Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 17:45:46 +1000 From: "Conference Service" <indigenousconferences@iinet.net.au> To: "questions" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: 2016 National CALD Workers Conference CALLING FOR PAPERS FOR ALL AGENDA ITEMS Message-ID: <9e263a$kjjb78@icp-osb-irony-out7.iinet.net.au>
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NEWSLETTER October 15, 2015 Shangri-La Marina Cairns Hotel is ready to accommodate national and in= ternational delegates of the 2015 International Indigenous Health Conf= erence in Cairns on the 1st =E2=80=93 3rd December 2015. " The stage is set for the 2015 International Indigenous Health Confer= ence at the Shangri-La Marina Hotel in Cairns, Queensland, Australia s= cheduled for the 1st =E2=80=93 3rd December 2015=E2=80=9D.=20 This year=E2=80=99s conference generates international interests from = First Nation=E2=80=99s Peoples throughout the world. The conference ag= enda has now being finalized with more than fifty featured keynote spe= akers. As the conference has been centred around the=20 sharing of information, increasing network and access to programs, wha= t a great opportunity it will be to have more than fifty experts gathe= red in one roof, over the course of this three - day conference, from = various states and territories of Australia and=20 international First Nation=E2=80=99s speakers freely sharing knowledg= e, ideas based on successes of programs implemented at the community, = national and global level as well as results of research studies and y= arning about personal journeys relative to improving=20 Indigenous health and wellbeing. 2015 INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS HEALTH CONFERENCE AGENDA =20 DAY ONE=20 8:00 Registration of Delegates =20 9:00 Welcome to Country by Traditional Elder by Aunty Jeanette Singlet= on followed by cultural performances 9:45 Opening Keynote Session: Australian Health Minister=20 10:30 MORNING TEA & Network with Service Providers and Exhibitors 11:00 Keynote: Food & Traditions - Living Healthier Through Omega 3 by= Chief Roy S Jones Jr, Haida Hereditary Chief of the K=E2=80=99aadaas = Gaah K=E2=80=99iiguwaay & President Pacific Balance CANADA 11:45 Keynote: Te Whanau O Waipareira=E2=80=93tracking thirty years of= Indigenous health gains in New Zealand by Dr John Huakau, Epidemiolog= ist and Dr Tanya Allport, Research Lead, Te Whanau O Waipareira Trust,= NEW ZEALAND=20 12:30 LUNCH BREAK & Network with Service Providers/Exhibitors =20 1:30 - 2:10 Concurrent Sessions Room A: Results from an Indigenous pregnancy cohort: risk factors for= chronic disease development by Kym Rae and Loretta Weatherall PhD, Un= iversity of Newcastle and Mothers and Babies Research Centre - Gomeroi= Gaaynggal Centre, NEW SOUTH WALES Room B: Hume Region Closing the Health Gap - Client Journey to improv= e the interface between hospital and primary health services by Charma= ine Bell, Aboriginal Health Transition Officer and Kerrie Brown, Abori= ginal Services Development Worker, Albury=20 Wodonga Health NEW SOUTH WALES Room C: How is decision making by whanau (family - Maori) when the bir= th plan is caesarean section? by Dr. Patricia Boyd, Obstetrics & Gynae= cology Registrar, Work through Global Medics, NEW ZEALAND 2:15 - 3:00 Concurrent Sessions Room A: How can we gain more from public health interventions and how = do we start change by Lesleigh Hayes, Researcher, Flinders University = WESTERN AUSTRALIA Room B: Sleeping Dogs method for chronically traumatized Indigenous ch= ildren: a trauma and attachment focused treatment intervention in remo= te Western Australia by Arianne Struik, Private Practitioner and Raffa= ella Salvo, Senior Consultant Country, ICTC=20 Department of Child Protection and Family Services WA WESTERN AUSTRALI= A Room C: Learning and teaching together - respecting culture and recogn= ising the importance of Indigenous consultation by Andrea James, RN Do= nor Family Support & Community Education Nurse, DonateLife NT NORTHERN= TERRITORY 3:00 AFTERNOON TEA & Network with Service Providers and Exhibitors=20 3:30 Keynote: The Guddi Project: Understanding the level and nature of= ill-health and neurocognitive disability amongst Indigenous Australia= ns who are homeless by Paul White, Director, Specialist Disability Ser= vices Assessment & Outreach Team, Delina=20 Andrews, Project Manager, Ricardo Soares-Maghaleas, Lecturer and Clare= Townsend, Manager, & A/Professor (Adjunct), Department of Communities= , Child Services & Disabilities, Synapse, UQ and JCU, QUEENSLAND 4:15 Keynote: Sharing Successes =E2=80=93 the Story of the West Austra= lian Indigenous Storybook by Sunni Wilson, Project Officer and Dr Melissa Stoneham, Public Health Advocacy Instit= ute of WA (PHAIWA) WESTERN AUSTRALIA DAY TWO DAY 2 (WEDNESDAY) 2ND DECEMBER=20 8:00 Registration of Delegates 8:30 Keynote: Kaati te Patu: M=C4=81ori women stop violence in wh=C4=81= nau by Dr. Fiona Te Momo, Senior Lecturer, Massey University NEW ZEALA= ND 9:15 Keynote: Yarn with your mob about organ and tissue donation by Le= ann Bonner & TBC, CALD Project Officer, DonateLife SA SOUTH AUSTRALIA 10:00 MORNING TEA & Network with Service Providers and Exhibitors =20= 10:30 Concurrent Sessions Room A: Evaluation of a resilience building approach to promoting ment= al health in Indigenous Job Seekers by Prof. Ian Shochet, Professor of= Clinicial Psychology QUT, Ms Astrid Wurfl, International Coordinator = of the Resourceful Adolescent Programs QUT,=20 Mr Nick Power, Health Manager, Murdi Paaki Enterprise Corporation QUEE= NSLAND Room B: Family matters - A case study on barriers to psychological ser= vice access for Indigenous Australians with Machado Joseph Disease by= Libby Massey Bodill, Director and & Desire=C3=A9 LaGrappe, Manager M= JD Foundation NORTHERN TERRITORY Room C: Baalap Kwobariny (People Getting Better) - Peel Aboriginal Peo= ples Project by Emma James, Counsellor/Educator, Palmerston Associatio= n WESTERN AUSTRALIA 11:15 Concurrent Sessions Room A: What Works with an Indigenous Workforce: an Evaluation of the = Remote Alcohol & Other Drugs Workforce Program by Lauren Buckley, Clin= ical Supervisor Remote Alcohol and Other Drugs Workforce Program NORTH= ERN TERRITORY Room B: Respecting the Difference: An Aboriginal Cultural Training Fra= mework for NSW Health by Gay Foster, Senior Project Officer NSW Minist= ry of Health Aboriginal Workforce Unit, NEW SOUTH WALES Room C: Developing the Womens Health Nurse Practitioner role and work= ing with Aboriginal women by Joanne Perks, Women's Health Nurse Practi= tioner Liverpool Women's Health Centre NEW SOUTH WALES 12:00 LUNCH BREAK & Network with Service Providers/Exhibitors =20 1:00 Concurrent Sessions Room A: Opportunities to enhance Indigenous health autonomy: developin= g smartphone delivery of a program for chronic health. Dana Bradford R= esearch Scientist CSIRO =20 Room B: An exploration of health rights for indigenous patients in ren= al care by Leena Suriyakumar Kesava Panicker Room C: So first we had coffee and a yarn: Improving health by engagin= g an unengaged mob in an urban environment by Gail Radford, Aborigina= l Engagement Officer, Sunbury Community Health 1:45 Concurrent Sessions=20 Room A: Vicarious Trauma: Managing the Inevitable by Jacqueline Burke,= Clinical DirectorRape & Domestic Violence Services Australia=20 Room B: Bi-cultural/Bilateral Discussion on Curriculum Design by Denis= e Riini Programme Lead Development and Maori Waiariki Institute of Tec= hnology Room C: Building Future Indigenous Primary Health Worker Capacity Ste= ven Cooper & Judy Hoskins Judy Hoskins, Teacher, Indigenous Health, TA= FE North Business Manager, Indigenous Health, TAFE North TAFE, North = Indigenous Health, QUEENSLAND 2:30 AFTERNOON TEA & Network with Service Providers and Exhibitors=20 3:00 Keynote: Deadly Dads - A pilot program to support fathers and imp= rove breastfeeding rates in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander comm= unities by Melanie Carter & Robert Monaghan, Senior Manager Training &= Education (ABA) Robert =E2=80=93 Consultant=20 Australian Breastfeeding Association & Monaghan Consulting 3:45 Keynote: Aboriginal women caring for Aboriginal women, yes, it c= an happen in mainstream maternity services by Deanna Stuart-Butler, Ma= nager Womens and Children=E2=80=99s Hospital SA CONFERENCE NETWORKING DINNER SHOW 5:30 Departure from Shangri-La to Cultural Show & Conference Networkin= g Dinner =20 DAY THREE=20 8:00 Registration of Delegates=20 8:30 Keynote: Lessons learned from developing an operations research s= trategy for evaluating decentralized health services delivery in remot= e and rural communities: A case study from Dignitas International Sume= et Sodhi Research Scientist, Dignitas=20 International=20 9:15 Keynote: Indigenous Community Health and Wellbeing: The Case of T= he Mapuche in Chile Emma Louise Owen Psychology PhD Candidate Sheffiel= d Hallam University 10:00 MORNING TEA & Network with Service Providers and Exhibitors=20 10:30 Concurrent Sessions=20 Room A: Improving outcomes in Aboriginal pregnancies by Torna Moya, C= oordinator of Aboriginal Maternity Care, Armadale Health Service, Pert= h Western Australia=20 Room B: Building the Bridge-Aboriginal Youth and Health Services by K= imi Halapio, Policy Analyst, NSW Kids & Families Dept. of Health=20 Room C: Transforming Whanau Pathways. A Sexual Violence resource by Sa= ndz Peipi Te Pou Kaitakawaenga National Co-ordinator Te Ohaakia a Hine= National Network Ending Sexual Violence Together - Nga Kaitiaki Mauri= =20 11:15 Concurrent Sessions=20 Room A: A holistic model for Quitline SA and NT: combining motivationa= l interviewing and narrative principles by Carolynanha Johnson and Nat= han Rigney, Aboriginal Quitline Counsellor, Cancer Council SA=20 Room B: Indigenous patient in Intensive Care Unit by Vainess Mbuzi, C= linical Nurse The Prince Charles Hospital =20 Room C: Lepromatous leprosy: A rare presentation in Australia by Sunny= Modi, Senior Medical Officer, Greenslopes Private Hospital=20 12:00 LUNCH BREAK & Network with Service Providers and Exhibitors =20 1:00 Keynote: End of Life Care Palliative Approach, Catherine Jacka, P= EPA National Coordinator 1:45 PANEL DISCUSSION: Selected Guest Speaker Panellist 2:30 AFTERNOON TEA & End of Conference & Distribution of DVDs and Cert= ificates =20 =20 PLEASE NOTE: The above agenda is subject to change without prior noti= ce to ensure smooth flow of the conference proceedings. REGISTRATION: With the quality of both papers and programs put forward= and included in the conference agenda, numbers are filling fast and v= acancies are limited. Hence, we encourage anyone who wishes to attend = the conference to register as soon as=20 possible. We have structured our registration in such a way that will = save organization's money while at the same time providing a great for= um for frank and open discussion. We=E2=80=99ve also negotiated a spec= ial conference rate that can only be availed by=20 registered delegates booking their hotel rooms direct at the Shangri-L= a Marina Cairns. For further information, please visit the conference webpage: http://w= ww.indigenousconferences.com/#!2015-indigenous-health-conference/c1sdu= or email us at adminics@iinet.net.au To unsubscribe or if you do not wish to receive our newsletter, please= reply and type UNSUBSCRIBE.=20 =20 = =20 CALLING FOR PAPERS FOR ALL AGENDA ITEMS Inspired by the huge success of the international and national Indigen= ous conferences in improving Indigenous People=E2=80=99s health and we= llbeing, ICS Australia is now calling for papers for the 2016 Nationa= l CALD Workers Conference to be held at the Hervey=20 Bay Community Centre on the 26th =E2=80=93 28th September 2016 in the = Fraser Coast, dubbed the whale capital of Australia.=20 CALLING FOR PAPERS FOR ALL AGENDA ITEMS ICS Australia is looking for cutting edge presentations that empower C= ALD workers, community gatekeepers, ethnic leaders and community servi= ce managers with tools and knowledge on how to effectively instil chan= ge to improve services to multicultural=20 clients and positively create an impact on today=E2=80=99s global soci= ety and provide participants with an opportunity to gain greater cultu= ral consciousness. The conference agenda will focus on a variety of to= pics to include: Developing a culturally inclusive services & practices Health and wellbeing in culturally and linguistically diverse commun= ities Community Engagement that Works: Approaching Community Gatekeepers CAMS Program Stories: Building relationship with CALD Communities Migrant Settlement Program Stories: Current Diversity Trends and Iss= ues My Aged Care Reform: Impact on Aged CALD Population Barriers in Community Services Access from a CALD Client=E2=80=99s p= erspectives Understanding and Healing: Islam and the Australian Experience=20 Respecting One=E2=80=99s Religion: So What=E2=80=99s The Difference?= =20 CALD Family Carers: Issues at Hand The New Face of Discrimination: Micro-aggressions in Everyday Life=20= Overcoming Adversity in CALD Clients with a Disability Exploring the Cultural, Social and Political Influences that Shape I= dentity Transforming notions of global diversity through cultural integratio= n Cultural Diversity: What You Think You Know and What You Know Navigating global trends and the impact on migration of labour and s= kills Working with CALD Consumers: Understanding Ethnicity and Race=20 Social Constructions of Inequality: Legal Services for CALD Clients Racism STOPS with Me Campaign Lessons Learned from Multicultural Workers=E2=80=99 perspectives Communication across cultural and ideological barriers Interpreting Services for CALD Clients CALD Youth Leadership Programs Educational Opportunities, Economic Participation and Skilling Progr= ams for CALD Jobseekers The Philosophy of Diversity: From Theory to Social and Cultural Incl= usive Practices=20 Family Violence Affecting CALD Families Working effectively with CALD employees Culturally inclusive local governments Cultural and Environmental sustainability=20 WORKSHOPS Same Race Story Circles: Identify, frame, and shape your personal st= ory and cultural narrative, and discover how these influence your care= er and organization. Skill Development Workshops: Practice and apply story skills to elev= ate your leadership profile and organizational impact. Get Ready to Lead - Leadership StoryTalks: Five Practices of Exempla= ry Leadership that transform values into actions, visions into realiti= es, obstacles into innovations, separateness into solidarity, and risk= s into rewards. GUIDELINES IN SUBMITTING PAPER Papers should not contain offensive language and take in to account = cultural sensitivities. Papers may treat the themes in a manner that contributes to a furthe= r discussion of the conference aims. Conference papers must be presented in the finish format not less 60= days prior to the event. First call for papers will close on 30th November 2015 with a second= , if required. Papers that are not chosen in the first round may be resubmitted if = there is a second round. Papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word format. Author/s of papers presented at the conference will be formally noti= fied acceptance. Call for papers registration fee of $650 will apply to all persons s= ubmitting papers payable upon acceptance of papers. Papers should explore ways in which the themes show up in the philos= ophy of the conference. A maximum of two presenters for each paper are eligible for the disc= ounted call for papers registration fee. All papers must be presented in a positive and informative light. WHY ATTEND The conference will enable you to discover new strategies for better s= erving your clients and experiencing unparalleled professional and per= sonal growth. The event offers more than 30 sessions with engaging and= inspiring keynote speakers, workshop=20 sessions and unparalleled networking opportunities. =20 For more information, please visit the conference webpage at this link= : http://www.indigenousconferences.com/#!2016-cald/c1mhi or contact= us by email at adminics@iinet.net.au TO UNSUBSCRIBE =E2=80=93 PLEASE CLICK REPLY AND WRITE =E2=80=98STOP=E2= =80=99 ON SUBJECT LINE.
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