Celebrating Social Work: Social Worker Receives Order of Canada

New Brunswick Social Worker Receives Order of Canada

(Ottawa, Ontario) September 12, 2014 - The Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) and the New Brunswick Association of Social Worker (NBASW) are exceptionally pleased to join together in congratulating Rina Arseneault for receiving the Order of Canada today in Ottawa.

As the associate director of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research at the University of New Brunswick, Rina has been involved in research, activism and education. For decades, she has been a passionate voice against family violence, collaborating with front-line workers, community organizations, governments and academia to advance a community-based approach to reduce the incidence and impact of family violence and violence against women. She has also shared her leadership and expertise with such organizations as Femmes Équité Atlantique, HIV/AIDS New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Association of Social Workers.

“Rina embodies the values of the social work profession and in receiving the Order of Canada for her work in reducing family violence and violence against women, she brings honour not only to our profession but to the lives she has impacted” states CASW President, Morel Caissie.