SOWK 100 - Social Work

SOWK 100: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WELFARE AND SOCIAL WORK
3 CREDITS

This course introduces students to the practice of social work and social welfare through an Indigenous lens. It examines the history of social work and the evolution of the profession in Canada, paying particular attention to the influence of the European worldview on traditional ways of knowing. Indigenous beliefs in balance, reconciliation, and living a good life are explored in today's world while acknowledging the process of healing intergenerational wounds.