Lori Dunne

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With more than 15 years of experience, Lori Dunne has worked across a wide range of social work settings, including health care (primary care and hospital), psychiatric services, project management, corrections, developmental services and community mental health and addictions. She began her career in Ontario and returned home to Newfoundland in 2022.

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by Lori Dunne

The cost of caring: Social worker well-being and fair compensation

As social workers we are often expected to put our needs last, while accepting an income that fails to reflect the true value of our work. We need to change the social work discourse and change the landscape in which we are expected to work.
by Lori Dunne Julia Henderson

Two years into the pandemic, social workers are in critical demand

The first week of March each year marks Social Work Week. Now more than ever, social workers are needed to enable and accelerate access to mental health support within the health-care system and across many other settings.

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