Social Work: Choosing to Work with People
In observance of social work month, Eastern Health’s Mental Health and Additions Regional Director Isobel Keefe shares her thoughts about her profession, while reflecting on her 30 years of social […]
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Advancing Hope
A terminal diagnosis. With those words from a physician, life as you know it, changes – and in a way only those who have experienced it can possibly understand. It […]
Centred Around Those Who Matter the Most
I’m one of those lucky people who recognized my career path when I was only a young girl in Junior High. At such a tumultuous time of development, I recall […]
Social Work Practice: Rooted in Rural Newfoundland
Rural Newfoundland has often been faced with challenges. Residents in rural areas generally can’t access the same level of services or resources as people living in larger places. Where we […]
Eastern Health’s Health Status Report: A student’s opportunity, a social worker’s reality, and a public health professional’s vision
Eastern Health’s Health Status Report provides population health and demographic information, rooted in the social determinants of health. The report consists of chapters which cover a wide variety of topic […]
Social Work : A Lifestyle of Connecting with Others
As the old saying goes – If it’s meant to be, it will be. And for Bill Haynes, becoming a social worker was just that. “For me, becoming a social […]
Social Work: Profession of Choice – and Choices
March was social work month, and the theme this year was “Social Work – Profession of Choice.” Connie Pilgrim chose the area of long-term care 16 years ago, at the […]
Your Best Foot Forward
Eastern Health’s Amputee Clinic Jim Glavine was a linesman working in Nova Scotia when he suffered a traumatic accident in the spring of 2013 that resulted in the amputation of […]
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