13-14 October 2016Department of Rural Health 49 Graham StreetShepparton, VIC3630
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NGAR-WU WANYARRA ABORIGINAL HEALTH CONFERENCESHEPPARTON
Melbourne Medical School
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Program Day 1Thursday 13th October, 2016
TIME ITEM9:15am Welcome to Country
9:30amWelcome to The Department of Rural Health Professor Julian Wright Head of Department - Department of Rural Health
9:45am
Keynote Address Mr Paul Briggs OAM President Rumbalara Football Netball Club Founding Chair Kaiela Institute Chair AFL Indigenous Advisory Council
10.30am Morning Tea
11:00am
Keynote Address Always was, always will be Koori children Mr Andrew Jackomos PSM Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People
11:45am
Keynote Address No-one’s discussing the elephant in the room: critiquing benefit and impact in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities Dr Roxanne Bainbridge and Dr Felecia Watkin Lui James Cook University (JCU) Central Queensland University
12:30pm
Self Determination, Self Empowerment and Wellbeing Mr Kim Sedick CEO, Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative Mr Matthew Atkinson Project Manager, Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative
1:00pm Lunch
2:00pm
Keynote Address A journey to Cultural Safety via Cultural Loads Mr Richard Frankland MA Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music The University o Melbourne
2:45pm
You’re part of the Team! Effective Engagement in Aboriginal Communities in Melbourne Healthy Lifestyle and Tackling Smoking Team The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service
3:15pm Afternoon Tea
3:45pm
The continuation of Culture Ms Tui Crumpen Academy of Sport Health and Education (ASHE) The University of Melbourne
4.15pmLiving Stories of the Dhungala Kaiela Gallery Kaiela Launch of book and exhibition of original works
6:30pmConference Dinner The Vault Maude Street, Shepparton
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Program Day 2Friday 14th October, 2016
TIME ITEM
9:00amParticipants, not recipients Ms Jill Gallagher AO CEO, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
10:00am
Changing the paradigm to Close the Gap Ms Cindy McGee Director Quality and Risk, Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative Ms Hope Briggs Healthy Lifestyles Team Leader, Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative
10.30am Morning Tea
10:45am
Aboriginal eye health in Victoria-community voice in the national context Mr Nick Schubert The University of Melbourne Mr Levi Lovett Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
11:15am
Happy and Connected-longevity in the Rumbalara Positive Ageing and Disability services Mr Dean Walton Director, Rumbalara Aged Care Services Ms Jessie Barnes Manager, Galnya Maya Programs, Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative
10:45am – 11:45am
Concurrent session Dr Roxanne Bainbridge and Dr Felecia Watkin Lui No-one’s discussing the elephant in the room: critiquing benefit and impact in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
11:45am
RECONNECT – Strengthening clinical care pathways for Aboriginal people Ms Leearna Earwicker Ms Melissa Burton Mr Troy Jennings West Gippsland Healthcare Group
12:15pm Lunch
12:45pm
Heart of Community-developing a whole of organisation care co-ordination model Ms Deb Walsh Director of Community Services, Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative Mr Levi Power Intake Manager, Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative
1:15pm
Wellness Dreaming-fostering strengths to enable community led, culturally appropriate action for wellbeing Ms Karen Ingram Wellness Dreaming Project lead, cohealth Ms Nazaree Dickson Wellness Dreaming Project Officer Prevention & Population Health Team, cohealth
1:45pm
How Aboriginal Ways of Thinking and Ways of Doing (Aboriginal perspectives and cultural knowledge) inform research in cultural mentoring Ms Nina Fitzgerald Research Project Officer - Ageing, Chronic Disease and Equity Research Group The University of Melbourne Ms Rebecca Roberts Medical student The University of Melbourne
2:15pm
Keynote Address Mr Jason Mifsud Executive Director of Aboriginal Victoria Department of Premier and Cabinet
3:15pm
Closing comments Professor Lisa Bourke Director, University Department of Rural Health The University of Melbourne
3:30pm Conference close
Thank you for your attendance
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Chairs and Speakers Biographies
Thursday 13th October 2016 – Day 1Mr Paul Briggs OAM Paul Briggs OAM is a Yorta Yorta man with a wealth of experience in community development. Paul has been a prominent leader, with a vision to building sustainable, inclusive and engaged Indigenous community through the empowerment of family and youth.
He is founding Chair of the Kaiela Institute and First Nations Foundation, as well as convener of the Algabonyah Community Cabinet. He was recently appointed as inaugural Chair of the Australian Football League’s National Indigenous Advisory Board in 2015.
Paul’s vision of using sport to engage Indigenous youth in education resulted in the establishment of the highly successful Academy of Sport, Health and Education (ASHE) in 2004.
Paul has been at the forefront of Aboriginal peoples’ rights and advancement since the early 1970s.
Mr Andrew Jackomos, Victoria’s Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People ”Always was, Always will be Koori Children.”
Andrew Jackomos was appointed in July 2013 as the inaugural Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People, the first such position in Australia.
Andrew is a proud Yorta Yorta man with Greek heritage on his father’s side from the Mediterranean island of Kastellorizo.
For the previous 14 years, Andrew was the Director of the Koori Justice Unit in the Victorian Department of Justice. Andrew is a member of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, the Aboriginal Justice Forum, the Aboriginal Children’s Forum and the Indigenous Family Violence Partnership Forum.
Mr Kim Sedick, Chief Executive Officer, Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative Self Determination, Self Empowerment and Wellbeing.
Kim Sedick has been Chief Executive Officer of the Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative since February 2015. He has led the organisation through a period of growth and development which has resulted in stability and a focus on consistency, quality and service excellence. He is advisor to the Mabo Family in the design and development of educational and economic development projects aimed at addressing indigenous inequality.
Mr Matthew Atkinson, Project Manager, Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative Matthew Atkinson is a Project Manager in the Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative (RAC), focusing on establishing the Ngu Banuth Home and Garden maintenance enterprise within RAC, with a view to creating an independent income stream for the organisation.
Dr Roxanne Bainbridge No-one’s discussing the elephant in the room: critiquing benefit and impact in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research.
Roxanne Bainbridge is a Gungarri woman from Queensland, Australia. She is Associate Professor of Indigenous health research at Central Queensland University where she co-leads the research in Resilience for Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Program with Associate Professor Janya McCalman.
Dr Felecia Watkin Lui Dr Felecia Watkin Lui is a Torres Strait Islander woman with giz from Erub, Mabuiag and Badu in the Torres Strait. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Centre at James Cook University (JCU), Cairns. Felecia graduated with a PhD from JCU in 2010, and her doctoral research involved an intergenerational study of Torres Strait Islanders living outside the Torres Strait.
The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service - Healthy Lifestyle and Tackling Smoking Team You’re part of the Team! Effective Engagement in Aboriginal Communities in Melbourne. The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service Healthy Lifestyle and Tackling Smoking Team is based in the Aboriginal Community in the Inner, North and Western regions of Melbourne, we provide Community members with the knowledge, capacity and confidence to make healthier choices for themselves, their families and Communities.
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Friday 14th October 2016 – Day 2Ms Jill Gallagher AO, CEO – Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) Ms Jill Gallagher AO is a Gunditjmara woman from Western Victoria who has worked within, led and advocated for the Victorian Aboriginal community all her life. In 2010 Jill was included in the Victorian Honour Roll of Women and in 2013 she was awarded an Order of Australia in recognition of her strong and effective leadership in Aboriginal health.
Ms Cindy McGee, Director Quality and Risk, Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative Changing the paradigm to Close the Gap
Cindy is a local Indigenous woman who was raised in Shepparton. She has a background in Education, Employment, Social Security and Health. She believes providing quality service to the indigenous community requires dedication, discipline and continued research.
Ms Hope Briggs, Indigenous Eye Health, The University of Melbourne Self Determination, Self Empowerment and Wellbeing.
Hope Briggs has been Team Leader of the Healthy Lifestyles Unit at Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative since June 2014. Hope is a qualified Aboriginal Health Worker. Hope is using her position to inspire and provide opportunities for other potential young leaders in the community by establishing a youth leadership program and a youth advisory committee.
Mr Nick Schubert, Indigenous Eye Health, The University of Melbourne “Aboriginal eye health in Victoria –community voice in the national context”
Nick Schubert is a Senior Research Fellow with Indigenous Eye Health (IEH), University. Nick has a background in rural health workforce policy and program delivery across Australia at community, state and national levels. He is also currently undertaking a part-time PhD in rural health sciences exploring global approaches to rural medical generalism.
Ms Tui Crumpen, The University of Melbourne, Academy of Sport Health and Education The continuation of culture Tui works for the Academy of Sport, Health & Education (ASHE), a partnership between the Rumbalara Football Netball Club and The University of Melbourne, as the Indigenous Teaching, Learning and Research Manager. Tui is of Torres Strait Islander heritage. Tui’s mother is from Moa Island, one of 18 communities in the Torres Strait.
Mr Richard Frankland MA, Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne A journey to Cultural Safety via Cultural Loads One of Australia’s foremost Indigenous artists, Richard Frankland, is the Head of Curriculum & Programs at the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (VCA & MCM) at the University of Melbourne. A Gunditjmara man from Portland in south-west Victoria, Mr Frankland has an extensive background as a writer, filmmaker and musician. He has also worked as a soldier, fisherman and Field Officer during the 1988 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Gallery Kaiela - Exhibition and Book launch Living Stories of the Dungala Kaiela - Launch and Exhibition Living Stories of the Dungala Kaiela is the culmination of a collaborative project with Elders, Artists and Language specialists to develop, produce and publish a book featuring Gallery Kaiela Artist’s responses to this story about country, community life and kinship.
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Mr Levi Lovett, Indigenous Eye Health, The University of Melbourne “Aboriginal eye health in Victoria –community voice in the national context”
Levi Lovett is the Statewide Eye Health Project Officer with VACCHO. Levi is working across Victoria to support Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations and to build the coordination between organisations responsible for Aboriginal eye health services, advocacy, funding and policy.
Mr Dean Walton Happy and connected – Longevity in the Rumbalara Positive Ageing and Disability Services
Dean has been with Rumbalara for over 8 years and in a variety of capacities. He has a vast knowledge of the challenges and priorities having been in the Aged Care & Disability Sector for over 16 years working his way up from Case Manager to Director.
Ms Jessie Barnes, Manager, Home Care Packages & Galnya Maya Program, Aged Care & Disability Services. Jessie’s family connections are from central NSW, Wiradjuri country. Her career began in the Aged Care sector as a PCA, progressing through a variety of roles within the industry, from administration to Care Coordination.
Ms Leearna Earwicker, West Gippsland Healthcare Group RECONNECT – Strengthening Clinical Care and Pathways for Aboriginal People Leearna is the Community Health Nurse at West Gippsland Healthcare Group and the Clinical Engagement Project Officer for the Reconnect Project. She has qualifications in Health Promotion and Sexual and Reproductive Health Nursing; and is an endorsed Nurse Pap Test Provider. Leearna has an interest in Aboriginal, Women’s and Youth Health.
Ms Melissa Burton, West Gippsland Healthcare Group RECONNECT – Strengthening Clinical Care and Pathways for Aboriginal People Melissa Burton, a proud Kurnai woman and local Aboriginal community member who has worked in Nursing at West Gippsland Healthcare Group for 14 years. Melissa is the Nurse Unit Manager of the Haemodialysis Unit as well as the Clinical Engagement Project Officer for the Reconnect Project.
Mr Troy Jennings, West Gippsland Healthcare Group RECONNECT – Strengthening Clinical Care and Pathways for Aboriginal People Troy Jennings, a proud Wiradjuri Man, is the Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer for the West Gippsland Healthcare group (WGHG). Troy has a background in working with children and families, and an interest in holistic health. He has qualifications in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health and in Training and Assessment.
Ms Deb Walsh, Director of Community Services, Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative Heart of Community – Developing a whole of organisation care co-ordination model Deb is a Gungarri woman whose homeland is South West Queensland. A mother of 2 and grandmother of 6. Deb has lived and worked in the Victorian Indigenous communities for over 35 years. Her experience has been working in the Government sector and in the local communities both rural and metropolitan.
Mr Levi Power, Intake Manager, Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative Heart of Community – Developing a whole of organisation care co-ordination model Levi Power, a young local Yorta Yorta man is the current Manager of the newly formed Intake/Care Coordination Service based at the Rumbalara, Mooroopna. Levi has significant leadership roles across the community; he has been the captain of the senior football team at Rumbalara Football Netball Club for the last two seasons and sits on the Aboriginal Advisory Board for the Department of Rural Health, The University of Melbourne.
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Karen Ingram, Wellness Dreaming Project Lead, cohealth “Wellness Dreaming – fostering strengths to enable community led, culturally appropriate action for wellbeing” Karen has been active in the field of health promotion and community development for fifteen years. The Wellness Dreaming project has provided an important platform to promote and enhance strength-based practices within the Prevention and Population Health team at cohealth and more broadly across sectors in the north-west metropolitan region.
Nazaree Dickerson, Wellness Dreaming Project Officer Prevention & Population Health Team, cohealth “Wellness Dreaming – fostering strengths to enable community led, culturally appropriate action for wellbeing” Nazaree is a Noongar/Yamatji/Burmese woman from Western Australia. Nazaree continues to experience the adverse effects impacts of having three generations stolen in her family. She believes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures hold the key to healing our communities from the effects of forceful colonisation and abhorrent government policies.
Ms Nina Fitzgerald “How Aboriginal Ways of Thinking and Ways of Doing (Aboriginal perspectives and cultural knowledge) inform research in cultural mentoring” Nina Fitzgerald is the Aboriginal project officer working on WoTWoD and is assisting with mentoring intervention practices in Melbourne.
Ms Rebecca Roberts “How Aboriginal Ways of Thinking and Ways of Doing (Aboriginal perspectives and cultural knowledge) inform research in cultural mentoring” Rebecca Roberts is a final year medical student who completed a scholarly selective project with the WoTWoD study at the Department of General Practice at The University of Melbourne. Rebecca’s project Deadly Partnerships: supporting successful cultural mentoring was a qualitative study exploring the experiences of the Aboriginal cultural mentors involved in WoTWoD.
Mr Jason Mifsud, Executive Director for Aboriginal Victoria, Department of Premier and Cabinet Jason Mifsud is a member of the Gunditjmara nation in South West Victoria and the new Executive Director for Aboriginal Victoria, Department of Premier and Cabinet.
Aboriginal Victoria leads a series of community strengthening and engagement programs and cultural heritage management and protection plans with Aboriginal communities.
A former player and Assistant Coach with the St Kilda Football Club and Western Bulldogs Football Club, Mr Mifsud, was the first senior Adviser, Indigenous and Multicultural Affairs for the Australian Football League (AFL) and was pivotal in establishing the AFL Indigenous Advisory Board.
As a Harvard Business Alumni, Mr Mifsud sits on the Board for the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre, the NAB Indigenous Advisory Group and Barwon Water Board.
He has been a representative on the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, VACCHO’s Suicide Prevention Taskforce, the Victorian Government Ministerial Advisory Council for Indigenous Affairs and Victorian Aboriginal Economic Development Group, as well as the Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll Advisory Panel.
