We are working to compile our activities since 2017. If you’d like to add your initiative to this list, please let us know.
ACTIVITIES
2024 Events
Sep 2024
FCSCWN hires paid coordinators
The FCSCWN Team welcomed two part time employees to support the 2025 symposium organizing: coordinators Melissa Cortez and Althea Gorospe. Their roles are made possible through SSHRC.
Jul 2024
FCSCWN announces Call for Papers
The Network published its first call for papers, entitled The Contours of Filipino Social Work Praxis in the Canadian Diaspora Workshop.
June 2024
FCSCWN at CASWE-ACFTS, Montreal QC [in person]
This year’s conference saw a record number of Filipino and Filipino Canadian practitioners attending and presenting at CASWE-ACFTS annual conference.
We organized a practitioner and student dinner with karaoke at MC Restaurant in Côte-Des-Neiges.
The Network presented a panel entitled Combatting in/visibility: Filipino/a/x Anti-Racist Counter-Narratives in Social Work (Batac, Ferrer, Pino, Ticar, and Wilson).
Feb 25 2024
Pinoys on Parliament
For the second year in a row, the FCSCWN participated in the Pinoys on Parliament 2024 Community Symposium held on February 25th at the University of Ottawa. Network Members Alyssa Schenk and Dr. Ilyan Ferrer attended.
Feb 2024
Feb 2024: Group attendance of “Everything Has Disappeared”
Network member Monica Batac organized a small cohort of current BSW and MSW students from University of Manitoba to attend Hazel Venzon’s Everything Has Disappeared in Winnipeg.