Social Workers

• New Montreal safe injection site creating controversy in city’s Southwest borough

  Maison Benoit Labre will bring social housing and a safe injection site to a busy part of Saint-Henri. The new building is right next to a park and school, creating concern.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2023
  
• Cases are on the rise at youth protection centres across Quebec

  In the West Island alone, there was a 16 per cent increase in cases reported to the Batshaw Youth and Family Centres in 2021-22 compared to the year prior.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2022
  
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• Changes made to New Brunswick child welfare bill after expert recommendations

  The changes in New Brunswick come after several child welfare experts recommended improvements to the legislation in order to better protect children.

  Politics

  Jun 10, 2022
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• Agreement with Nova Scotia government restores union rights for school specialists

  Under the new deal, all specialists in the public school system will again become union members retroactive to their hiring date.

  Education

  Oct 8, 2020
• Member of Toronto police board wants better system to respond to those in crisis

  A Toronto police board member says the community needs better options than calling officers for those in mental health crises.

  Jun 19, 2020
• B.C. front-line health workers to receive pandemic pay top-up

  Health and social service workers delivering in-person, front-line care in B.C. will receive temporary COVID-19 pandemic pay.

  Health

  May 19, 2020
• Negotiations in proposed class action involving former Kelowna social worker underway

  The claimant, who cannot be identified because she was a minor at the time, named the Ministry of Children and Family Development as a defendant in her case

  Canada

  Feb 13, 2020
• NSTU drops bad-faith bargaining complaint against provincial government

  The complaint was filed with the labour board after government tabled a proposal that would remove teaching specialists from the union’s bargaining unit.

  Education

  Feb 6, 2020
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• Nova Scotia school psychologists, speech pathologists once again members of NSTU

  In 2018, the province said it would continue to hire specialists, but would no longer require them to be certified as teachers.

  Education

  Nov 27, 2019
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• Counselling offered in N.B. communities affected by crash that killed 4 teens

  The teens died late on April 20 when the vehicle they were in veered off a rural road, flipped over and landed on its roof in deep water.

  Canada

  Apr 24, 2019