Assalammualaikum w.b.t and Good Day,

 

Y.Bhg Datuk/Prof/Dr/Sir/Madam,

 

The Centre for Industry and Community Network (CICN) would like to welcome all UMS staffs (academician and non-academician) to participate in this five (5)-day workshop which will be held as below:

 

The C4D framework in this workshop which presented by UNICEF and co-organized with CICN, will be shared by two experienced practitioners with over 25 years of experience, Dr. Peter F. Chen (Executive Director of Asia-Pacific Development & Communication Center) and Mr. Gopinath T. Menon (Senior Associate of Asia-Pacific Development & Communication Centre). Please refer to the C4D poster for further details.

 

For those who are interested to participate in this workshop, please fill in the registration form and send back to us via fax or e-mail as stated in the form before 10th August 2017. Should you have any inquiries, please don’t hesitate to contact the Centre for Industry and Community Network (CICN) at 088-320000 ext. 612205 (Ms Norlie Mail) / 612206 (Ms Harniwaty Ahmad Ali) or e-mail us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

 

We are looking forward to seeing you at the workshop. Thank you.

 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM:     ECOCAMPUS MANGEMENT CENTRE

SUBJECT:     THE SCENIC ECOCAMPUS RUN 2017 

Borneo International Social Work Symposium (BISWS) 2017 is the first symposium organized by the Social Work Program, Faculty of Psychology and Education, UMS. The BISWS will be held at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Malaysia is a multicultural country of which the population is made up by different types of ethnic groups that included Malays, Chinese, Indian and the Native. State of Sabah as part of Malaysia is a multicultural society with more than 40 ethnics and other subethnic groups. With diverse cultures, languages, customs, norms and conventions represents new and different challenges for social work practitioners. One of the challenges is that to examine the experience of working with clients from diverse backgrounds, cultures and nationalities and how social workers responded to the challenges that they facing. It is agreed that social work promotes interpersonal relationships that sensitive to ethnic background, human services and social work practices at the local, regional, state, national, and international levels. Issues of races, cultures, ethnicities, social classes, gender, age, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability status, religions, regions and national origins that can be used to distinguished groups of people are quite important in social work practices. Thus, historical and cultural experiences in shaping the current reality of the client must well understood by social workers.

Social work had long and extensive experience in relation to the issues associated with diversity and multiculturalism. While the arguments for and against acceptance of multiculturalism as an organizing and systemic principle for our society continues to be debated, social work values diversity and promotes cultural competence as one of the important social work tools. The profession has been taught to understand and respect various cultures, and provide culturally relevant programs and services.