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·      What is Advocacy?

-          Action that leads to a particular goal, usually involves getting government, institutions, a business or non-profit to correct an unfair practice.

-          It may include writing letters to politicians, providing clients with legal information, writing a letter or communicating over the phone with a social worker or lawyer on behalf of a client, supporting a client to have the information and tools that they need to self-advocate. It may also include larger campaigns such as social media campaigns,

-          public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.

-Taylor Charbonneau

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Political Ideology is s relatively consistent set of ideas, beliefs and values about how how society should be organized and what the most appropriate means of achieving that order would be. It is most concerned with how to allocate the power and to what ends it should be used.
Different political ideologies hold different perspectives as to what the best form of government is, such as democracy or autocracy.
The very center of any political ideology is a basic understanding of human nature.

- Brianna Abrams

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How Canada was stolen through Primitive Accumulation?

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How Canada was stolen through Primitive Accumulation?

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Primitive accumulation entailed taking land, say, enclosing it, and expelling a resident population to create a landless proletariat, and then releasing the land into the privatized mainstream of capital accumulation. This would be accomplished through violence, war, enslavement, and colonialism.
Capitalism is not a “natural” economic system, nor did it come about simply as a peaceful result of miserliness or frugality. Capitalism was actually brought about through the forced destruction of Indigenous and peasant economies, or the separating of original producers from their lands by the violent coercive means of theft, robbery, and enslavement. Marx called these the “chief moments” of so-called primitive accumulation.

-Genevieve Meloche

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What is a micro-aggression and how do they impact people?

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What is a micro-aggression and how do they impact people?

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Mirco-aggression can be described as the everyday exchanges that send belittling and derogatory messages to specific individuals due to their group membership.

For instance, turning away from individuals in a change room who identifies as LGBTQQ  and uttering the words "no homo".

-Anne Marie

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A statement, action or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle or unintentional discrimination against members of marginalized groups such as a racial or ethnic minority.They will gradually impact a person/and or group of persons of feeling "lesser than" or untermensch-sub-human. A person will gradually come to feel oppressed and less confident concerning their rights, particularly in the work place

Terry Schoembs

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What is Oppression: The use of power to disempower, marginalize, silence or otherwise subordinate a particular group of people. It is institutionalized power that is historically formed and perpetuated over time. It allows certain groups of people to assume a dominant position over other groups and this dominance is maintained and continued at an institutional level. It can perpetuate on a systematic or individual level.

Types of oppression:

1. Exploitation: Make money off someone else’s labour

2. Marginalization: Put a particular group of people to the side in society (diability

3. Cultural Imperialism: Culture of the dominant is the right culture (white is right)

4. Powerlessness: Cultural silence, often forbidden to be talked about (women)

5. Violence: Acts and threats of violence (women, race, age)

- Megg Blackwell

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What is the difference between legal information and legal advice?

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What is the difference between legal information and legal advice?

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Legal advice is applying the law to a particular situation, whereas legal information is just general information about the law and services and is limited to a description of what the law is.

-Kwama Cadogan

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why is it important for SSW's to understand legislation?

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why is it important for SSW's to understand legislation?

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It is important because it provides toolsand resources to empower others and ourselves with policies and legislation that we need to know to better help our clients with keeping up to date on the current policies/ legislation's.

Gillian McDonald

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Structural social work is a social work practice that identifies and addresses systems of oppression in society.

-Valerie Tully

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Structural social work is a social work practice that identifies and addresses systems of oppression and inequality.

-Shauna Racine

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Law is a set of rules that people are made to follow by the state. A system of rules that are enforced through social institutions to govern behaviour.

Shar

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what is the differences between the 3 branches of government

The federal goverment is responsible
Executive branch: operates and implement  all the  laws  created by the legislative branch.

The  legislative branch: which is the house of common has the power to amend and make laws.

The judiciary branch:which interprets laws protecting citizens.
-Shaneak

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What is the difference between the 3 branches of the Federal Government?

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What is the difference between the 3 branches of the Federal Government?

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•Legislative  (Creates Law)

•Executive  (Enforces Law)

•Judicial  (Interprets Law)

-Nicole Forndron

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As an SSW you may not give legal advice, however, you can give legal information. What is the difference? Legal advice is when you express your opinion and apply legal information to a particular situation while solely giving legal information is just giving a description of what the laws and services are.

- Julia Kempcke

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Structural social work is described as a form of social work practice that focuses on systems of inequality and oppression and how their underlying causes are rooted in the society in which we live.

The society in which we live is structured in a way that oppresses people of certain races, genders, sexual orientations, classes, religions, etc. It is structured in a way that assists those with privilege and power.
- Sophie

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What is Case Advocacy?

Case advocacy is when you’re advocating/ acting on behalf of a client. This is important when recommending various different services and policies. Obviously, as with any service in this field, it is equally as important for the client to consent to the direction you want to go with the process.

-          AlexDe Paul

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What is the difference between legal information and legal advice?

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What is the difference between legal information and legal advice?

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Legal information is general information about the law that does not apply to an individuals specific situation while legal advice interprets the law and applies legal rules and principles to a particular situation.
- Kim R.

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concept of privilege, oppression, intersectionality and institutional power.

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concept of privilege, oppression, intersectionality and institutional power.

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The privilege is the special advantage that has been granted to specific individual or group of people in our society. The oppression would be the unjustified treatment to individual or group of people. In our current society the marginalized individual who identify as people of colour, migrant, immigrant, LGBTQ, etc. are being oppressed systematically. The systematic oppression occurs based on the race, ethnicity, gender, ability, social status. For example; The lower number of representation of oppression population in bigger institution, government. intersectionality is the different identity that intercept each other. for example; someone who is female, radicalized, and group of minority.
sudesh

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what is the differences between the 3 branches of government 

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what is the differences between the 3 branches of government 

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The federal goverment is responsible
Executive branch: operarates and implemtes all the  laws  created by the legislative branch.

the  legislative branch:which is the house of common

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Why is it important to develop an advocacy plan? 

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Why is it important to develop an advocacy plan? 

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Developing an advocacy plan is extremely important to allow your campaign to be successful.
Action plans allow you to consider all aspects of your campaign at once so you can then adjust different element to fit your advocacy goal if need be.
Typically this includes your mission and objectives, your allies and your opponents, your targets and agents of change, and your obviously your detailed action plan for advocacy.

-Laura Pettes

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Why is it important for SSW to understand legislation?

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Why is it important for SSW to understand legislation?

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Provides tools to empower others/ourselves & policies which require  political pressure/modification(s.)  A.LaPlante

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What are the differences between goals and objectives?

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What are the differences between goals and objectives?

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- Goals: builds on your advocacy issue by adding who will help you make that change for you issue.
-Objectives: are the smaller steps to help you reach your goals.

-Sarah Mastyapimego

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Opression is the use of power to disempower,marginalize, silence or otherwise subordinate a particular group of people. It is institutionalised power that is historically formed and perpetuated over time; it allows certain ‘groups’ of people to assume a dominant position over ‘other groups’ and this dominance is maintained and continued at an institutional level. It can be perpetuated on a systemic or individual level.

Jessica Keating

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How do we practice anti-oppressive Social Work?

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How do we practice anti-oppressive Social Work?

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As Social Service Workers we must challenge oppression on various levels. Specifically, on an individual and systemic level. Moreover, practicing anti-oppression begins with ourselves. In doing so, challenging and unlearning the oppressive notions our society is bound by. Additionally, it is important to recognize the power we encompass as Social Service Workers and the impact it holds on our relationships with clients.

-Anne Marie

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why is research important part of advocacy?

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why is research important part of advocacy?

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In order to persuade policy-makers to change their policies, laws or implementation – be this through direct lobbying or other means such as provoking an official investigation or influencing public opinion – you will need information.

Advocacy research can:

- Analyze and provide counter arguments to positions held by stakeholders who may not be sympathetic to your cause

-Provide the basis for media and public awareness work

-Demonstrate public support or public concern

-Help to disprove myths, rumors and false assumptions

-Lydia

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- action that leads to a particular goal , usually involves getting government , institution , a business or non profit to correct an unfair practice.

Dina Koury

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What is a microaggression Brief everyday exchanges that send negative messages to a group of individuals because of their membership within that group                           Historically the term was used to put down non-white individuals particularly those categorized as African American, but eventually it would be used to broadly attack larger and more diverse groups of individuals within society                                     Many of the aggressions are based on racism, sexism, or discrimination based on sexuality                                      -Danny

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What is a microaggression Brief everyday exchanges that send negative messages to a group of individuals because of their membership within that group                           Historically the term was used to put down non-white individuals particularly those categorized as African American, but eventually it would be used to broadly attack larger and more diverse groups of individuals within society                                     Many of the aggressions are based on racism, sexism, or discrimination based on sexuality                                      -Danny

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It important to write advocacy plan because it help emphasize the issue and what needed to be done. the main purpose is to prove your point and the issue that you are advocating for. it is one way to get your target attention into focusing to the issue that you present and you want it to be improve.

Liza

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It is beneficial to both SSWs and their clients to understand that every problem has layers and historical reference.Understanding an individual's history can make a large difference in assessing behaviours
Terry Schoembs

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What are the differences between goals and objectives?

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What are the differences between goals and objectives?

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Objectives are steps in which one has to be meet in order to accomplish an individual's overall goal.

Goals are long-term and often unable to definitively accomplish in a certain amount of time.

- Dany K

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The system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulation actions of it's members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

-Veronica

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why is it important to develop an advocacy plan 

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why is it important to develop an advocacy plan 

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It's important to complete a plan before you start advocating, because, as you will find, each part of the plan can affect the others. Normally, planning your goals comes first--but you may have to change those plans if you find, as you plan further, that the tactics you were hoping to use aren't working. When you plan everything together--and ongoing--you can both build support and make adjustments as you go. Include your mission and objectives, your allies and opponents, your targets and agents of change, and your strategies and detailed action plan
Laura Pyke

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Why is it important for SSW to understand history

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Why is it important for SSW to understand history

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If you don't know the history you could harm your client more by saying something that has been already provided in history for example the oppression of the native people and their land rights.
You are bound to repeat history if you don't know it.
-Deborah

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What does it mean to be a settler or occupier in Canada? 

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What does it mean to be a settler or occupier in Canada? 

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Occupier:  A member of a group that takes possession of a country by force.
Settler:  A person who settles in an area, typically one with no or few previous inhabitants.

-Shayna

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Why is it important for SSW to understand history 

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Why is it important for SSW to understand history 

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Because if you don't understand history you'll relive it.
-Ben

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Is a term developed by  Chester Pierce who is was psychiatrist and Harvard University professor. The term was originally inspired when he witnessed passive insults and derogatory statements made to African American citizens. The term has evolved to incorporate any socially marginalized group. The statements support stereotypes of certain groups or subtly discriminate against them.

At times people make comments that fall into the criteria of a micro-aggression without being consciously aware of the harmful consequences of their words.

Example: Asian Canadians and their assumed level of intelligence. "Wow, you must be really good at math"

Lindsay Alward.

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Why is it important that SSW not give legal advice? 

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Why is it important that SSW not give legal advice? 

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its important for SSW to maintain their professional rules and regulations for instant, protecting confidentiality, and legal obligation for ethical purposes. It's important to follow a professional relationship with the client and the SSW.

- Tashnia Chowdhury

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The law is a set of rules enforced by a society that identifies and governs acceptable behaviour. The law strives to resolve tensions that exist between individual and collective well-being.

SSWs are impacted by laws, especially the ones that govern human, economic and social interactions/behaviours. SSWs may also simultaneously be implementing laws that maintain systems of inequality, while actively working to support their client's well-being.

- Mike Ferri

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"Oppression is built into institutions like government and educational systems. It gives power and positions of dominance to some groups of people over other groups of people"
Examples:
Schools, healthcare providers, government departments.

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-Case Advocacy; you act on behalf of a client (individual or family or group) to get resources or services or change policy.
-System Advocacy; is where you challenge rules,laws or policies.
-Policy Advocacy;active, covert, or inadvertent support of a particular policy or class of policies.

-Taylor

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•It involves actions that lead to a selected goal

•It usually involves getting government, an agency or private business to correct an unfair or harmful situation

•It is not the same as direct service

•It may or may not involve confrontation

-Kelsey

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A social work practice that identifies and addresses systems of oppression.

- Cassie McLinton