Vol 8 No 1 January 2008 - March 2008: ISSN 1445-7253
A peer-reviewed electronic journal from the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Conference abstracts and papers
This section contains information on recent conferences. If you are aware of any conferences that would be appropriate for inclusion in this section please contact us.
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Conference - Forty years on: political transformation and sustainability since the referendum and into the future added 7 January 2008
- Psychology and Indigenous Australians: Teaching Practice and Theory Conference added 28 February 2008
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Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Conference - Forty years on: political transformation and sustainability since the referendum and into the future
5 - 8 November 2007, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
This conference explored the changing face of Commonwealth policy and its practical impacts on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The main themes included:
- Indigenous citizenship in the 21st century,
- racial discrimination,
- sustainability, a new way of doing business with country at the centre,
- moments of political transformation,
- the impacts of 'mainstreaming', and
- grass roots Indigenous initiatives including legal services and health services.
Presentations included:
- Altman J. (Professor) Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research,
The Australian National University, Canberra, The Howard Government's
Northern Territory intervention:
are neo-paternalism and Indigenous development compatible?
View presentation (PDF - 6KB) - Chartrand P. (Professor of Law), College of Law, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, Visiting Fellow, National Centre for Indigenous Studies,
College of Law, The Australian National University, Canberra, Reconciling
indigenous peoples' sovereignty and state sovereignty
View presentation (PDF - 6KB) - Dodson M. (Professor) Director, National Centre for Indigenous Studies,
College of Law, The Australian National University Canberra, Community
Member (Pacific) United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- A new recognition?
View presentation (PDF - 6KB)
- Contact information:
- Graeme Ward, ph: 02 6246 1151, email: graeme.ward@aiatsis.gov.au, view website
Psychology and Indigenous Australians: Teaching Practice and
Theory Conference
12 - 13 July 2007, Adelaide, South Australia
The aim of this annual conference is to improve the cultural competence of practising psychologists in relation to Indigenous Australians and to integrate the teaching of cultural competence within both undergraduate and postgraduate psychology programs.
Presentations included:
- Atkinson J. Finding our relatedness Stories : Psychology
and Indigenous Healing Practice (keynote address)
View presentation (PowerPoint - 6.2MB - large file warning!) - Brown M. The policy framework for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander mental health and social and emotional wellbeing
(plenary paper)
View presentation (PowerPoint - 135KB) - Dickson M. Moving learning from the head to the heart - teaching Indigenous
content in Applied Psychology and Social Health courses
Not available online - Every D. Critical psychology: critical discourse analysis
and anti-racism
View presentation (Word Doc - 62KB) - Flint P, Tonge B, Mohr C. Investigating the mental health
of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander adults with an intellectual
disability
View presentation (PowerPoint - 554KB) - Gabb D, McDermott D. What do Indigenous experiences and
perspectives mean for transcultural mental health? Towards a
new model of transcultural teaching for health professionals
View presentation (Word Doc - 99KB) - Guerin B. Indigenous psychology: a contradiction?
View presentation (PowerPoint - 1.46MB - large file warning!) - McDermott D. "What cure for Tamworth syndrome? The accumulative
experience of racism, blackfella well-being and psychological
practice (keynote address)
Not available online - Powis T. Doing our own work re-working whiteness in Psychology
View presentation (Word Doc - 89KB) - Reilly R, Doyle J, Rowley K. Koori community-directed health
promotion in the Goulburn Valley
View presentation (Word Doc - 117KB) - Riggs DW, Augoustinos M. ' This is not a confessional song':
discourse analysis and race privilege
View presentation (Word Doc - 60KB) - Saldanha JHD, Fisher S. Recognising the impact of mental
health and wellbeing on service provision at the Indigenous Youth
Health Service
Not available online - Stewart H. Respecting culture: telling stories of suicide
prevention in rural communities
View presentation (Word Doc - 31KB) - Sutton S, Stone K, Valadian J. Sexual offender treatment
of Indigenous Australian males: how to keep the program responsive
AND interesting
View presentation (PowerPoint - 160KB) - Warren J, Hickey T, White L. Developing a structured and
appropriate program to support parents who have had their Aboriginal
children removed by the State and the process that they need
to engage in to have their children returned.
View presentation (PowerPoint - 212KB) - Westerman T. The value of unique service provision for Aboriginal
Australians - the benefits of starting from scratch (keynote
address)
Not available online
Conference papers and background information are available from the website: Disseminating Strategies for Incorporating Australian Indigenous Content into Psychology Undergraduate Programs throughout Australia.
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