2019 AGM & Education Event Highlights

MCSW welcomed Chantel Raynard from Little Grand Rapids, MB who showcased her Indigenous culture through dance.

Dr. Karine Duhamel (left) presented the keynote

speech “Reclaiming Power and Place: Inside the Final

Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and

Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Pahan Pte San Win, BSW, RSW (right) provided an

opening prayer to start the day.

Richard Lavoie, MCSW staff member, presented

Ethical Decision-Making in Social Work.

MCSW was pleased to offer 4 concurrent afternoon workshops:

Kairos Blanket Exercise with Elders Carolyn and Frank; and Facilitators Violet, Viola, Alison, Cheryl

Leadership & Culture: How to Create a Workplace Where People Like to Work with Randy Grieser, MSW, RSW

Self-Awareness of the Social Worker: Race, Ethnicity & Culture with Heather O’Neale, MSW, RSW

Methamphetamine and Opioid Use in Manitoba: Effective Approaches and Improving Outcomes with Dr. Ginette Poulin, MD

Vicki Verge Burgess, MCSW

President, presented the Annual

Report during the AGM.

Incoming new Board Members, Beatrice

Campbell, Michelle Berard and Tara-

Lee Procter (Maciuszonek) with MCSW

Executive Director Barb Temmerman

Outgoing Board Members, Kaylen

Lamb and Joshua Van Mulligen

with Barb Temmerman

Kairos Blanket Exercise Heather O’Neale Dr. Ginette Poulin Randy Grieser

2019-2020 Board Members from left to right: Darlene MacDonald, Mary Heard, Tanis Newsham, Florette Giasson, Jan

Christianson-Wood, Adam Chrobak, Marlyn Bennett, Beatrice Campbell, Michelle Berard, Tara-Lee Procter (Maciuszonek

and Vicki Verge Burgess. Absent: Alex Sawatsky, Gwen Kydd, Wil Hedges, Voula Karlaftis