgary, Faculty of Social
Work, is a co-sponsor. The workshop topics will be related
to: coaching, humor, and aspects of bankruptcy. A viewing of
the ACSW’s Past-President’s Video, Casting Our History will
be included. Stay tuned for further details in your mailbox or
look on the ACSW website Calendar of Events.
St. Albert—a new look at Head Start
programming
St. Albert area social workers started the new year with a
great turnout to hear two colleagues, Ranka Dundur and
Joanne Amyotte, outline how two Head Start programs have
evolved to meet the needs of their region. A program, Jump
Start, is but one of the modifications to the traditional Head
Start programming.
High Prairie Health complex Tele Health Coordinator
Katherine McLean has scheduled the three Substance Use
Interventions for Social Work Practice:
• January 21, 2004—Cycle of Addiction in the Family
• March 31, 2004—Standardized Assessment Tools
• May 19, 2004—Addiction Counseling and Intervention
In High Prairie news this year, Alison McDonald facilitated a workshop for our area on the topic of Continuing
Competency. The turnout was excellent.
One of our goals is to boost our professional connections to
alleviate isolation from other social workers in the area. Our
luncheon meetings have not been well-attended and we need
these connections to keep alive professionally, so one of our
ideas is to send individual notices to social workers and use
the community calendar in our local newspaper.
—Verna M. Wittigo, High Prairie Area Coordinator
RECHARGING FOR THE NEW YEAR
Registered social workers from around the province continue to gather
together for good food and a lively exchange of ideas at year-end
events. Busy social workers anticipate this mid-winter opportunity for
professional and social updates, and ACSW area coordinators work to
help make these events a success.
Lethbridge
Left to right: Ranka Dundur and Joanne Amyotte outline the new Head Start
programs at the St. Albert meeting
The entire group also did some networking and strategizing
around several innovative initiatives for Social Work Week.
The next meeting is March 25; come celebrate Social Work
Week at St. Albert City Hall. For more information contact
area coordinator Sharon Mills at 459-1699.
The Lethbridge & Area Christmas Open House, held on Dec.
2, was co-sponsored by the U of Calgary, Faculty of Social
Work (Lethbridge Division) and ACSW. This year 80 social
workers, social work students, and community partners at the
Sir Alexander Galt Museum in Lethbridge were in attendance.
ACSW President Emily Drzymala attended the event and had
the opportunity to meet many southern Alberta social workers.
Thanks to everyone who attended the Open House and the
University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Work and ACSW for
their continued sponsorship of this social work event!
Linda Fehr, Lethbridge & Area Cocoordinator
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Bow Valley
Our ACSW president was able to wade into the fray and
update us on provincial issues and upcoming changes, and
answer the numerous questions on Continuing Competence,
educational requirements for registration, and social action
agendas for the College. At one end of our table, a lively discussion took place on community development and renewing our
commitment to the dual roots of our profession.
The luncheon, sponsored by ACSW Area Coordinator Funds,
was a welcome recharge and respite. Cheers to all social workers from your colleagues in the Bow Valley.
L to R: Olvina Naspini, Connie Zacharias, and Donna Hamar at the Edmonton event.
Elaine Spencer, MSW, RSW, & Shelley Currie, MSW, RSW, Bow Valley Area Coordinators
Edmonton
On Nov. 27 a long-standing tradition continued as close to
100 Edmonton social workers came together to meet and connect over delectable food and drink arranged by the Edmonton
Area Coordinators and ACSW Staff. President Emily Drzymala
welcomed those present and introduced Jessica Smith, the new
ACSW staff member. Look for more pictures on the ACSW
website. Thanks to the Edmonton Area Coordinators: Lan
Chan-Marples, Bruce Clarke, Roxanne Dohms, Mic Farrell,
Rhonda Fox-Miles, Tonia Marini, Henri Marsolais, and Monica
Vanderleest.
L to R: Arleen Hollinger and Donna Servetnyk at the Edmonton event.
Calgary
Calgary social workers came together Nov. 19 at the Red and
White Club to celebrate the season and the Health Professions
Act proclamation. Dona Carlson brought greetings from Gary
Mar, Minister of Health and Wellness, and President Emily
Drzymala brought greetings from ACSW Council. Past-presidents Dick Ramsay, Gail Gilchrist James, and Jake Kuiken
provided some impressive historical highlights, and Judge Herb
Allard entertained us with his reminiscences of early membership meetings and of hitch-hiking to a national conference.
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L to R: Patricia Feduk, Marcus Busch, and Joyce Armstrong at the Edmonton event.
Despite the nasty weather, everyone enjoyed the good food, the
program and visiting with colleagues. Thanks to Calgary area
coordinators: June Churchill, Jacquie Keller, Joanne Morcom,
Val Pelissero, Tamara Remillard, and Jann Smith for their hard
work. (Sorry, no photos available for the Calgary event.) 
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Attending the Lethbridge Christmas Open House (L to R): Nancy Pike, BSW, RSW,
with the Chinook Health Region; Paula Shimp, 4th year Lethbridge Division BSW
student and student member of the ACSW; and ACSW President Emily Drzymala.
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Ten social workers enjoyed a sumptuous meal and updates from
ACSW President Emily Drzymala. The group included women
from diverse practices and private pursuits. One social worker
specializes in breath work, and one private practitioner is on
sabbatical at present, writing and taking time to decide next
adventures. We heard tales of being a new adoptive mom. One
RSW has recently returned from India, where she had been
volunteering at a health center for survivors of torture, and has
been learning to play the dhamyin in her spare time. One of our
RSWs, who is currently restoring an antique buggy, had been
regally rolling around town powered by her beloved horse.
New RSWs
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Membership as at Jan. 30, 2004:
5,554
Jamie Lynn Adams
Brant Adamson
Keith C Adamson
Blair Addams
Sara Eunice Alexander
Grant William Alger
Roberta D Allen
William Robert Alles
Judy Alook
Susan Lynn Amirault
Marianne Amodeo
Shawna L Andal
Deborah Louise Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Rena Anderson-DeFranceschi
Kathleen Natalie Rose
Andrews
Elizabeth Gail Appelgren
Catherine Emmanuelle
Arnold
Paulette Marie Arsenault
Tanis Assenheimer
Mona Elaine Auger
Lena Auger Leskow
Anne Marie Aust
Janice Avivi
Ann A Bakker
Gerald Bara
Birgitte Baradoy
Darryl J Barrett
Michelle Suzanne Barteski
Aneet Kaur Bassi
David Beale
Josephine Edith Beaver
Noel Bellas
Rosanne Bell-Smith
Michelle Belmont
Razia Beltran
Russell Benson
Lana Andrea Bentley
Karen Christine Berg
Ella Marie Berrington
Kelly Gail Besler
Rick Biggs
Heather Gayle Bird
Michelle Diane Bishop
Herbert Roy Black
James Edward Blackadar
Francesca Judith Blackstock
Karen Lynn Blain
Christine Gloria Blair
Sherry Joy Boardman
Iqbal H Bokhari
Mariann Bond
Patricia A Boser
Albert Raymond Boulet
Jennifer Ann Bourassa
Shirley Hazel Bourque
Barbara Marie Bower
Mark AJ Bowles
Stacy L Brakstad
Laura Baty Brankovich
Maureen Joselyn Braun
Dwayne Paul Breitkreutz
Joyce Bridgemohan
David Fordyce Brown
Glenda Arlene Brown
Lorraine Marjorie Buchanan
Donald Kevin Butler
Ellen M Calabrese-Amrhein
Kathleen A Callaghan
Carrie Joan Cameron
Katherine Margaret Campbell
Alice Louise Cardinal
Pearl Louise Cardinal
Melani Jayne Carefoot
Paul Jay Carpenter
Kiima Cato
Richard Chaban
Brenda Mae Chalifoux
Frances Jean Champagne
Jennel RD Chaulk
Jackie Cheema
Michelle Elaine Cherniawsky
Gloria L Chief Moon
Leigh Janet Chisholm
Carla Marie Claeys
Brian Douglas Clark
Patricia G Clearsky
Donald Maxwell Clifford
Lynne Clutton
Johanna Mikhal Cohen
Gail Lou Collins
Carolyn Cone
Karen Cook
Joelle Cottle
Gina Marie Coupland
Linda Gloria Court
Colleen J Courtoreille
Jennifer Faye Cowstin
Susan Cress
Frances Anne Crumley
Sharon Fern Barbara
Cudmore
Dan Cunin
Rose Mary Shannon Curle
Jacqueline Dyann Currie
Corinne LO DaBreo
Estelle Yvonne Dalton
Theresa Dawn Marie Davey
Denise Lynn Davies
Barbara Anne Davis
Heather de Bruyn Hill
Maria Elizabeth De Leeuw
Denise Mendonca de Sa
Donna Debolt
Lilibeth B dela Cruz
Arlene P Dell
Shelly Jean Delver
Roxanne d’Eon-Blemings
Rina Lynn Desimone
Anil Dhar
Susan Teresa Dmyterko
Sandra Susan Donnelly
Dawn Elizabeth Doucet
Lorina M Dubois
E Patricia Dumont
M Dawn Dunlop
Marcia Dupuis
Lise Durand
Michael Scott Durrant
Konrad Artur Dytnerski
Suzanne Elizabeth Eaton
Kimberley Kathleen Eggen
Lucille Eldridge
D Jane Ellenor
Crystal Elliott
Mistelle Amber Evans
Karen Elizabeth Evoy
Janice Ann Louise FarrJones
Sherry Faubert
Jolene Marie Fehler
Beverly Leona Ferguson
Al Ferleyko
Kathy Jo Ferraro
Beverly E Findlay
Tony Peter Fiorillo
Janet Lorene Fizzell
Darin Flemmer
Trina D Floberg
Jessica Fodor
Koren Lorraine Foley
Julie Elizabeth Forbes
Serena C Forsyth
Heidi Elizabeth Fraser
Ashley E Frayn
Lana Jean Frayn
Dawn Fredrickson
Harry Floyd Fuccaro
Larissa Lee Helena Fuhr
Karen E Furniss
Dawn Angela Gabert
Shelley Ann Marie Gallagher
Duncan Frank Galloway
Danielle Marie Gamroth
Dianne Garrick
Edward Blaine Garrick
Laurie Marie Garriock
Debbie Margaret Gauchier
Diane N Gaudette
R Larry Gazzola
Nicole Geldart
Carol Gelowitz
Colin George
Jessica Jane Gibbon
Jason Robert Gibson
Tara Lorene Gibson
Pamela Kay Gierke
Christine Angele Gilbert
Patricia Lee Gilbert
Jennifer Alina Gilholm
Chantel Kirsten Gillender
Marty Gillingwater
Mai-Britt Marianne Gingras
Lisa Marie Giroux
Louise Barbara Giroux
Sharon W Gladue
Myra Linda Goetze
Clay Golden
Irlanda Isela Gonzalez-Price
Sharon M Gordon
Diane Gorman
Laurie Faye Gould
Sherrie Grace
Darrin Grandy
Angela Grant
Noelle Sharon Grant
Kenneth Robert Grayston
Arthur Victor Greenhalgh
Cindy Hope Grier
Erin Grier
Melissa Gruber
Maryse Guimond
Aarron Nadia Gulak
Debra Joan Theresa Hachey
Janice Haddow
Brenda Heather Haggart
Robert Scott Haggins
Mary Lisa Halcrow
Marcia Gail Halfe
Bruce Zemp Harker
Dana Harkin
Shauna Lynn Hayes-Watson
Laura Helen Herasymuik
Graciela Hidalgo
Beverley Dawn Hiebert
Donna Hiibner
Beverley Diane Hill
Jana Lee Hladun
Shelene Tasla Hlus
Kevin Robert Hodgson
Crystal R Hoekstra
Brian Gerald Holden
Rhonda Holloway
Penny-Jo Holmes
Rick Holmes
Melodie Lynn Hood
Allison Eve Huggins
Rochelle Jayne Hughes
Raymond Walter Irvine
Erin Allison Anne Isiah
Judith M Istvan
Doreen Rose Jackson
Stephanie Jean Jackson
Melissa Dougalda Jacquard
Valerie Emelda James
Dana Jennejohn
Sandra Ann Denise Joe
Julie Johannessen
Peggy Sophie Johnson
Emma June Johnston
Mary Louise Jane Johnston
Terry Jones
Sunyoung Jung
Catherine Kakpovbia
Farah Kanani
Christy Kapser
Dana Scott Karapita
Diane Karl
Toni Kazmir
Rhonda Kearney
Carolyn Ruth Kehoe
Bryan Edward Kelly
Alice L Kemick
Tammy Raye Kennedy
Brenda Rosalee Kent
Anne Marie Kingston
Jimmi-Lynn Kinnee
Angela Dawn Kirk
Margaret Jean Kirkendall
Annie H Klein
Grace C Koehler
Judy Marie Kolasa
Helga Komor
Stephen Koziol
Linda M Kreitzer
Ralph Bartol Krile
Lakshmi Krishnan
Brandy Kully
Rebecca Dawn Marie Labbe
Mary Frances Laboucan
Margaret Lachance
Annie Suet-Fung Lam
Jennifer Kathleen Lanctot
Maureen Elizabeth Landry
Randolf Eugene Landry
Melanie J Lapointe
Chris Larsen
Anna Laskow
Nadine Gloria Lastiwka
Carol Lynn LeCain
Michelle Denise Leonce
Ruby Leong-Mueller
Teresa M Lepard
Catherine Jean Leppard
Mona Lee Letendre
Christina Livingston
Gilbert Longpre
Veronica Lorencz-Gartner
Kimberly Dawn Lougheed
Lorna J Lowe
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Donna Mae Ludtke
Penny Lyons
Skye Heather Freeman
MacCuish
Beverly Marlene Macdonald
Michelle MacIsaac
Holly MacKesy
Rachel MacPhail
Edwin Thomas Madge
Susan Marie Maeda
Susan Chi Yan Mah
Toni Maier Morkin
Bonnie Lee Malach
Kathy Marie Reynalde Malo
Barry Wayne Manysiak
Gloria Gail Mapplebeck
Lori Michelle Marcelin
Carmen Cecilia Marquez
Wayne Anthony Marshall
Kelly Martin
Dorota Martyniak
Cindy Mather Van Camp
Karin Matthiessen
Beverly Dawn McAllister
Lori Lee McBride
Linda Rae McGibbon
Carrie McGillivray
Marley McGonigle
Susan Margaret McKenzie
Marcia McKoy
Debbie McLeod
Nicole J McLeod
Ruth Sarah McLeod
Connie McMurphy-Giroux
Barbara A McPherson
Peggy Ann McPherson
Catherine McQuade
Rebecca McRoberts
Lisa Marie Mercredi
Leona Delphine Metchewais
Helene Therese Miller
Patrick Stuart Millions
Kathaleen M Mitchell
Angela M Mogus
Barry Mohl
Teresa D Mollison
Michele Lee Ann
Montgomery
Melinda Ann Moore
Karen Jill Morin
Jolene Rita Cecelia Morrell
Jennifer Nicole Morton
Charlene Louise Mountain
Horse
Gordon James Nakano
Vivien Corrine
Nanaquawetung
Jeremy Shane Nay
Carrie Lorraine Neilson
Gina (Virginia) Nelson
Janet Margaret Nesby
Ray Bradly Neveu
Kerri-Lee Eleanor Nevil
Linda Doi Lam Ngai
Menasha Nikhanj
Kathryn Joan Nimmons
Kristine Deanne Niwa
Jo-Ann Noble
Sarah Noble
Philip Norris
Ana Marlene Nunez
Kelliann Oakey
Tara Lynne Oliver Severtson
Wendy Elaine Onishenko
Doreen K O’Rielly
Linda Louise Orosco
Jackie Osiowy
Jessika LM Ostryzniuk
Maurice Richard Ouellet
Carol Maria Overdevest
Brandy Packman
Digvijai Parmar
Vinita Parmar
Christy J Parsons
Vince Pasqua
Joanne Denise Patchell
Sadique Pathan
Tara Pattee
Sheri Dawn Pawlyshyn
Judith Pearce
Kym Pelletier
Mary Peltier Martinello
Natalie Dawn Penney
Tracy Ruth Perkins
Anna Marie Perry
Sally-Anne Perry
Kimberley Petelski
Linda Dawn Peterson
Michelle Peterson
Isabel Ann Petrone
Myles Cameron Pfeifer
Janice Marie Pickering
Vera Jane Pieterse
Colette Plante
Nicolle Naomi Poirier
Dolores A Poiron
Lorraine Josephine Poitras
Lisa Marie Porter
Danuta Potworowski
Myrna Pretty
Dennis Gary Pringle
Penny Lee Pritchett
Phyllis L Pruden
Tanya Lynn Purdy-Fischer
Pamela Margaret Purkis
F Judi Pyett
Guy Quenneville
Helen Rae
Carol Hilda Ramage
Teresita Ramos
Katrina Dione Randall-Martin
Wendy Kathleen Rasmussen
Elizabeth Ratajewicz
Laurie-Ann Reddick
Jon Leonard Reeves
Shawn Delaine Reid
Lisa Katherine Reineke
Sandra Leigh Reschny
Christine Retallack
Gary Keith Rhodes
Carla Richartz-Ross
Jennifer Leigh Ringdal
Shannan Dawn Roberge
Joan Rogers
David Warren Rolfe
Katherine Louise Rondesvedt
Marilyn B Rose
Jacqueline Rose-McCulloch
Patricia Anne Rosene-Brady
Janet Marie Ross
Carrie Lee Rowell
Carla Rosemarie Rufiange
Christine Olga Ruller
Silvia Russell
Shanna Melinda Sagert
Jatinder Kaur Samra
President’s Report
Emily Drzymala, MSW, PhD (Educ), RSW
Since my last report I have had the pleasure of meeting many RSWs and friends at Calgary, Medicine Hat,
throughout, to my delight, is increasing satisfaction with communication between members and ACSW.
Specifically, feedback on the Members’ Handbook is consistently a combination of relief and ah-ha! Although the
handbook is the culmination of many hours, days and years
of hard work by both staff and volunteers, kudos go to the
staff, who have fine-tuned and pulled together the final
product. You can expect periodic updates to this manual that
New RSWs continued from page 8
Janet Delphine Sanchuk
Paulette Rose Savill
Diane Maureen Sawatske
Shamim Sayani
Ellen Joanne Campbell
Schaefer
Anna Marie Schille-Pernitsky
Jennifer Schmidt
Leonard H Schmidt
Denise Schnieder
Teryl Agnes Schollaardt
Rosaline Joy Schroderus
Brenda June Scott
Elizabeth Anne Scout
Joanne Scratton
Sarah R Seaborne
Carol Kimiyo Sekiya
Shirley Joanne Seniuk
Marilyn Shand
Jacqueline Shannon
Glen R Shaw
Michael Flavin Shaw
Calvin Daniel Shewchuk
Tamar Shimoni
Brenda Anne Shinoff
Darcy Shumay
Sharon Sieben
Corina Singh
Sharada Lyn Skakum
Debbie Elizabeth Skoronski
Christopher Theodore Smith
Deanna Smith
Erica Snook-Pennings
Bonnie Ann Soloway
Linda Dianne Spencer
Ferdinando (Fred) Nichola
Spina
Terri Lynn Stager
Shelly Lynn Steil
Kenneth Fred Steinley
Deborah Stenger
Deborah Stevens
Vivian C Stokes
Theresa Helen Stollery
Kenneth William Storcer
Jeff Stoyan
Karla Strand
Cheryl Stuart
Michael Walter Sturko
Irene Y Suga
Terry Lynn Sullivan
Stella Hilda Supernault
Jennifer Marguerite Swain
Monika Kate Szelagowicz
Katherine Ann Marie
Tauscher
Renay Jean Taylor-Besant
Carol Clara Terleckyi
Reva Sandra Theuman
Carolyn Thom
Laurie Colleen Thomas
Bonda R Thompson
Lisa Tokai
Rob Toller
Jim Toner
Deanna Lynn Tretiak
Susan Triolet-Miller
Linda Trofimuk
Darlene Louise Trudel
Maurice Joseph Trudel
April Deanne Trumbley
Franklin Tsang
David Terence Tunney
John Robert Earl Turner
Tammy Annette Turner
Colleen Tutton-Allan
Corene A Usselman
Shelley Roseanne Vandal
Leanne Vanoni
Leonel Vela
Monica B Vergara
Adam John Vincze
Charlette Ruby Iona Vivier
Sophie Votova
Arlene R Vrtar-Huot
Maria Vuksanovich
Penny Lynn Waddell
Mike Ward
Anna Marie Watchel
Deni Rae Watson
Jason Patrick Watt
Melanie Rose Weder
Chris Ellen Wedgwood
Marilyn M Welburn
Linda Anne Wells
Karen Joanne Wenger
Trina Wheeler
Beverly Whiskeyjack
Kathleen Emily White
Mary Louise White
Mavis Whitford
Kerri-Anne Wierenga
Don Marlon Wijesooriya
Edward Wildman
Trudy Wendy Willier
David William Wilson
Fiona Jayne Wilson
Renae Jennedene Wilson
Rhonda Gayle Wilson
Lee-Ann Marie Winder
Agnieszka Wolska
Jean Yue Wong
Juliane Wong
Karla Woodman
Nadia Wusyk
Loretta May Wycotte
Erin Leanne Yaremko
David Paul Yawney
Gary PJ Young
Crystal Yusishen
Sheila M Yuzyk
Rufina Zamoyski
Larry Zawadiuk
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reflect Council decisions and documents that have been
approved.
Council and the Executive continue with the sometimes
tedious but rewarding work of establishing practices for
collecting information within ACSW such as: a code of
data collection procedures, and terms of references for
committees according to a template that will enhance
communication and consistency.
For the latter, we hope that the terms of reference for
each committee in your handbook will assist you in making your long term plans for participation in ACSW and
at the same time plan for achieving your continuing competence credits by participating.
Many of you have noticed that our first year under the
HPA has demanded much of ACSW with respect to procedures and accountability. Hence, my first year as president has focused a great deal on internal aspects of our
organization, or “organizational infrastructure.”
As a result, I am confident that during 2004, we are well
prepared for our voice of 5,500 to be stronger than ever
in our external environment.
Finally on behalf of Council, I welcome the three new
public members who join Vince Steinhauer to comprise
the required number of public members for our organization pursuant to the Health Professions Act. You can expect
to meet Bill, Lynne and Ralph along with other Council
members at the “meet the Council” social on Wednesday,
March 17th at the Annual Conference in Calgary. See you
there! 
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Lethbridge, Edmonton and Canmore events sponsored by the area coordinators of these regions. A theme
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Here we grow again...!
Beginnings:
social work in Alberta
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Baldwin Reichwein, MSW (equiv), RSW
The 1920s and those
roaring social workers
In researching the beginnings of social work in Alberta, I discovered among our roots
the formation of the Edmonton Social Planning Council.
In the 1920s, a burst of synergy resulted in the establishment of a host of social service related organizations. Both
the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and Canadian
Council on Child Welfare (CCCW) were founded in 1920.
The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) was
formed in 1926. Representatives from these organizations
interacted with each other. Based on British and American
experience, the CCCW—under Charlotte Whitton’s leadership—in the 1920s developed a “scientific” social survey
method. A number of surveys were carried out in various Canadian cities (Calgary and Edmonton among them)
between 1927 and 1947, generally at the request of local
people. Surveys tended to deal with coordination of children’s services, non-government agencies, family welfare,
and effectiveness of casework interventions. Concepts such
as a Community Chest, Council of Social Agencies, Family
Welfare Bureau and Social Service Exchange were topics
of interest in post-WWI years. The 1920s were less a time
of romanticism and more fashioned out of tough economic
realities. Our profession made its contributions.
Community leaders in Edmonton wanted to chart a course
for fundraising as early as 1927. They contacted Howard
Falk, a person with considerable visibility in Montreal’s social
work community. Falk visited Edmonton in 1929 and met
with local people. He recommended conducting a needs
survey. Marjorie Bradford (Falk’s assistant) was hired by local
notables to conduct a survey and Bishop H. Allen Gray, D.D.
(a well-known figure in church, community and “child saving” circles) oversaw the project. The survey was to deal with
dependent members of the community such as dependent
families, individuals, dependent children, transient individuals,
unmarried mothers and their children, the convalescent and
the mentally ill.
Bradford recommended formation of a Council of Social
Agencies. Edmonton’s community leaders wanted to proceed
in that direction, but plans were rudely overtaken by the
stock market crash of October 29, 1929 and the Depression.
Bradford remained in contact with her clients. By 1939, social
worker Laura Holland of Vancouver conducted another needs
survey and this time the formation of the Edmonton Council
of Social Agencies, with enthusiastic community support,
became a reality.
Network colleague and experienced social worker Lillian
Thompson was hired in 1939 to become the council’s first
director. The Council (later to become the Edmonton Social
Planning Council) has maintained a planning and social
action role ever since. Social work and psychology hesitantly
made their entry in Alberta’s mental health services in the
1920s as well, but that’s food for thought for another story.
For further reading:
Mildon, Marsha. A Wealth of Voices. A History of the Edmonton
Social Planning Council 1940-1990. Edmonton, AB: (The
Edmonton Social Planning Council. 1990).
Rooke, P.T. and Schnell, R.L. Discarding the Asylum. From
Child Rescue to the Welfare State in English Canada (1800-1950).
New York, N.Y: (University Press of America. 1983).
Baldwin Reichwein, a “not so retired” member of ACSW’s Edmonton Retired Social
Workers Interest Group, has a passion for researching and documenting the history
of social work in Alberta.
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Conference reminder:
A tale of two social workers...
(with apologies to Charles Dickens)
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t was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch
of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of
hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us...
Scene: Social work agency during late March, 2004. Sid and
Noreen are sitting in the coffee room. Sid asks, “Hey Noreen,
where were you last week?”
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“Sid, I had the best time! I went to the ACSW’s Annual
General Meeting and Conference at the Hyatt Regency
in Calgary.”
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“Must be nice. I had the worst time here, trying to catch up
with all my year-end paperwork!”
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“I learned so much from the workshops I took. I was able to
complete nine hours of continuing competency credits
in one easy step. You wouldn’t believe how easy this conference
made it.There were workshops available Thursday evening
and all day Saturday—most of them Category A workshops,
too—and at a special rate.”
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“I don’t believe it,” said Sid. “Nine hours of credits all at one
conference? That’s incredible! You must have been working the
whole time.”
“Not at all—there was a lighter side too!” Noreen said. “We
could sign up for an Arts Night and Cocktail Party on the
Wednesday night and some of the speakers were hilarious.”
“What kind of workshops were there?” asked Sid.
“There was pretty much something for everyone,” replied
Noreen, “Gerontology, aboriginal, addictions, children
and adolescents, social action, business aspects, various
interventions…you name it, they had it.
“And the keynote speaker, Lesra Martin, was fabulous. He
really gave me hope that the employees of this agency and
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social workers in general might be able to really help turn some
lives around,” continued Noreen. “Next year, do your paperwork early and come to the conference. You really missed a
good one this time.” 
Don’t miss out like “Sid”! Come to the ACSW
conference March 18 – 20, 2004, at the Hyatt
Regency in Calgary for the best of times, the age of
wisdom, the epoch of belief, the season of light and
the spring of hope! See you there.
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Audrey Ferber, MSW, RSW
New education criteria for
roster members
ANNUAL MEETING
The Private Practice committee has been working very
Private Practice Roster
hard over the past few years to revise and develop policies
The annual meeting of the Private Practice
Roster will be held on Friday, March 19
at 11:30 during the ACSW conference in
Calgary at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 700
Centre St. South. We hope that those on
the roster will plan to attend.
that pertain to the Private Practice Roster. This task was
delayed for a significant period of time while waiting for
proclamation of the Health Professions Act for social work
in April 2003.
In Fall 2003, our committee completed new policies and
they are awaiting ACSW Council approval. One of the most
important policies developed was the creation of continuing education criteria, which apply to the 40 hours required
annually for social workers to continue on the Private
Practice Roster. We worked hard to arrive at criteria that
would address the circumstances of private practitioners,
including those in rural and isolated communities. We hope
you will be pleased with the results.
Categories of the Private Practice Roster continuing
education criteria are:
a. presenter or participant in lectures, workshops, panel
discussions, training, seminars, certificate programs, grand
rounds, in-service training
The 40 hours do not have to be in addition to the
required 40 hours for ACSW Continuing Competency b. distance learning through mediums such as on-line,
teleconferencing, correspondence courses and educational
and they may be the same as the 50 hours required
television programming
for the Clinical Registry, but they do need to relate to the
applicant’s private practice. These hours are to be documented
c. consultation/supervision as supervisor or recipient
on a Private Practice Roster continuing education activity log
included on the renewal form, which each member receives
d. continuing education options such as research, readings
annually from the ACSW office.
(up to 10 hours per year) and audiovisual or video tape
material.
If you did not receive your renewal form in 2003, please contact the ACSW office immediately and request that they send For details of the policy, please follow the Advocate and also
you one, or if you did not complete it, please do so immedi- e-mail correspondence from Tom King, Communications
ately. Continuation on the Private Practice Roster depends
Officer for the Private Practice Committee. 
on submitting this form annually to the ACSW office.
Audrey Ferber is co-chair of the ACSW Private Practice Committee and works in
private practice as a clinical social worker in Calgary.
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Competence Committee
QUESTIONNAIRE
Competence
Committee
2.
How should we choose who receives a practice visit?
3.
If the committee includes a self-assessment as part
of the process, what questions should be asked?
6.
What indicators of competence should we look for?
As noted in the Social Workers Profession Regulation, the
following groups are exempt from practice visits: employees
of the Government of Alberta, the Government of Canada,
a municipality or a Metis settlement. However, these social
workers are welcome to participate in this questionnaire and
subsequent focus groups.
7.
Other comments/questions about practice visits:
We ask that you respond to each of the following questions. Information collected may be viewed by ACSW staff
and some volunteers within the organization. The list is not
exhaustive and we encourage you to include any additional
comments on practice visits.
The following questions are to help us determine how
representative the response is of our membership:
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What should a practice visit look like?
The Health Professions Act, Section 51, defines
the authority of the Competence Committee to
carry out practice visits as part of the continuing
competence program. The Competence Committee
is now beginning to develop criteria for these visits.
Through a questionnaire we are seeking preliminary
information to guide us in developing a process for
the practice visits. The next stage will be to use this
information to shape the discussions in focus groups
to be held across the province in the summer of 2004.
Forward your responses to the Competence Committee at
the ACSW office:
Fax: 421-1168 in Edmonton
Fax toll free: 1-866-874-8931
E-mail: [email protected]
Mail: ACSW, #550, 10707 100 Ave, Edmonton AB T5J 3M1
Please respond by March 31, 2004.
•
What is your field of practice and practice setting?
•
What is your geographic location? (city, town,
county, rural, etc.)
•
What is your highest level of education?
•
How long have you been practicing social work?
Thank you for your assistance.
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Problems in practice and the
role of the employer
Most social workers come into the profession for the right kinds of reasons: a commitment
to social justice, compassion for people who aren’t able to cope, a belief that the world can
be a better place, or simply a desire to help.
Occasionally, however, even the most committed person may
be ill-suited to their current role. It may be that the person is
dealing with life stressors of their own such as family breakdown, addictions or a mental health problem. In some cases,
a social worker’s response to particular client issues may bring
up personal feelings that interfere with the ability to perform
according to accepted standards. It may be that the work has
become more complicated and the social worker’s skill level
is not adequate for the tasks required. Any of these circumstances has the potential to lead to a violation of the Code of
Ethics.
reluctant to intervene in what they perceive to be a personal
problem. There may be an assumption that everyone is aware
of the problem and someone else is dealing with it. In some
cases, the person most aware of the problem may believe that
by remaining silent he is protecting a vulnerable colleague.
In the end, the lack of action is more likely to result in harm
than any earlier intervention would have been.
Most workplaces have policies for dealing with grievances or
addressing problems with performance. Many also have access
to employee assistance programs to help with personal problems. Few agencies, however, have policies for intervening in
Employers don’t always know how to proceed when a staff
personal problems when an employee is not asking for help.
member has stepped over the line of acceptable practice. How For the sake of our colleagues, our clients, and our profession,
much inappropriate behavior can be tolerated? What steps
social workers should look at correcting this problem.
should be taken to ensure client safety? What is the employThere are several things employers can do:
er’s responsibility to the staff member and the agency? What
about responsibility to the profession?
• Watch for changes in behavior or attitudes that may suggest
In most cases that come to the attention of the ACSW, a
situation has reached the point where harm has occurred.
Sometimes the social worker in question has been fired or
asked to resign from his or her position. When we begin to
look into these situations we often find that someone was
aware that a problem was developing much earlier in the
process but for one reason or another no preventative measures were applied. The reasons for lack of action are varied.
The person who is aware of the problem may be a junior
staff member who is fearful of repercussions. People may be
a staff member is not coping well. If there appears to be a
problem, let them know that you are aware and help them
develop a plan to address the problem as part of the supervision process. Unless the problem is specific to knowledge
and skills required for the job, do not try to address the
problem yourself.
• Try to maintain an accepting environment where staff
members won’t be afraid to come forward if they need
time to deal with personal problems or if they don’t have
the confidence to do their job effectively.
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Ethics in action
• Be prepared for people to make the occasional error in
judgment and allow room to grow. We should not hold
anyone to an unreasonable standard of perfection. A person
who is given the opportunity to learn from an error is less
likely to repeat it in the future.
Regardless of the above, however, employers need to put the
safety of the public first. If you find that a staff member has
harmed a client you should take appropriate measures to repair
the harm if possible and to ensure that it does not happen
again.
Where the employee is a social worker, there are specific legal
and ethical requirements. The Social Work Standards of Practice
state:
51(1) A social worker who has reason to believe, and believes,
that there has been a violation of the Health Professions
Act or these Standards or the Code of Ethics shall
inform the Complaints Director of the Alberta College
of Social Workers of the violation.
(2) When information about a violation is obtained from
a client, the social worker shall notify the client of the
obligation to report the information to the Alberta
College of Social Workers.
(3) If a client refuses to consent, the social worker shall
report the violation without providing information that
would identify the client.
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57 (1) If, because of conduct that in the opinion of the
employer is unprofessional conduct, the employment
of a regulated member is terminated or suspended or
the regulated member resigns, the employer must give
notice of that conduct to the complaints director.
These are serious obligations. Our colleagues, our clients and
our profession will be much better served if we take a proactive
stance to deal with workplace issues. 
Alison Macdonald is the ACSW Associate Registrar
Wherever you
go,
Whatever you
do,
SAY
YOU’RE A
SOCIAL
WORKER!
You’d be surprised how often social workers
say “I work with alcoholics” or “I do therapy”
or “I counsel troubled children” or “I direct an
employee assistance program.”
There’s nothing wrong with these statements, but
preface each with
“I AM A SOCIAL WORKER,”
then add, “I work with troubled youth,” and you’ll
be performing an invaluable public education
service that benefits your profession and
ultimately yourself.
The best way to bolster the image of the social
work profession is for social workers to identify
themselves as SOCIAL WORKERS!
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
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• Many social workers will feel an attraction to a client at one
time or another. The problems begin if they don’t know how
to handle their feelings and don’t feel they can discuss them
with anyone. Let your staff know they can talk to you.
Further, the Health Professions Act states:
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• Provide designated opportunities for staff to discuss ethical
concerns about their practice. Talk about issues such as
transference and counter-transference, relationships with
clients, and confidentiality. Make sure that staff know the
standards expected both by the agency and the profession but
leave the door open to discuss individual circumstances.
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There’s plenty to do at
U of C this spring!
Joint Research Scholarship Exchange offered
The Faculties of Social Work and Nursing present their
first joint Research Scholarship Exchange, The Community
Connection: Improving Health Outcomes Across the Lifespan.
Featuring oral and poster presentations of interest to the
health and social services communities, the event is open
to the public from 4 to 7 p.m. on March 10 at the Rozsa
Centre, University of Calgary.
Dr. John Graham’s annual lecture
Social work professor Dr. John Graham, the Murray Fraser
Professor in Community Economic Development, will
present his annual lecture at 7 p.m. on March 11 at the
University of Calgary (PF 4270).
Graham’s talk, which is free and open to the public,
focuses on the meaning of community and its importance
in our society. All are welcome.
new continuing competency requirements of the Health
Profession Act.
Courses starting in February and March include:
• Appreciative Inquiry: Positive Change in Human Services and
Community Development (online)
• Communities of Practice
• Healing the Wounded Spirit of Individuals, Families and
Communities
• Measuring Performance in Public and Non-profit Organizations
(online).
Several other courses are also available and are outlined in the
Adult Workplace and Community Education section of the U
of C’s Winter Program Guide.
For further information about courses for social workers,
contact Julie Kearns at (403) 220-4704 or email her at:
[email protected]. 
2nd annual Pulse of Social Work awards
The Faculty of Social Work and ACSW, along with other
community partners, are proud sponsors of the second
annual Pulse of Social Work awards ceremony. All Calgary
and area social workers are warmly invited to attend
the ceremony at noon, Thursday, March 25 at Devonian
Gardens, Toronto Dominion Square (317 - 7th Ave SW).
Refreshments will be served. Plan to come out and
celebrate the social workers of our community!
For information, contact Lynne Dulaney-MacNicol at
(403) 220-2232 or e-mail: [email protected].
Professional development courses
Social workers can now look to the University of
Calgary’s Faculties of Social Work and Continuing
Education for professional development courses to meet
þ Are you a clinical social worker practicing in
the field of mental health and a member of the
clinical practice registry?
þ Are you interested in participating in a
research project exploring the link between
clinical work and social justice?
If you are and you are able to spare an hour for an interview
please contact Anne Marie McLaughlin at [email protected]
or 1 (780) 492 1478. I am a graduate student in the Faculty
of Social Work, University of Calgary, researching clinical
social work and social justice as partial fulfillment of the
requirements toward my PhD.
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Water:
a living source of physical and
spiritual sustenance … or high-stakes
commodity?
Colleen Palichuk, BSW, RSW
Colleen Palichuk
As a social worker employed as a child protection worker, I was in a different world
in Banff last November when I attended the Mountains as Water Towers conference.
The issue of water is not as far removed from our profession’s
interests as one might think. Social workers are agents of
social change and this conference was very much about the
social changes needed to ensure a supply of fresh water in the
coming years and whether access to fresh water should be
perceived as a human right.
In her opening address, Maude Barlow, activist, chairman of
the Council of Canadians and author of the recent book,
Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s
Water, highlighted the capacity for conflict that surrounds
water issues. Working toward a global view of water access
as a human right and not simply a commodity to be owned,
Barlow predicts wars will be fought over water access and
ownership in the coming years. Various presenters confirmed
that this is already happening and spoke about people who
have already died in conflicts over water rights.
Juan Carlos Alurralde, a water resources engineer working
in Bolivia, gave an impassioned presentation about the work
he is doing in research and writing water legislation with an
emphasis on including the indigenous and the poor. He began
with a moment of silence to honor the 80 people killed in
South America last year at a demonstration about water access.
According to Mr. Alurralde, Andean peoples believe water is a
living being, a universal and communal right, an expression of
flexibility and adaptability, a cohesive force, public domain, and
the basis for reciprocity and cooperation.
One of the most powerful speakers was Margaret CatelyCarlson. At one time Cately-Carlson was the Deputy Minister
of Health for Canada and the Deputy Director (Operations)
for UNICEF. She has a background of working with organizations that apply science and knowledge to national and
international problems in areas such as freshwater governance,
agriculture, health, and finances to name a few. She spoke
passionately, with knowledge gained in working on projects
both within Canada and around the world. More than one
billion people across the globe are without daily fresh water
access, she reported. She believes one of the biggest obstacles
to solving problems around water access is that women in
developing countries often do not participate in the process,
particularly in remote locations and where cultural barriers
silence their voices.
Camille Dow Baker is the CEO of the Center for Affordable
Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST), out of Calgary.
She is an engineer with several years of experience who
changed her focus from working in the oil and gas industry
to water and sanitation in developing countries. She called on
water users and local community members to get involved in
the process of helping to change government and corporate
perceptions of water rights.
The conference prompted thoughts about water being used
a tool of oppression particularly if governments do not agree
that access to fresh water is a human right. Perhaps part of the
answer is that we remain aware of the issues and are vigilant
The theme of commodification of water was recurrent and one in monitoring our governments’ decisions about water. 
speaker reported that in a major U.S. city last summer, 4,800
Social worker Colleen Palichuk works for Region 4 Central Alberta Child and Family
people had their water supplies turned off because they could
Services Authority and lives in Red Deer. Comments on this article? E-mail her at:
not afford the cost of the city’s privatized delivery system.
[email protected].
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By Papiya Das, MSW, RSW
Cover story:
His name is
TODAY
W
e are guilty of many errors and many faults,
But our worst crime is abandoning the children,
Neglecting the fountain of life.
M
any of the things we need can wait,
The child cannot wait,
Right now is the time his bones are being formed,
His blood is being made,
And his senses are being developed.
T
o him we cannot answer “Tomorrow”
His name is “Today.”
Gabriela Mistral
Nobel Prize Winning poet from Chile
Papiya Das
On a recent trip to India, I met a woman named Rita Panicker, who is married to an ex-classmate of mine
from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai. Ms. Panicker is a MSW graduate of the same school
and is an untiring advocate for children and their rights.
I was most impressed by the organization that she founded in 1989 in support of the children on the streets of New Delhi.
The work of Ms. Panicker, her colleagues and of the children themselves seems to me a profound example of what can be
accomplished in even the worst of situations and with the most minimal resources. Very often in Canada it’s so easy to say, “If
only we had more funding…” I learned from people like Ms. Panicker that there comes a time when somehow we just have
to mine our own creativity to build what is needed. She is providing a model of hope and empowerment. We as social workers need to think beyond traditional interventions and move into relevant action.
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“If we are to reach real peace in this world, and if we are
to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin
with children. And if they will grow up in their natural
innocence, we won’t have to struggle, we won’t have to
love, and peace to peace, until at last all the corners of
consciously or unconsciously, the world is hungering.”
Raju Kumar
— Mahatma Gandhi
Ms. Panicker lives and advocates for children in an atmosphere where, first of all we have to imagine that, unlike
Canada, there is no welfare state at all, no minimum wage and
child labor commonly existing under extreme conditions. She
explained that there are over 100,000 street and working children in the city of Delhi alone. In getting to know their lives
and their needs she quickly decided that her plan of action
would first have to honor their right to self-determination.
The organization is called Butterflies. A butterfly is one of
nature’s most beautiful creatures. So is a child. The butterfly
flits from flower to flower for its sustenance. Street children
move constantly for their livelihood. Butterflies have very
short lives. Street children have very brief childhoods. Apart
from love the most valuable gifts we can bestow on our children are roots and wings. Butterflies aims to provide both: a
stable basis for listening and caring, and the motivation and
the confidence to fly when the time is right.
Butterflies programs for street and working children reach
out to over 1,100 children in Delhi. For the past 14 years,
Butterflies has been undertaking grassroot-level activities with
these children and has been a strong supporter and advocate
of children’s rights. It works with local, national and international organizations. It advocates for national and state government policies affecting the protection of children’s rights.
The work of the organization has been the subject of international recognition and has been featured in CNN and BBC
(British Broadcasting Corporation) documentaries.
Street children in Delhi live in conditions where they are
exposed to physical and sexual abuse and to hazardous
working conditions. Many of these children end up impaired
in coping with the harsh realities of life. In developing
programs, Ms. Panicker realized that many of the street
children are more comfortable in their street camaraderie
and their independence rather than in their poverty-ridden
and abusive home situations. They do not often wish to
be institutionalized or reside in an imposed structured
environment. Butterflies’ unique approach to all its programs
rests on attentiveness to the street children’s own experiences.
The children are involved in the planning and the evaluation
of their own programs in an effort to empower them and
make them more self-reliant.
Children are not placed in institutions if they do not so
desire. They are taught the skills to survive on the street
without being exploited. Other alternatives to street life are
presented. However, children make their own choices and can
speak out without the fear of consequence. Their decisions
about their own futures are respected and valued. Every child
is given hope for a better future. Opportunities are provided
for participation in their own growth and development.
Alternate education
The organization has several projects and programs all following the same philosophy and the values of respect and
empowerment. Butterflies runs an alternate education program, in which classes are conducted for street children at
places where they congregate and at times that are convenient
to them. The curriculum is written within the framework
of a formal school syllabus. This program is accredited and
the children can complete up to Grade 12. The children are
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His name is TODAY
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able to work during the day and attend classes in the evening
and at night, so that they are not excluded from getting an
education because they work or live on the streets. Life skills
education is an integral part of the program. Imparting vocational training and life skills education to adolescent children
has been the most effective way of empowering them. Subprograms support various career and vocational training, such
as a computer education centre, a community kitchen and a
technical training centre for the repair and maintenance of
small household appliances. Local and national organizations
support the programs by offering training services.
Alternate Media
Another Butterflies focus is to offer children the space to create their very own media that gives expression to their often
unheard voices. They are provided opportunity to be trained
and to participate in the production of their own theatre,
radio program and a newspaper. A partnership with Press
Wise, a UK-based media ethics organization, provides for
children knowledgeable of children’s rights to be trained on
the basics of radio broadcasting, teamwork and communications and in the use of recording equipment.
and is open to any street and working child who rquires these
services. The individual is given assistance and treated in a
non-judgmental manner without being exploited or abused.
In another example of community support, the Municipality
of Delhi has allocated to Butterflies a large shelter exclusively for street children to have a safe place to sleep at night.
Children also use the shelter to continue with their education and to participate in other programs of Butterflies. Some
children manage small business enterprises and some have
become health workers in the Health Cooperative and others
have jobs as electricians after attending the training programs.
The Butterflies Crisis Centre provides shelter and care to
many children who are in distress, or have been physically,
mentally or sexually abused or are terminally ill and have no
place to go. They are also given help with legal issues, e.g. to
file cases against their abusers. The staff also restores children
to their families when the child wishes to return. Butterflies
is also part of a national telephone help-line service called
CHILDLINE. This is a 24-hour toll-free service to assist any
child under 18 who is in distress or in crisis.
Collective action by children against
exploitation
The Bal Mazdoor Union (Child Workers’ Union) was formed
as a result of the 1991 beating of a young coolie (porter) boy
Children’s Development Bank
by his employer, who accused the youth of stealing. Vijay, the
The Bal Vikas Bank is a full-fledged bank run by street and
young boy, was angered by the injustice and fought back. The
working children. It is the result of a lack of resources for
news got around. The shopkeepers and the police collabochildren to save their money. The bank offers the facility for
rated in beating up all the porter boys to teach them a lesson.
children to save their money in a safe, simple and convenient That evening the street children called an emergency meeting
way and teaches them to save for the future. It has created
and passed a resolution to form a union. Thus was born the
awareness about the importance of financial security. It proBal Mazdoor Union. It aims to negotiate for better wages or
vides financial assistance to adolescents to start their own eco- working conditions and also to mobilize public opinion to
nomic enterprises and has helped develop entrepreneurial and redress conditions that force children to work.
management skills. Any child between the ages of 10 and 18
can open an account. Separate interest rates are set for depos- Butterflies is also associated with the Delhi Child Rights’
its and loans. All the rules of the bank are made by the board, Club (DCRC), a forum of children for consultation whenever city policies or decisions are being made that affect them.
the members of which are all children.
Child representatives from 12 non-government organizations
Health and crisis care
concerned with street and working children form the memThe Health Care Co-operative running under the Butterflies bership of DCRC.
umbrella involves a mobile team of doctors and other health
Advocacy and Research Centre
professionals who routinely visit the street contact points to
provide health education, treatment and to facilitate admission The centre undertakes research and documentation to support advocacy of children’s rights. The centre publishes a
to hospitals for children when needed. Over the years, this
periodical journal called My Name Is Today. Comic books
project has grown into a cooperative owned by the children
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on Children’s rights and other advocacy materials are also produced. Ms. Panicker
and her staff hope to influence government policy that affects children and to
ensure that children’s rights are always included on all government political agenda.
Butterflies convened a working group on Convention on the Rights of the Child
(CRC) that wrote an Alternate Report to the Government of India’s first report
on the Status of the Indian Child. The Butterflies report was presented to the UN
Committee on Child’s Rights in Geneva.
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This story will not be complete without talking about the real life successes. There
have been several. Not all has been rosy and I heard of some heart-rending failures.
But here are the faces and the stories of three young lives that truly turned around.
Anuj Choudhuri (top right) was working in Delhi as a rag picker when he first
started attending Butterflies non-formal education classes. He soon became
involved in the Bal Mazdoor ki Awaz children’s newspaper and the Bal Vikas children’s bank. His progress was remarkable and he was admitted to formal school last
year, where he is doing well. Anuj passed his Grade 6 and ranked fourth in his class.
Anuj now manages the Bal Vikas bank from the night shelter where he sleeps and
hopes to find a future in finance or journalism.
Anuj Choudhuri
Raju Kumar (pictured on the page 19) was working in Delhi as a rag picker when he
started attending the Butterflies education program. He also became involved in the
Children’s Newspaper and the Children’s Bank. He was admitted to formal school
last year, where he is doing well. Raju passed his Grade 4 examinations with top
marks in his class. He plans to become a success in the theatre.
Afroz (bottom right) is another rag picker who took advantage of the Butterflies
education and health programs. As a 15-year-old he heard about the Bal Vikas Bank
and took out a loan to start his own business. He runs his own stall at Old Delhi
Railway station selling underwear and fancy goods. He earns enough to repay his
loan at 50 rupees per day after his expenses. He makes enough profit and is able to
bank some savings for his future.
Afroz
These success stories tell us that these children are not deadbeats. They are bright,
street-wise, ambitious and motivated. All they need is a chance!
As Mahatma Gandhi once said, “If we are to reach real peace in this world, and
if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with children.
And if they will grow up in their natural innocence, we won’t have to struggle,
we won’t have to pass fruitless, idle resolutions, we shall go from love to love, and
peace to peace, until at last all the corners of the world are covered with that peace
and love for which, consciously or unconsciously, the world is hungering.”
It is toward this goal that we all need to strive and I sincerely believe that it is
through the empowerment of children that we can achieve global peace. The work
has to start “Today.” We cannot wait till tomorrow. 
Papiya Das is a clinical social worker at the Grey Nuns’ Hospital (Caritas Health Group) in Edmonton.
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For more information about
the Butterfiles program,
email author Papiya Das at:
[email protected]
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By Cheryl Moskaluk
Close-up:
Charmaine Hammond
working under the big
Alberta sky
What happens when you plunk a suburbanite from Ontario into a tiny
northern Alberta town and set her on a mission to build a drop-in
centre for teens?
Plenty, if she’s a social worker who thrives on variety in her surroundings and her
career. Social worker and mediator Charmaine Hammond has found that being
open to life’s change-ups sharpens your passion to a focus, no matter what scenery
crops up along the way. She didn’t exactly follow a straight line from growing up
and volunteering in her hometown of Burlington, Ontario, to building a dynamic
private practice as a mediator in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Marriage and her husband’s job transfers were the forces that pulled Charmaine to Alberta. But it is her
thorough enjoyment of working with people that allows her to deeply absorb the
gifts of change and challenge amid diverse sets of cultures and lifestyles.
She easily describes moving far from her home province as
a positive experience, in part for what she could learn about
retaining long-term relationships with her family hundreds
of miles away. There were all kinds of new discoveries and
simple gifts like sitting under the northern Alberta sky on a
long summer night.
“The sky is just so big here,” she said.
Perhaps the biggest treasure for her career has been the flexibility gained from first working with larger agencies in the
east and then experiencing direct community contact in rural
Alberta and the rapid-fire evolution of urban culture unique
to Fort McMurray. Charmaine’s drive to work with people
was evident at a young age. She was attracted to mentor-
Charmaine Hammond
ship roles and gathered experience in the corrections field,
especially in working in group homes with young offenders.
“That’s where I began to get interested in developing programs.”
A diploma in general corrections and social work led to a
Bachelor’s degree in social development. After moving to
Alberta in 1991, it wasn’t long before Charmaine became a
registered social worker. Her first Alberta job as director of
a women’s shelter in Fort McMurray gave her time to learn
about the lifestyle issues in the community.
“There were tons of opportunities for planning communitybuilding projects,” she said, especially of her subsequent
relocation to the Lac La Biche area in 1993. She lived in
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Plamondon, a hamlet of 800 people, and ended up working
in Lac La Biche. “Working in a smaller community had a
profound impact on me.”
Some of the teens invested their time in the program and
came up with a name for the centre, The Twilight Zone.
Charmaine’s own sense of community in her new home
led to more eye-opening experiences when she tackled her
Master’s degree in Conflict Analysis and Management. Her
major research project focused on the impacts of rapid community growth on conflict in the workplace. What she discovered was that many of the Fort McMurray companies
interviewed were so highly focused on productivity and
meeting work demands that much of the conflict within
the group would be laid aside. When the pace of production
slowed down, suddenly unresolved disputes would re-emerge.
“We deal with a lot of late-stage conflicts. And conflict is
“They took a tremendous pride in what they had built and
costly.” Charmaine is excited about the prospects of updatit reminded me to reflect back on some of the social work
ing her research and wants to leave her community with
principles, that people need to be part of building something.” an action plan as a result. But she will leave. Plans to move
to Edmonton this spring are next on the horizon. She will
The teens in Plamondon ended up with a safe, healthy,
sorely miss her colleagues and the strong connections she has
fun place to get together but it was much more than that,
built in Fort McMurray but is sure those relationships will
Charmaine said. “For some of them it was part of their daily
grow as the scenery changes again.
routine, a place to be themselves. I understood that so often
the real impact of the services we as social workers give is so
Her experience working on ACSW’s Competence
different than what we perceive it to be.”
Committee (previously the Practice Review Board) for the
She later did an about-turn and took a completely different
job working for the provincial government in Lac La Biche.
Charmaine was in the position of working not directly with
individuals as clients, but with agencies. Her work in contract
negotiations and in overseeing the development of programs
and their funding, led to the next big step—her current
career as a mediator. In 1997 she opened her private practice,
Hammond Mediation and Consulting Group Inc., which
has grown from a single-handed operation to a staff of seven
plus several contract consultants, located in Fort McMurray.
Charmaine had experience with families so she began with
mediation in the area of separation and divorce, and for parents and teens. Then she pursued more schooling and later
adapted her strategies for alternative dispute resolution to suit
organizations. The rewarding aspects of her practice revolve
around watching two very distanced parties develop their
own solutions. Inside even the most entrenched conflicts,
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past six years has left her with another rich source of connections with other social workers. She has enjoyed taking up the
challenge of chairing the committee for the past two years
and also acting as the ACSW Fort McMurray area coordinator. She hopes others follow in her path and reap the same
benefits.
“Social workers are all busy in their professions, and they often
volunteer within their profession. I want ACSW members to
know how valuable that experience was—to have met so many
people in the profession who I may not have otherwise.”
Even though the house shopping is still up in the air,
Charmaine has a network of support to count on while she
sets the stage for the next steps in her career. And she has a
place to sort out the questions—a cottage outside Plamondon
where she can continue to wonder at the big Alberta sky that
now feels like home. 
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“I thought they would love this—I had done a lot of planning. But as I started to talk to the kids I quickly got a kick
in the pants. They said, ‘Well … why don’t you let us help
you.’ I had done all this research on getting a sign done and
they said, ‘We know how to paint.’ ”
“You have to imagine it must be so uplifting for people to
find solutions and appreciate the shared interests of the group,
even while their own perspectives are validated. When you’re
in conflict, you want someone to take your side. What I end
up doing is helping people get to the issues constructively.”
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She became involved in a new initiative to help Plamondon
and Lac La Biche teenagers in care develop a youth and teen
drop-in centre in nearby Lac La Biche. The goal was to help
kids create a safe drop in centre and participate in a range of
social and recreational programs. Charmaine rolled in as an
eager social worker in her thirties, full of ideas about how this
project could develop.
looking at alternative ways of resolving issues is an effective
process, Charmaine said.
By Shelley Currie, MSW, RSW
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On the front line:
Psychosocial
Oncology Network
bringing care closer to home
The Alberta Cancer Board’s Psychosocial Oncology Network is creating
a longer, stronger chain of support for rural psychosocial professionals
and cancer patients.
Hundreds of cancer patients from all over rural Alberta travel for
treatment to the province’s urban cancer centers. Some are able to
continue their treatments in local community and associate cancer
centers closer to home. The Alberta Cancer Board (ACB) is working to
support professionals in rural areas who may face complex questions
from their clients, perhaps in isolation or without access to expertise
shared among larger oncological groups in the cities.
Shelley Currie
In Alberta, an estimated 12,000 new cases of cancer and 5,000
deaths from cancer were expected in 2003. We know that the
diagnosis, treatment and aftermath of cancer impacts not only
the physical wellbeing of the individual, but also the social,
emotional, psychological and spiritual wellbeing of individuals
and their family and friends. A significant proportion of
cancer patients suffer emotional, social and psychological
distress as a result of their diagnosis and cancer treatment.
The Psychosocial Oncology Network (PON) is an Alberta
Cancer Board funded initiative that aims to improve access
and quality of psychosocial oncology care especially for rural
cancer patients—by supporting and linking the professionals
who care for them.
Access to psychosocial oncology services varies greatly across
Alberta and the PON attempts to ease that disparity. This initiative began in 1999 with a provincial survey of psychosocial
professionals. Today, the network joins more than 60 dedicated
professionals in a mission to bring the best psychosocial practices closer to home for cancer patients and their families.
To do this, it is important for us to locate those social workers
and other psychosocial professionals who want to link with
the wider oncological community to find out more about
current trends in treatment, best practices and to access a
larger base of expertise.
The PON provides training events and brings professionals
together in a common goal to move the base of psychosocial
expertise in oncology, from the urban centers outward.
Not only rural professionals benefit. So do the psychosocial
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In the major cancer centers in Edmonton and Calgary,
patients, their families and the multi-disciplinary oncology
teams access psychosocial services provided by a dedicated
team of on-site professionals from many disciplines. These
psychologists, social workers, resource counselors, art therapists, chaplains, psychiatrists, and research associates provide
individual and family counseling, group programs, education
supports and research.
At three of the ACB’s Associate Cancer Centers, (Lethbridge,
Medicine Hat and Grande Prairie), patients, families and their
oncology teams benefit from psychosocial oncology services
provided by social workers there. In seven of the 11 ACB
Community Cancer Centers, social workers and psychologists
from the Health Regions work together with the staff of the
local Community Cancer Center to address the psychosocial
needs of patients and families who are receiving cancer treatments near home.
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“I’m so impressed by the importance the Alberta Cancer Board
and the people at the Tom Baker centre in Calgary are placing
on psychosocial issues in oncology,” she said. “It’s a wonderful
message that the view of cancer is not just a medical one. It’s
how people cope with it day to day that’s important.”
She has enjoyed the holistic atmosphere prevalent at annual
ACB conferences and greatly appreciated the inclusion of sessions for social workers and psychologists.
“It’s important to make connections and stretch our own
knowledge,” she said. Hutchison especially valued the conference experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team
to troubleshoot case studies, where psychosocial and medical
perspectives were valued on an equal playing field. In visits
to her rural patients’ homes she often has to wear many hats
in helping them find the supports and resources they need.
Being able to access services such as the telehealth link, reassures rural social workers that they’ll be supported when they
have questions, Hutchison said.
“This removes barriers for me as a professional and I think it
ends up being more reassuring for my patients.”
Workshop set for June
The Alberta Cancer Foundation continues to support PON
by generously funding a variety of activities including the
PON training workshops for social workers and psychologists from the rural Health Regions and other professionals
involved in psychosocial care.
The next workshop coincides with the bi-provincial Cancer
Care 2004 conference in June, in Lloydminster. Here, rural
professionals involved in the PON network will have an
opportunity to learn from and interact with leaders in the
field of psychosocial oncology. Those who attend receive the
latest information on best practices and can learn much about
specific psychosocial needs and concerns of people living
with cancer. 
Shelley Currie, currently residing in Canmore, works with the Alberta Cancer Board
as provincial coordinator for the Psychosocial Oncology Network. For more information about any activities of the PON, contact her at (403) 609-8582 or email:
[email protected].
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PON also produces the Psychosocial Oncology Directory, a print
and web-based directory of the ACB’s psychosocial oncology
staff, programs and services, as well Canadian Cancer Society
programs and a list of PON’s partnering rural psychosocial
professionals. See: www.cancerboard.ab.ca/pdf/patient_care/
psychosocial_03-06-26.pdf. Through an email group, members of PON receive regular updates on activities, resources,
policy changes, research and other relevant news. PON also
provides telephone and videoconference links for rural professionals to access professional development opportunities
put forward by the ACB or its partners. Recently, PON has
provided leadership in the development of telehealth outreach
services that can link rural patients and their families with
some of the specialized group programs and consultation
services like oncologic psychiatry, not available at the local
level. PON also partners with ACB’s Tapestry Program, which
focuses on improving overall wellbeing of those living with
cancer. This association has brought rural Albertans access to
these highly regarded retreats and we continue to encourage
more regional partners to participate.
One of those regional social workers benefiting from this
ACB initiative is Tricia Hutchison, RSW, whose rural practice
in the Drumheller/Three Hills area concentrates in palliative
and oncological issues.
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professionals working in the major cancer centers such
as the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton and the Tom
Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary. In addition to sharing
their knowledge, these professionals have an opportunity to
discover what cancer patients encounter when they go home;
they learn from rural practitioners how services are provided
in smaller communities.
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By Spider Robinson
Worth repeating:
Is love of labour
LOST?
This article, originally published in the Toronto Globe & Mail as part of Spider
Robinson’s Future Tense series, made us proud to be social workers. We wanted to
share it with you for Social Work Week. Reprinted with the author’s permission.
It’s a turnkey operation. One size fits all. Plug and play. Who am I this week? Whatever.
The computer salesman knows nothing about computers, any
more than the bookseller reads—they were both selling shoes
last week, next week they’ll be selling timeshares. Whatever.
The company is totally controlled by stockholders who will
never pass through the town the factory is located in, and
have not the vaguest idea of what product the factory makes.
For that matter, few of the people at the factory care whether
the product they’re making is any damn good; they’re thinking ahead to their next job, because they know their real
employers are a pack of passing looters they’ll never meet.
Whatever.
a warm fuzzy feeling from dialing up amazon.com because,
no matter how long you’ve been away, the amazon robot will
always remember your tastes in music, and can remind you.
Whatever.
Disconnect.
We all crave freedom, avoid entanglement, strive to evade
definition—and thus know less and less about what we’re
doing. Nobody would be caught dead actually caring about
something. We’re coming to be like bits in a computer chip:
not much caring whether we’re zeroes or ones—much less
whether the pattern of zeroes and ones we’re part of repreCall your insurance company and the phone will be answered sents a spreadsheet or a love letter. There is more beauty, and
by someone in Atlanta; call the same number the next day,
dignity, in a hoe. Even a chamber pot has a purpose.
and you’ll speak to someone in Seattle who has no record
My former brother-in-law Clark Spangler designs synthesizof, or interest in, your previous call. The Minister of Health
ers. The first time he went to Japan, to inspect the Yamaha
will be the Minister of Forestry next year, and Minister of
factory that was producing his famous CS model, he was
Defense the year after that; nobody even thinks this is weird.
considerably startled by how incredibly proud everybody he
The marketing department could care less what the product
met there was—proud of their job, their product, and their
is. Whatever.
company. On the assembly line he met a man who, he still
All the cars look identical to one another, probably because
maintains, was unmistakably the happiest man on the face of
they’re all identical to one another. Religions seem a little
the planet.
different down at the retail level, but if you go to a wholesaler, you’ll find they all get it from the same distributor.
“This little guy’s entire job consisted of standing beside a con“You wanna go/where everybody knows your name.” Before veyor belt and, as widgets came endlessly by, picking them up
you know it, you’re in a mind space where you start to get
and tightening the third screw from the top,” he told me. “He
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The same with the teachers: they’re past masters at making
bricks without straw, and nonetheless every day they must
shortchange the students they love, because they’ve been
given no choice; donating massively of their own time and
money isn’t always enough to restore the pride they deserve
to enjoy.
The police have every right to be proud…but along with all
the good they do, they’re also required to help force prostitutes into the control of pimps, and to enforce hideously
absurd drug laws that generate most of the crime in the first
place, and to wave drunken drivers through the system and
back out onto the highway, and sometimes to mace crowds
of protesting citizens at the behest of creeps in expensive
suits. Such things erode pride.
The social workers ought to be proudest of all, the proudest people in our whole society—for they do the work of
nurses, teachers and police combined, and more, for wages
an assistant manager at McDonald’s would scorn. Nobody is
more overworked or underpaid. Everybody else’s failures—
the mistakes and omissions of parents, schools, churches,
cops, mental health professionals, lawmakers, politicians—all
end up on the social workers’ plates. All they see all day
are the terrified and the doomed, whom they often can’t
help—and nobody ever sees them at all. Until, inevitably,
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proudest of all, the proudest
people in our whole society...”
they drop one of the fifty eggs we’ve demanded they juggle at
a time, whereupon we flay them alive on the front page and
cut their budget a little further.
No wonder each new generation disconnects just a little
more. They’re getting smarter, that’s all. They see how our
society treats those who do give a damn. Pretty soon a day
will come when we’re all too smart to care, and everyone is
tragically hip. Shortly after that, we’ll join the auk, the passenger pigeon, and the dodo, in the evolutionary Trash Folder.
Or, we could start learning to value and reward those who
care. 
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The nurses are useful, and deserve to be proud. But they
must spend a large and growing portion of every day
explaining to helpless people in pain that they will not be
getting what they deserve, because it simply isn’t there to
be gotten, because the tax money intended to pay for it was
stolen. Hard to be proud of that, even though they know it’s
not their fault.
“The social workers ought to be
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did this all day long, every day, had done this all his life—and
he was just so serenely, self-evidently, transcendently happy
that when other workers had problems they used to like to
stand around near him, just to take a hit.” Fascinated, Clark
spent time with the man, curious to understand the source
of this unfailing joy. “It turned out to be so simple,” he says.
“This fellow knew—knew for a fact, right down to his
soles—that he was the very best third-screw-from-the-top-ofa-widget tightener there was or could be.” How many of us
sophisticates can even comprehend that kind of pride? What
do we have to be proud of? “Not much is needed to destroy
a man; merely persuade him that his labors are useless.” How
many of us do anything actually useful anymore? And what
of those who do?
Discipline order
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ACSW Discipline Action
Discipline order 01.14
INTRODUCTION
On November 25, 2002, Ms. Wendy Massey (Hirsh),
(Certificate # 1363) was duly served the original copy of
the Notice of Hearing, and Summons, and Notice to Attend.
The Discipline Hearing was held on Feb. 11 and 12 and
March 3, 2003. Ms. Massey chose not to retain legal counsel. The Registrar was represented by Karen Smith of Parlee
McLaws. The Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW)
Discipline Committee hearing was chaired by Janet Neilson,
MSW, RSW, of Edmonton. The Discipline panel included:
George Calliou, RSW, of Edmonton; Rose Hamel, BSW,
RSW, of Edmonton; and Judy Todd, BSW, RSW, of Calgary.
Also in attendance were members of the public. The panel
heard testimony from Ms. Massey as to her own conduct
in this matter. In addition, five witnesses were heard and 31
exhibits were presented. At the conclusion of the Hearing,
Ms. Smith and Ms. Massey gave summations and recommendations regarding the Order of the Discipline Committee.
CHARGES
Ms. Massey was required to answer to the following charges:
Count #1: Alleged Dishonesty in Filing Expense Claims
Count #2: Failure to Maintain Professional Standards
for Record Keeping
Count #3: Client Neglect
Count #4: Dishonesty
and 8.6 of the Code of Ethics (Canadian Association of Social
Workers (1983). Particulars of this offence are as follows:
(a) On five occasions you claimed reimbursement for mileage
for driving D-AN to the Food Bank. The client and the
Food Bank state that these visits did not occur.
(b) On February 20, 2001, you claimed expenses for mileage of 40 kilometers for business travel you incurred on
behalf of the Alberta Mental Health Board. You phoned
in sick that day.
It was the finding of the Panel that Ms. Massey was guilty
of Dishonesty in Filing Expense Claims. This conduct contravenes the regulations of Ms. Massey’s employer and harms
the standing of social work generally. This conduct constitutes
professional misconduct and contravenes the CASW Social
Work Code of Ethics (1983) in that:
8.1 The social worker is accountable and responsible to the employer
for the efficient performance of duties.
8.6 The social worker will use with scrupulous regard, and only for
the purposes for which they are intended, the resources of the
employing organization.
Count #2: Failure to maintain professional standards for
record keeping
(a) In the two-year period you were responsible for 25 agency
clients. During this time period only 83 case recordings
were noted on the files.
(b) You failed to properly record agency client contacts during
FINDINGS:
this time. During this time period, you failed to provide any
case recording for five clients.
The panel found Ms. Massey guilty of professional miscon(c) You failed to provide six-month reviews as required by
duct in three of the four charges. Count #3 was dismissed
the agency on over 50 per cent of your clients since
due to insufficient evidence.
September 2000.
Count #1: Alleged Dishonesty in Filing Expense Claims
(d) Your method of recording claims for reimbursement was
such that you ensured there could be no independent
On or about the period of February 2001 through September
verification of your claims for reimbursement—specifi2001, in Edmonton, Alberta, Ms. Massey claimed reimbursecally including client names that were not involved in the
ment for expenses incurred on behalf of the Alberta Mental
services provided by the agency.
Health Board for travel that did not take place as stated on
the expense form she submitted, contrary to sections 2.0, 2.1 Based on the testimony and evidence provided, the panel
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found Ms. Massey guilty of Count #2. This conduct constitutes professional misconduct and contravenes the CASW Code
of Ethics (1983) sections:
6.5
Count #3: Client Neglect
Over the period from September 2000 through October 2001,
you failed to maintain regular contact with many of your clients, contrary to social work standards or the requirements of
your employer. Particulars of this offense include:
Order
Based on the authority conferred on the Discipline Committee,
by the Social Work Profession Act (1991), the By-Laws of
the Alberta College of Social Workers and The Canadian
Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics (1983), it was
the decision of this Discipline Committee that Ms. Massey
(Certificate #1363) did engage in professional misconduct. The
Discipline Committee heard summations and recommendations
made regarding the Order of the Discipline Committee from
Ms. Karen Smith and Ms. Massey.
(a) You failed to properly monitor R.R., who developed symptoms that should have been visible to any person who had
face-to-face contact with this client. As a result of your failure
The Discipline Committee made the following Order:
to properly monitor R.R.’s symptoms, they were not observed
in a timely fashion resulting in loss of mobility to R.R.
1. Pursuant to paragraph 44 (1)(a) of the SWP Act, a letter
of reprimand will be sent to Ms. Massey with a copy to be
(b) You failed to ensure proper weekly personal contact with
kept on her file at the Alberta College of Social Workers
your clients and implemented a practice on behalf of the
(ACSW).
agency that did not require face-to-face contact and in
A. Pursuant to paragraph 44 (1)(c) of the SWP Act, Ms.
some cases only telephoned family members, as opposed to
Massey’s certificate of registration is to be suspended
seeing the client.
for a period of two years commencing March 3, 2003,
The Panel found that there was insufficient evidence to support
with conditions that must be met before the suspenthis charge as framed.
sion shall be lifted.
B.
Pursuant to paragraph 44 (1)(f) of the SWP Act the regCount # 4: Dishonesty
istration or annual certificate or both are suspended until
On Friday, September 28, 2001, when the files of D-AN and
Ms. Massey has successfully completed a course on social
D-AV were reviewed by Diane McNeil, your supervisor, no
work ethics as approved by the ACSW. The costs of this
recent contact notes were on either file for either of these clicourse to be borne by Ms. Massey.
ents. On Monday, October 1, 2001, you “found” 11 contact
2. Pursuant to paragraph 45 (1)(a) of the SWP Act, Ms.
notes on these two files and showed them to Diane McNeil,
Massey is to pay part of the costs of the hearing to the
indicating that the D-AN notes had been misfiled on the DACSW in the amount of $2,500. This sum is to be paid
AV file. The explanation could not have been true, given Ms.
within two years of this order.
McNeil’s review of both the files the previous Friday.
Based on the evidence presented the Panel believes that Ms.
Massey placed the 11 contact notes in question in the files
sometime between September 28 and October 1, 2001. The
Panel found Ms. Massey guilty of the charge of Dishonesty.
This conduct constitutes professional misconduct and
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3.
Pursuant to the Professional Regulations this order is to be
published in the Advocate.
Members of the Discipline Committee Per:
Janet Neilson, Hearing Chair—Discipline Committee
George Calliou, Rose Hamel, Judy Todd
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6.8.3 Where the social worker’s documentation becomes part of the workplace’s permanent record, retention or destruction of such records must
be done in accordance with the workplace policies which are consistent
with the standard of practice set by this Code.
2. I will fulfill my obligations and responsibilities with integrity.
2.1. The social worker will possess reasonable moral principles
especially in relation to truth and fair dealing and have personal
qualities of honesty and sincerity.
8.1. The social worker is accountable and responsible to the employer
for the efficient performance of duty.
9.2. The social worker will protect and enhance the dignity and integrity of
the profession and will be responsible and vigorous in discussion and
criticism of the profession.
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Recording Information: The social worker will ensure that all
information recorded is either relevant to the solution of the
client(s) problems or is needed for others within the workplace
setting who have a need to know the information in the performance of their duties.
contravenes CASW Code of Ethics (1983) sections:
information
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For your
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PLEASE NOTE:
For updated information, please see “Calendar
of Events” on our website:
www.acsw.ab.ca/resources/
calendar_of_events
Poverty’s Purse
Fashion Show Fundraiser
Edmonton City Hall
Monday, March 8, 2004
6:30-9 p.m.
Poverty’s Purse, a student-led organization
from the University of Calgary Faculty of
Social Work, Edmonton Division is hosting
this fashion show fundraiser. Light refreshments and musical entertainment provided.
Admission to the event is one package of
feminine hygiene products. All proceeds
will be donated to the Edmonton Food Bank
to assist the city’s less fortunate women.
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Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention Conference
October 20-23, 2004
Edmonton, Alberta
Who should attend? Researchers, Front Line Workers, Crisis Intervention Workers, Policy
Makers, Survivors, CASP Members, Youth, Elders and Students looking to advance their
understanding of suicide, suicide prevention and research. Why attend? To learn, network,
advocate, support, and advise in hopes of reducing suicide and minimizing the harmful
effects of suicidal behavior.
Visit Edmonton and enjoy the many sights and attractions including sports, arts and entertainment, dining, shopping, and fun for the whole family.
Aging Families: A Personal &
Professional Matter
May 10-14, 2004
Twelfth Gerontology Institute
Framed around the perspective of the professional
caregiver and the professional as a family member,
topics will cover current knowledge of aging families
across the continuum of health and available
resources. The program has been designed to appeal
to a broad range of disciplines. Flexible registration
options—choose 1 day or up to 5 days or share 2-5
days with a coworker.
The Program:
• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
Where:
Understanding Aging…& Families
Understanding the Family
Role of Community in Supporting
Families
Issues & Challenges
Communication & Counseling with
Aging Families (in conjunction
with Alberta Assoc. of Marriage
& Family Therapists)
Mount Royal College
Calgary, Alberta
For More Information: Conference Secretariat Buksa Conference
Management and Program Development
Phone: (780) 436-0983 Ext. 221
Toll Free: (866) 436-0983 Ext. 221
Fax: (780) 437-5984
Email: [email protected]
www.buksa.com
The Explosive Child Conference
with Dr. Ross Green
Boston, MA
Two one-day events will be held on
May 6, 2004, in Calgary, AB
May 7, 2004, in Edmonton, AB
For more information, contact Linda Meyer at (306) 751-2412 or
[email protected] or see www.ehrlo.com/explosivechild.
Psychologist’s Association of Alberta Annual Conference 2004
May 13 - 15, 2004
at the Coast Terrace Inn, Edmonton AB
“Bringing the Best to you in Continuing Education”
Featuring an excellent selection of continuing education workshops. PAA is approved by Canadian Psychological Association
(CPA) and American Psychological Association (APA) to offer CE
credits.
For more information contact the PAA office at (780) 424-0294 or
visit www.psychologistsassociation.ab.ca and view the conference
brochure.
Information call: 403-440-6867
www.mtroyal.ca/events/gero
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Caraway
K-6
A community where
learning is memorable,
not memorized.
• Whole child philosophy
• Active, hands-on learning
at school and in the community
• Inquiry-based approach
• Cooperative learning
For more information on how your child can
benefit from the Caraway program,
phone 462-2921 or email [email protected]
Caraway emphasizes
creative approaches to
learning and a strong sense
of community.
Info sessions to be held Sunday March 7,
Sunday March 28, Saturday April 24,
May and June.
Caraway parents are
involved in program planning
and delivery.
I can drop by when I feel the need and trust
I will be welcomed, appreciated and listened
to. My younger children are welcome, too.
Caraway is an
Edmonton Public Schools
Program of Choice
Shawna Sutton, Caraway parent
www.caraway.epsb.net
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information
for your
For your information
6th Western Canadian Conference on
Sexual Health
“The 3 R’s of sex: relationships,
reproductive health, and recreation”
April 29 - 30, 2004 at Corbett Hall, U of
Alberta, Edmonton AB
The Marshall Hamar Memorial Fund provided initial seed money for this program,
established by the daughters of Marshall
Hamar in memory of their father who, by
his example and personal values, inspired
his family to commit to community service
and education.
Sponsored by the Alberta Society for the ProFor full details on this bursary or to downmotion of Sexual Health.
load an application, see the website
For more information see www.aspsh.ca or
www.dollarsforlearners.com. Applications
email [email protected] or write ASPSH, 381
are also available at the Edmonton Com- 11215 Jasper Ave, Edmonton AB T5J 0L5.
munity Foundation, 710 Royal Bank Building, 10117 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton AB.
$1000 Youth Formerly in Care Bursary
You can also call (780) 426-0015.
Deadline for application: May 24, 2004
This $1000 bursary will be awarded to a
qualified Edmonton or Northern Alberta resident formerly under the care of Alberta Children’s Services but who no longer qualifies
for educational funding support to continue
their education. Those who are considering
full time post-secondary education at NAIT,
Grant MacEwan, or the U of Alberta are invited to apply.
“Hakomi is an excellent system
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Body Centered
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Professional Skills Workshops:
In Calgary March 19 – 21 “Embracing
Resistance”. In Edmonton June 25 –27
“Compassionate Psychotherapy”
Professional year-long training: one
extended weekend/month,
May 2004 – June 2005 in Calgary
Personal Growth for Practitioners:
a weekend series: “Going Beyond
Yourself” with Jon Eisman Apr 16-18,
May 28-30, and June 25-27 in Edmtn
The Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis (Alberta Division) presents
Spring Workshops April 29 - May 2,
2004 at the Banff Park Lodge, Banff AB
Couples Retreat: July 26 - 30 with Jon
Eisman and Beth Falch-Neilsen
Christina Poniecki 403-270-3409
Pam Algar 780-414-1240
These workshops include a 20-hour
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in hypnosis, and four advanced workshops:
Many in One Mind: A Quest by Hypnosis into
“Hakomi, a detailed map of creating
change on a deep emotional level and an
astounding method for getting to core
material, is well grounded in theory and
revolutionary in its results.”
Association of Humanistic Psychology
v ‘Spirituality and Solution Oriented Therapy’
Presenter: Bill O’Hanlon, M.S.
May 13 and 14, 2004
Calgary, Alberta
v ‘Spirituality and Solution Oriented Therapy’
Presenter: Bill O’Hanlon, M.S.
May 17 and 18, 2004
Richmond, British Columbia
v ‘Alcohol and Drug Training for Youth Practitioners’
Presenters: Dr. Ray Baker, M.D., Dr. Bayla Schechter, M.D.
Dr. Ian Martin, M.D., Dr. Ross Laird, Ph.D, Stephanie Saville, M.A. and Rob
Axsen, B.A
May, 31, June 1, 2 and 3, 2004
Richmond, British Columbia
the Dissociative Mind and the Work of Ego
States (Dr. George Fraser, MD, a psychiatrist—Ottawa), Evidence-Based Hypnotherapy for Depression (Dr. Assen Alladin,
PhD, a Clinical Psychologist/Adjunct
Assistant Professor—Calgary), Starting
Early: Hypnotherapy with Children and
Adolescents—the Essentials (Dr. Leora
Kuttner, PhD, Clinical Psychologist—Vancouver), and Supervision on Hypnosis with
Children and Teens (Dr. Leora Kuttner,
PhD).
For more information, see www.csch.org/
ab.html or contact CSCH (Alberta Division) at (403) 341-6913 or toll-free 1800-386-7230 or write to 508 - 4808
Ross Street, Red Deer AB T4N 1X5.
v ‘Secrets of Therapeutic Success’ – 3 Day Summer Intensive
The Narrative Project presents
Johnella Bird in a Spring Intensive
May 13 - 15, 2004
Granville Island Hotel, Vancouver BC
Deadline for early registration is March
31, 2004
For a complete brochure contact Jack Hirose and Associates Inc.
1-800-456-5424
www.jackhirose.com
For more information see
www.thenarrativeproject.ca.
How to Overcome Resistance and Deliver State of the Art Treatment
Presenter: Dr. David Burns, M.D.
July 5, 6 and 7, 2004
Kelowna, British Columbia
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Mapping Narrative Conversations
with Michael White
a two-day workshop
October 25 & 26, 2004
at the Mayfield Hotel in Edmonton AB
Alberta Association for Community Living
Annual Family Conference
Families: the Heart of the Community
March 19 - 20, 2004
Fantasyland Hotel, Edmonton Alberta
For more information, see www.thenarrativeproject.ca.
For more information call 1-800-252-7556 or visit
www.aacl.org.
For more information, contact either Tim Johnston at
(780)447-9432 in Edmonton or 1-800-232-7208 elsewhere in
Alberta, or email [email protected] or Shelley Svidal at
(780) 447-9418 in Edmonton or 1-800-232-7208 elsewhere in
Alberta, or email [email protected].
For more information call Kathy Lachapelle-Petrin (888) 4720657 X30 or email [email protected].
CMHA National Annual Conference
Honouring Our Past, Charting Our Future
July 7 - 11, 2004
St John, New Brunswick
For more information call (506) 455-5231 or see
www.cmhanb.ca.
The Alberta Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health
2nd Annual Conference
“From Passion to Action”
March 11 - 12, 2004
Fantasyland Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta
First Canadian Conference on Mental Health and Deafness
Working Together for a Shared Future
September 9 - 11, 2004
Ottawa, Ontario
For more information call (780) 482-4993 or see
www.aamimh.ca.
The primary goal of the conference is to bring together people
in the deaf and hard of hearing communities in order to create
Meeting the Challenge & Making the Difference
National Social Work Conference
June 5-8, 2004
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Featuring Keynote Speakers:
• Stephen Lewis, Veteran diplomat and UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
• Shan Landry, Vice-President, Primary Health Services, Saskatoon Health Region
• Linda McQuaig, journalist and author—most recently published All You Can Eat: Greed, Lust
and the New Capitalism
• Ben Carniol, Professor, School of Social Work, Ryerson University and author of Case Critical:
Challenging Social Services in Canada
• Chief Roberta Jamieson, Six Nations Reserve—former ombudsman of Ontario, Member of the
Order of Canada, recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award
This national conference of social workers will feature a series of concurrent sessions on the entire
spectrum of social work theory, practice, social policy and research.
Watch for details or visit the SASW Web site at www.sasw.ca
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information
There is no fee to register for this conference, but registrations
will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis to a maximum of 250 participants.
Canadian Psychological Association
65th Annual Conference
June 10 - 12, 2004
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
for your
The Alberta Teachers’ Association and the
Committee on the Well-Being of Children and Youth
Conference: “Making Connections”
March 12 - 13, 2004
Victoria Community Hall in Calgary AB
information
for your
For your information
links and networking that will help in the sharing of resources.
For more information contact Reach Canada at (613) 236-6636 or
toll-free at 1-800-465-8898.
7th National Metropolis Conference
March 25-28, 2004
For more information, see www.pcerii.metropolis.net.
Fourth International Conference
on Social Work in Health and Mental Health
May 23-27, 2004
Québec City, Québec
For more information: www.swh2004.com. Email:
[email protected]. Phone: (418) 523-3555. Fax: (418) 523-1371.
Write: Fourth International Conference on Social Work in Health and
Mental Health Secretariat, 210 Lee Street, bureau 275, Québec City
(Québec), G1K 2K6.
The Health Sciences Association of Alberta
represents more than 12,000 professional,
technical, and support employees in the
public and private health care sectors of
Alberta. We fight for fair wages and decent
working conditions for our members. We
also raise public awareness about the
shortages of health professionals such as
social workers.
International Symposium on
HIV & Emerging Infectious Diseases
Toulon, France
June 3 - 5, 2004
Toll free: 1-800-252-7904
www.hsaa.ca
For more information see www.avps.org/2003/hiv.htm.
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APRIL 15, 2004
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Conference:
National Alzheimer’s Disease Education
“Bridging Research and Care”
Chicago IL
July 20 - 23, 2004
THE CANADIAN SOCIETY
OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS (Alberta Division)
Spring Conference
Banff, Alberta – April 29 – May 2, 2004
The Banff Park Lodge
For more information call (312) 335-5790 or
see www.inflz.org.
Dr. George Fraser
“Hypnotherapy for Depression”
Dr. Leora Kuttner
“Hypnosis and Supervision
with Teens and Children”
For more information call the Society at
(403) 341-6913 or 1-800-386-7230
International Congress
on Child Abuse and Neglect
September 19 - 22, 2004
in Brisbane, Australia
For more information email [email protected].
International Conference on
Aging, Disability, and Independence
December 4 - 6, 2004
in Washington.
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Date of Issue: FEBRUARY 2004
CELEBRATE! National Social Work Week March 21 - 27, 2004
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