Canadian social work at the intersection of feminism, ecology and cultural anti-oppression: Making hope into giant rivers flowing.

This thesis is a textual research collage of two methodological approaches: a blend of discourse/documentary analysis and autoethnography (i.e., poetry, personal experience narratives) in combination with intersectional analysis. My objective was to explore (post)modern Canadian social work at the juncture of feminism, ecology and socio-cultural anti-oppression within notions of strategic meaning-building as a conceptualizing ethical journey whereby we as social work practitioners (researchers, theorists, analysts, ethicists and others) as well as clients may find ourselves critically re/framing our ways of knowing and experiencing. My discussion discursively explores the potential of Canadian social work as ethically and spiritually-oriented praxis. The thesis is an exploratory, open-ended inquiry intended to further discussions regarding issues of ecological, gender and cross-cultural justice within the context of globalization. My hope is to participate in Canadian social work's inquiry into decolonizing, transformative social change toward the anti-oppressive, respectful, life-affirming global interdependence of all relations. --P.3.