Program Requirements
The Certificate in Para Social Work and Community Practices, offered in Nunavik, focuses on professional skills in well-established methods of practice with individuals, families, and groups in communities and organizations. Also included is essential training through field practice.
Required Courses (30 credits)
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EDEC 289 Inuktitut Orthography and Grammar (3 credits)
Overview
Curriculum and Instruction : Structure and morphology of Inuktitut for teachers working in that language. Use of orthography, both qaliujaaqpait (Roman script) and qaniujaaqpait (syllabics) as established by the Inuit Cultural Association.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Inukpuk, Caroline (Fall)
Prerequisite: Fluency in Inuktitut
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EDEE 249.
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IDFC 300 Lean Operational Practices in Public Services (3 credits)
Overview
IDFC : Lean principles and methods that can be applied to meet the demands for efficiency and quality in the public sector, encompassing a value-oriented approach to process improvement through waste elimination, flow, demand pull and perfection aiming to achieve operational excellence.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
This course will be delivered in Nunavik.
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SWRK 319 Critical Thought and Ethics in Social Work (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : Use of theory and reflexivity to challenge the various ways knowing and practicing within social work. Critically engage and assess the theoretical basis of social work theories and knowledge acquired over the course of the program. Application of this knowledge to ethical dilemmas that arise in practice.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Orzeck, Pam; Ma, Xueping (Fall)
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SWRK 320 Practice with Individuals and Families 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : Introduction to theories and techniques informing clinical social work practice with individual and family systems in a social context. Sexual orientation, race, class, gender, culture, ability and diverse family forms are integrated. Knowledge and skills required for assessment and treatment across a range of practice settings.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Boatswain-Kyte, Alicia; David, Syndie (Fall)
Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U2 students.
Prerequisite: SWRK 224.
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SWRK 321 Introduction to Practice with Groups (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : Introduction to theories and techniques informing social work practice with groups. Emphasis on understanding group formation, assessment, and models of group intervention across a range of practice settings and with different populations.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Sirota-Frankel, Corrie (Fall)
Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U2 students.
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SWRK 322 Field Practice 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : Supervised educational experiences in social work practice designed to integrate practice and theory.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Summer 2025
Instructors: Granner, Francine; Orzeck, Pam; Mitchell, Nicole (Fall) Granner, Francine; Orzeck, Pam; Mitchell, Nicole (Winter)
Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. students.
To register for this course, students must have completed 15 credits of U1 B.S.W. required courses plus 9 credits derived from any combination of B.S.W. SWRK complementary, non-SWRK complementary, and/or non-SWRK elective courses totalling 24 credits.
Prerequisites: SWRK 219, SWRK 220, SWRK 221, SWRK 222, SWRK 224
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SWRK 323 Field Practice 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : Supervised educational experiences in social work practice designed to integrate practice with theoretical knowledge.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Summer 2025
Instructors: Granner, Francine; Orzeck, Pam; Mitchell, Nicole (Fall) Granner, Francine; Orzeck, Pam; Mitchell, Nicole (Winter)
Prerequisite: SWRK 322
Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. students.
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SWRK 326 Practice with Individuals and Families 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : Advanced integration of theories and techniques informing clinical social work practice with individual and family systems in a social context. Sexual orientation, race, class, gender, culture, ability and diverse family forms are integrated. Knowledge and skills required for assessment and treatment across a range of practice settings.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: David, Syndie; Assee, Faye; Brown, Zoë (Winter)
Prerequisite: SWRK 320
Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U2 students.
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SWRK 327 Approaches to Community Practice (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : A comparison of approaches to community practice, with a focus on social change. An analysis of community practice assumptions and methods, including views, theories, and ideologies on social justice. Methods to bring change will also be discussed including strategies, tactics, and actions.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Débrosse, Régine (Winter)
Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U2 students.
Prerequisites: SWRK 219
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SWRK 344 Integrative Seminar 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : Building on SWRK 222 Introduction to Practicum, the purpose of this integrative seminar is to facilitate links between theories, concepts and empirical findings introduced in coursework to observations and knowledge students garner from the field. This process will help students integrate their knowledge from the classroom and their experiences from the field into a useful and meaningful whole. In order to support the integration of theory, research and practice this seminar will also introduce students to principles and practices in field education that support student learning. In this way, students learn how they can maximize their field learning experiences.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Trocmé, Nico (Winter)
