Integrating indigenous and decolonized approaches
This session examines the evolving landscape of regulated supervision in Canadian social work, exploring how regulation shapes practice, licensure, ethics, and workforce development. While supervision has traditionally been framed through Western regulatory and professional structures, there is a growing need to integrate Indigenous and decolonized approaches that honor relational accountability, spirituality, and collective responsibility. By centering Indigenous worldviews within Canadian contexts, this session will highlight both the tensions and possibilities within regulated supervision frameworks. Participants will consider innovations in supervision that create culturally safe, strength-based spaces, while expanding the conversation on what supervision can look like in a regulated profession.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Analyze how supervision policies impact licensure, ethics, and workforce development in Canada.
- Apply principles of decolonized and Indigenous approaches to supervision in ways that strengthen relational accountability and cultural safety.
Speakers
- Terri Cardinal, IMSW, RSW
Faculty of Social Work, University nuxełhot’įne
thaaɁehots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills - Amy Dechaine, IBSW, IMSW, RSW
Faculty of Social Work, University nuxełhot’įne
thaaɁehots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills