Continuing Education and Events

The NBASW delivers Ethics, Standards, and Guidelines Training at no cost to members. Members must complete at least one of the available trainings annually.

Available trainings can be found in Member Resources.

The NBASW partners with CASW to provide free, live and on-demand training for members through the CASW Webinar Platform.

Browse the full catalogue of over 50 free live and On-Demand webinars available annually.

Create your CASW login at: https://www.casw-acts.ca/en/user/register/

Bilingual webinars supported by the NBASW:

• Intimate Partner Violence Evolves with Age with Shelley Murray.
• The French webinar with Sylvie LeBlanc can be viewed here.
  
  
• Seen and Heard: Supporting Older Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence with Shelley Murray
• The French webinar with Sylvie LeBlanc can be viewed here.
  
  
• Evolving care and support with Shelley Murray 
• The French webinar with Sylvie LeBlanc can be viewed here.

• Beyond Stereotypes: Understanding autism differently with Marie-Pier Leroux.
  • The French webinar can be viewed here.
• The Role of the New Brunswick Public Trustee with Christian Whalen and Shannon Benjamin.
  
  • The French webinar can be viewed here.
• The Supported Decision-Making and Representation Act at Two Years Old with Christian Whalen and Shannon Benjamin.
  
  • The French webinar can be viewed here.
• The Role of Social Workers in support of Public Trustee Services with Christian Whalen and Shannon Benjamin.
  
  • The French webinar can be viewed here.

• Breaking the Cycle for “Crossover Youth”: The overrepresentation of youth in care in the Criminal Justice System with Melanie Doucet.
  • The French webinar can be viewed here.
• Youth in Care Matter: Examining the experiences of youth ‘aging out’ of the Canadian Child Welfare System during the COVID-19 Pandemic with Melanie Doucet.
  • The French webinar can be viewed here.
• No Youth Is An Island: Shifting expectations of independence towards interdependence for former foster youth with Melanie Doucet.
  • The French webinar can be viewed here.
• Relationships Matter: Examining the pathways to supportive long-term relationships for youth ‘aging out’ of care with Melanie Doucet.
  • The French webinar can be viewed here.
• International Social Service Canada with Sylvie J Lapointe.
  • The French webinar can be viewed here.

English webinars supported by the NBASW:

• Trauma-Informed Care when Working with Children & Youth with Tara Pelletier-Silas
• I think my Client might have OCD:  How to Identify Symptoms of OCD and What to Do Next with April Vass and Jessica Bodie.
• CBT & Self-Compassion with Darcy Corey.

French webinars supported by the NBASW:

• Rayonner Ensemble: 
  • Phénomène de résilience chez les intervenants : cadre conceptuel, profils et facteurs de resilience with Sophie Massé.
  • La relation au corps auprès la violence sexuelle des femmes with Faye Assee.
  • Agressions sexuelles et processus de mentalisation d’adolescentes en contexte de protection de l’enfance with Jessica Duclos. 
  • De la recherche à la pratique : promouvoir l’activité physique en contexte de dépendance with Florence Piché.

  • Pouvoir et contrôle : Le tabou dans l’implantation des approches sensibles aux traumas avec les jeunes with Ash Lowenthal

  • Mieux comprendre l'engagement dans le traitement à l'aide du récit de vie: Le point de vue des patient en psychiatrie légale with Mélanie Poitras

  • Nouvelles données et pratiques éprouvées pour les familles recomposées with Stéphanie Larrue

  • Incursion du secteur privé dans les soins au Québec : impact sur les travailleurs de la santé du régime public with AQTS

  • Qu’est-ce qu’on (a) fait du travail social ? Représentations sociales, émotions et rapports de pouvoir with Mélanie Ederer

  • Prévenir la dépression post-partum : une approche outillée avec le programme Toi, Moi, Bébé with Tatiana Dessy

  • Soutenir la santé et le mieux-être des adultes des Premières Nations et des Inuit with Pascale Alarie-Vézina

  • La valise : mieux comprendre les impacts du parcours migratoire sur la santé globale, de la pré-migration à l’immigration with Anne-Marie Bellemare

  • Justice, dignité et le pouvoir de la (non)parole : Intervenir auprès de femmes Noires survivantes de violences sexuelles with Kharoll-Ann Souffrant

  • Être un agent de changement : l’intervention sociale en contexte policier with Nathalie L’Heureux

  • Comment innover en santé de façon responsable ? Le rôle clé des travailleurs sociaux with Racha Soubra

  • Douleur chronique, injection de drogues et surdoses : enjeux et pistes d’action pour une prise en charge intégrée with Jennifer Cohen Reyes

  • Le processus d'adhésion aux services de soutien à domicile: la relation au coeur de la tension entre autodétermination et protection with Olivier Moreau

• Tenir compte des traumatismes et des dimensions culturelles en intervention with Chantal Bourassa and Isabel Lanteigne.
• Un appel à la compassion de soi pour les TS: qu'est ce que c'est et comment en faire? with Emmanuelle Khoury.

NBASW membership includes CASW membership. Together, members can access the following resources for free or discounted rates:

• PESI Canada - (Almost) everything available for $99 until March 31, 2026.
• SickKids CCMH Learning Institute offers expert-led mental health training for professionals supporting clients across the lifespan – use code NBASW20 for 20% off.

• Health Links Education is a Canadian provider of on demand CPE in areas such as Addictions, Mental Health, and Palliative Care - 15% discount with promo code NBASW15

• ACHIEVE Centre for Leadership – 15% discount with promo code NBASW15
• Crisis and Trauma Research Institute (CTRI) - 15% discount with promo code NBASW15
• Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care (LEAP) - Log in – 20% discount with a connected CASW account using promo code 20OFFCASW.
• CASW Practice Resource Hub - Free
• CASW Private Practice Portal – Free
• Canadian Social Work journal – Free
• Canadian Social Work Review journal – Free
• IFSW Membership

If you would like to offer training to NBASW members at a discounted rate, please contact us.

Want to share your expertise with members?

The NBASW awards the Professional Development Fund to NBASW members who present an NBASW webinar in their area of knowledge, expertise and/or practice. 

Click here to apply for the annual NBASW Professional Development Fund.

The following organizations offer ongoing continuing education opportunities. Please click the links below to see what they have to offer.

Bilingual resources:

• Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
  • French options can be viewed here.
• Conférences Connexion
  • French options can be viewed here.
• End FGM Canada
  • French options can be viewed here.
• NB Adoption Foundation
  • French options can be viewed here.
• Société Santé en français
  • French options can be viewed here.
• Web Psychology: Continuing Education in Mental Health
  • French options can be viewed here.

English resources:

• ACHIEVE’s monthly featured leadership webinar
• Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 
• CEYOU!
• University of Toronto - Institute for Life Course and Aging
• University of Toronto - Social Work in Primary Health Care Modules
• Wilfrid Laurier University

French resources:

• Consortium National de formation en santé (CNFS)
• Université de Moncton

If you would like your organization featured here, please contact us.

NBASW's Chapters regularly organize events for members to connect with social workers in their area. Members can contact their Chapter for information on upcoming local chapter events.