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Social Work Profession (Canada)

By: Therese Jennissen & Colleen Lundy
In: Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America
Edited by: John M. Herrick & Paul H. Stuart
Subject:Public Policy, Social Policy (general)
Keywords:Canada; charities; education and work; social work; social work profession; staff associations; workers

The history of social work in Canada spans more than a century. With its roots in private charity, and influenced by developments in Great Britain and the United States, it evolved into an indigenous profession in 1926, guided by the Canadian ...

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  Jennissen, T., & Lundy, C. (2005). Social work profession (canada). In J. M. Herrick, & P. H. Stuart (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social welfare history in North America (pp. 382-384). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952521.n148
  
  Jennissen, Therese, and Colleen Lundy. "Social Work Profession (Canada)." In Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America, edited by Herrick, John M., and Paul H. Stuart, 382-84. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2005. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952521.n148.
  
  Jennissen, T. and Lundy, C. 2005. Social Work Profession (Canada). In: John M. Herrick and Paul H. Stuart Editors, 2005. Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 382-384 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952521.n148> [Accessed 15 Aug 2022].
  
  Jennissen, Therese and Colleen Lundy. "Social Work Profession (Canada)." Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America. Edited by John M. Herrick and Paul H. Stuart. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2005, pp. 382-84. SAGE Knowledge. 15 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412952521.n148.
  
  Jennissen, Therese, and Colleen Lundy (2005). Social work profession (canada) In: Herrick, John M., and Paul H. Stuart (Eds.),Social work profession (Canada) Encyclopedia of social welfare history in North America Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2005:382-384. doi:10.4135/9781412952521.n148
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