{"id":3598,"date":"2023-03-03T13:05:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T18:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:36:44","slug":"socialworkisessential-social-work-week-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/2023\/socialworkisessential-social-work-week-in-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"#SocialWorkIsEssential: Social Work Week in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        #SocialWorkIsEssential: Social Work Week in Ontario\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>March 6 to 12, 2023 is Social Work Week in Ontario!&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oasw.org\/\/SocialWorkWeek?src=OR\">The Ontario Association of Social Workers&#8217; 2023 campaign theme of #MobilizingMentalHealt<\/a>h speaks to the diverse roles that social workers play in mobilizing mental health access for Ontarians, from providing critical support to navigating complicated health, mental health, and social services systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Engage online with this year&#8217;s campaign by using the hashtags #MobilizingMentalHealth and #SocialWorkIsEssential, and take part in the month&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/oasw.org\/Public\/Social_Work_Week\/Online_Events.aspx?src=or\">Mental Health Mondays<\/a>, a series of online workshops including a free event exploring social work leadership on March 20, 2023 (events listed below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other ways you can get involved are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oasw.org\/Public\/Social_Work_Week\/Local_Events.aspx\">by attending local events celebrating Social Work Week and Month<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/socialworkisessential.ca\/2023\/\">building your own poster through CASW&#8217;s website<\/a>, and by emailing your MPP to share how we can work together to increase access to vital mental health supports in the systems and settings Ontarians engage with every day.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oasw.org\/Public\/Social_Work_Week\/Mobilizer.aspx\">Message your MPP through OASW&#8217;s mobilizer tool, linked here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Events<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casw-acts.ca\/en\/webinar\/professional-self-care-ethical-imperative\"><strong>Professional Self-Care: An Ethical Imperative<\/strong><\/a><br>\nThursday, March 2, 9:00 AM &#8211; 10:30 AM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oasw.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZwpdOCuqjgjEtUGSKKTaijNFgJ-qWufUeaL\">Alternate Universes: A Social Worker&#8217;s Poetry Workshop for Dreaming a Better World<\/a><br>\n<\/strong>Monday, March 6, 12:00 &#8211; 1:00 PM<br>\nOASW Member Exclusive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oasw.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZEpcu6grDooHtFlJBldOBL_0YnKthBROz2z\">Therapeutic Writing: Decluttering Your Mind with Writing<\/a><br>\n<\/strong>Monday, March 13, 12:00 &#8211; 1:00 PM<br>\nOASW Member Exclusive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oasw.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_YiKEhR8jSPyL3u-FrtlV5g\"><strong>Indigenous Expressive Arts in Practice<\/strong><\/a><br>\nTuesday, March 14, 9:00 AM<br>\n<em><strong>Free to Ontario RSWs, RSSWs, and students of social work and social service work programs!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oasw.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/8416771584548\/WN_O95CYBvBSV-8erUxIpvocg\"><strong>Inner Peace: A Powerful Leadership Virtue for Leading amid Chaos and Beyond<br>\n<\/strong><\/a>Monday, March 20, 12:00 &#8211; 1:00 PM<br>\n<em><strong>Free to attend for social workers across Ontario!<br>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oasw.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZAodOqgrTIrG9TUdnxAVfOhqQgofRAm9PUp\"><strong>Yoga Nidra: An Experiential Practice of Deep Relaxation<\/strong><\/a><br>\nMonday, March 27, 11:00 AM &#8211; 12:00 PM<br>\nOASW Member Exclusive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 6 to 12, 2023 is Social Work Week in Ontario!&nbsp; The Ontario Association of Social Workers&#8217; 2023 campaign theme of #MobilizingMentalHealth speaks to the diverse roles that social workers play in mobilizing mental health access for Ontarians, from providing critical support to navigating complicated health, mental health, and social services systems. 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