Social Work Education Canada’s North

Capacity Building through Social Work

Authors

  • Douglas Durst
  • Nicole Ives

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v7i1.77

Abstract

The Faculty of Social Work program at the University of Regina is a broker for two social work programs north of the 60th parallel reaching the northern residents of both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal ancestry. In addition, for over 30 years, the University of Regina partners with the First Nations University of Canada where a specialized Bachelor of Indian Social Work is offered and now a Master of Aboriginal Social Work. This paper presents the background to the Northern Human Service/BSW program at Yukon College in Whitehorse, Yukon and the Certificate of Social Work at the Aurora College in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

Author Biographies

Douglas Durst

Professor
Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina
Canada
doug.durst@uregina.ca

Nicole Ives

Assistant Professor
School of Social Work, McGill University
Canada
nicole.ives@mcgill.ca

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Published

2012-04-02

How to Cite

Durst, D., & Ives, N. (2012). Social Work Education Canada’s North: Capacity Building through Social Work. Journal of Comparative Social Work, 7(1), 7–17. https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v7i1.77

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