As part of the Social Service Worker Program, Year 2 students take a course called Practicum: Social Justice in Social Service. As the course suggest, it is a time for them to put social justice into action in their respective communities. This year students in Cambridge Bay, NU and Rankin Inlet, NU have decided to join up to work together on a project. This year's campaign is called: Rise Up!
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The first cohort of six students are extremely engaged, passionate, and proud to be furthering their education in social work. Faculty from our school have been travelling to Nunavut to teach in the program and, at the same time, have enhanced their understanding of Inuit culture, history, and social context.
ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᒥ ᑲᑎᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖓᓲᔪᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑦᓯᔪᓪᓚᕇᑦ, ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᑦ, ᐅᐱᒍᓱᑦᓱᑎᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᑦᑎᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕋᑦᓴᕐᒥᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᒃᑯᑦ, ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᑎᑦᓯᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓂᑦ, ᐱᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᕙᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᑦ, ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ.
Les six étudiantes et étudiants de la première cohorte sont extrêmement motivés et passionnés, et ressentent une grande fierté à l’idée de poursuivre leur formation en travail social. S’étant déplacés au Nunavut pour donner le programme, les membres du corps professoral ont pu acquérir une meilleure compréhension de la culture, de l’histoire et du contexte social du peuple inuit.
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