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DESCRIPTION:Watch the Recorded Talk:\n\nMarch 31st – Kai Cheng Thom - The W
 ork We Came To Do: Transformative Justice & Reclaiming Professional Ethics
  \n\nThis is the first ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­lecture in the ɬÀï·¬ Schoo
 l of Social Work's Transforming Social Work Speaker Series.  This series s
 tems from numerous calls to action within our profession and broader socie
 ty. Recognition of social work’s colonial roots requires reflecting on our
  past and present to determine how as a profession we can move towards lib
 eratory transformation.\n\nKai Cheng Thom - The Work We Came To Do: Transf
 ormative Justice & Reclaiming Professional Ethics \n\nWhat does it mean to
  be a 'helping professional' in the current age of social revolution and r
 enewed movement for racial justice? How can students\, teachers\, and prac
 titioners reconcile social work's roots in colonization and collective tra
 uma with our mission to transform society for the better? And what do we d
 o when our own traumas and political disagreements seem to be tearing our 
 communities of practice apart? Join award-winning author\, speaker\, confl
 ict consultant\, and former clinical social worker Kai Cheng Thom for an e
 xploration of Transformative Justice and its implications for work in the 
 helping professions such as social work and psychotherapy. Drawing from he
 r extensive study and practice in the area of trauma-informed community me
 ntal health and conflict resolution\, Kai Cheng challenges the notion of p
 rofessional ethics from an anti-oppressive perspective. She outlines the p
 ressing ethical challenges facing helping professionals today and provides
  an overview of her original Loving Justice conflict resolution framework.
 \n\nKai Cheng Thom is a trans woman of colour who completed her MSW and MS
 c (Applied) in Couple and Family Therapy at ɬÀï·¬'s School of Social Work
 . After four years of practice as a public sector mental health clinician 
 working with trans youth and families in downtown Toronto\, she shifted in
 to work as a consultant\, coach\, and mediator supporting helping professi
 onals and organizations navigate pressing questions of conflict and social
  justice. She is the innovator of the Loving Justice Framework\, a trauma-
 informed model of conflict resolution rooted in Transformative Justice and
  prison abolition\, as well as the author of four award-winning books in m
 ultiple genres.\n\nRegister in advance:\n\nhttps://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/
 register/tZAscumtpjgqHde67G2cAL86jD0FpuKCNFSK\n\nAfter registering\, you w
 ill receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the 
 meeting.\n\nThere is no fee required to attend this event\, closed caption
 s will be available\, and a recording of the event will be shared shortly 
 after the lecture.\n\nImage Description: An East Asian transgender woman w
 ith long black hair in a black dress stands beside a window.\n
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SUMMARY:Transforming Social Work Speaker Series
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