Day 2: Comparative Histories of the Development of Social work across the Commonwealth
Recorded on the 1 April 2022
Session 6- Keynote
George Palattiyil (University of Edinburgh) Global social work and the Commonwealth
Session 7- Presentation
Chair: David N Jones (Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work)
- Linda Kreitzer and colleagues (University of Calgary) The Association of Social Work Education in Africa (ASWEA) - 1973-1989 - evidence from the archive
- Noel Muridzo (IFSW Africa) and Joachim Mumba (IFSW Africa) Development of social work along the Zambezi
- Joachim Mumba (IFSW Africa), Thembelihle Makhanya (University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban) and Eleanor Hendricks (University of Fort Hare) The influence of Ubuntu in social work education and practice
- Cerita Buchanan (University of the West Indies) Development of social work in the Caribbean
- Jake Kuiken (Retired Social Worker, Alberta, Canada) The development of social work in Alberta, Canada: a creation of public policy
Session 8: Panel discussion – themes to explore and questions to be asked
- George Palattiyil (University of Edinburgh)
- Charles Mbugua (Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work)
- Sharon-Rose Gittens (Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work)
- David N Jones (Commonwealth Organisation for Social Work)
