Upcoming Webinars

The experiences of the 2SLGBTQIA+ children and youth involved with Ontario’s child welfare system remain fairly invisible and there are limited clinical approaches designed to strengthen the skills of social workers and those providing care. This presentation, in partnership with OACAS, will: (1) Review the existing literature on 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in child welfare (2) Outline an emerging decision framework for clinical decision making to support 2SLGBTQIA+ children & youth involved with child welfare (3) Provide specific strategies for affirming social work practice with 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and their caregivers. This Webinar is FREE for everyone. This Employment Ontario project is funded in part by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario. When ASL interpretation is required, please indicate the preference in the registration form. The incorporation of ASL interpreters will depend on availability. NOTE ABOUT REGISTRATION QUESTIONS: OASW is committed to inclusion and promoting a diverse range of identities, experiences, perspectives, and voices across all areas of the Association. As such, the registration contains some optional questions that are intended to assist us to better understand our social work community and ensure that our work is reflective of the diverse membership of OASW and our profession.

The All-Ireland Chromatin Consortium was established in 2021 to foster collaborations between researchers located across the whole of Ireland, promote scientific exchange, and to facilitate networking between students, postdocs, and PIs working in the field of chromatin biology. Keynote Speaker - Robin Allshire, Ph.D. - Professor of Chromosome Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh > Seminar Title: ‘Epigenetic Routes to Antifungal/Fungicide Resistance’ Prof. Robin Allshire is Professor of Chromosome Biology at University of Edinburgh and a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow. His research group at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology focuses on the epigenetic mechanisms governing the assembly of specialised domains of chromatin and their transmission through cell division. He is elected an EMBO member and Fellow of the Royal Society and Academy of Medical Sciences.

Join the webinar to learn about the distribution, interactions, and ecological impacts of nanomaterials in the aquatic environment. The webinar will cover topics such as emerging pollutants, oxidative damage, risk assessment, and more.

LEAP Sports Scotland presents the first session of our Accelerating LGBTIQ+ Sport Inclusion: Bitesize Webinar Series- Improving LGBTIQ+ participation in sport and physical activityThe series aims to showcase areas of best practice that leisure and grassroots sport and physical activity providers can take inspiration from to advance inclusion of LGBTIQ+ people within their clubs, facilities, organisations or programmes.

On the final Friday of every month, a guest panel of 4-5 fleet decision-makers will dissect with Fleet News the biggest news announcements and industry topics of the month in a new webinar series, looking at what each means for fleets, how they need to react/are reacting. News is a key section in print and on the website and historically the most read section of Fleet News; this webinar will provide the perfect complement by digging beneath the skin of the month’s hottest topics and bringing them to life.

The ManagEnergy team welcomes you to the registration form for our webinar "Priority investments to REPower your territory: Feedback from accelerators". During this webinar you will learn more about REPowerEU and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, ManagEnergy services to accelerate REPowerEU plan. You will also have insights of on-the-ground experiences in Croatia and Cyprus. The session will take place on Friday 24th of November from 10:00am to 11:00am. You can find more details on ManagEnergy online seminars here.

As the number of forcibly displaced people and asylum seekers keeps growing around the world, new OECD work sheds light on how the specific values and characteristics of social and solidarity economy (SSE) entities provide high-quality responses to their needs and facilitate integration in host communities. The SSE can support access to rights, empowerment, social and labour market inclusion of refugees. Join this webinar with the UNHCR, SINGA and NESsT Poland to discover how the SSE plays a role in the steps along the way of refugees’ journey.

SSWG and SCB Africa are co-hosting a webinar on the “Challenges and opportunities in the Conservation Social Sciences across the continent of Africa”, on Thursday the 23rd of November from 11:00-13:00 GMT. This will be a chance to celebrate the use of the social sciences across Africa, and discuss some of the challenges faced and the opportunities for the social sciences in the coming years. We are lucky enough to have four wonderful speakers who will share their experiences from their work, followed by a Q&A and a group breakout session where the challenges/opportunities for the social sciences can be discussed in more detail. Facilitator: Dr Stephanie Brittian, Dr Mwezi Badru Mugerwa (President-elect Society for Conservation Biology). Speakers: Amemarlita Matos (SSWG Board member), Harrison Ajebe Nnoko Nnaaje, Taryn Pereira, Meed Mbidzo

4-H Canada has put together a panel of program experts and past 4-H Canada Science Fair participants to answer your burning questions! Hear directly from those who’ve gone through the process themselves and get a better understanding of what you can expect from this incredible program. When: Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. Time: 7:00 p.m. ET. Where: Via Zoom. Please complete the registration form below. Registration will remain open until 12 p.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 23. A reminder email along with the event Zoom link will be sent to registered participants 48 hours prior to the webinar. *Note: For those who register within the last 48 hours prior to the event, an email reminder and Zoom link will be sent before 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, Nov. 23. If you have any questions or difficulty registering, please contact Chelsea Crawford, Youth Programs Manager at ccrawford@4-h-canada.ca.

With such significant geopolitical and economic challenges facing investors today, many advisers’ clients are, understandably, concerned about the risks to the value of their portfolios. Rather than going to cash or fixed interest, how can MPS help you and your clients to navigate such political and economic events? And when it comes to choosing an MPS, is there more to MPS than performance and cost? How do you choose which to recommend for your clients and how much do you allocate to each one? In this webinar, which will be focused on helping advisers and paraplanners to manage the various challenges around MPS, our panel of experts will explore such questions and share their insight as well as giving practical help on how you can navigate crucial MPS decisions. The webinar will be taking place on Thursday 23rd November and will be chaired by Chris Curtis, Community Development Manager at Asset Risk Consultants. Chris will be joined by expert speakers: - Alex Funk, Chief Investment Officer at Schroders - Simon Taylor, Head of Strategic Partnerships & Platforms at Investec We have limited spaces available for this webinar, so please register now. This webinar is for Financial Professionals only. CPD certifiable.