Staff Positions
MSW Espi-kina'matnewey wjit ta'n teli apoqnmwemk (L'nuey) Elder (Designated Position)
Posting Number: S361-26
Department/Unit: Social Work
Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Job Summary & Key Responsibilities
Dalhousie University School of Social Work’s faculty, students, and alumni share a common objective: to embrace a critical, anti-oppressive and decolonizing approach to social work practice that includes an emphasis on social policy, professional values, theoretical perspectives, and practice methods. Reporting to the Director, School of Social Work, the MSW Espi-kina’matnewey wjit ta’n teli apoqnmwemk (L’nuey) Elder will provide cultural teachings within the MSW L’nuey program. They will work closely with the Dalhousie School of Social Work faculty and staff, the L’nuey Advisory Committee, as well as the Mi’kmaq Nation and its various communities to integrate and align programming.
- Provide Mi’kmaw cultural teachings and integrate Mi’kmaw ways of being, knowing, doing, relating, and becoming throughout the MSW L’nuey program using Indigegogy principles.
- Deliver culturally grounded instruction, including teaching or co-teaching courses, to support student learning and professional development.
- Mentor, guide, and support students in their growth as Mi’kmaw and Indigenous social work practitioners, contributing to student assessment and evaluation processes.
- Lead and support ceremonies, circles, land-based learning opportunities, cultural activities, and intensive program gatherings and camps.
- Build and sustain relationships with Elders, Knowledge Keepers, Mi’kmaq communities, organizations, community partners, and university stakeholders to strengthen program connections and community engagement.
- Provide cultural guidance to faculty and staff while contributing to the ongoing development, review, and cultural integrity of the MSW L’nuey program.