We are excited to release the WCDC 2023 Program.
Complementing the main WCDC 2023 Conference program there are optional opportunities to connect and share including a Gala Dinner at Wharf One and post conference Practice Exchanges.
Conference Program
The following conference program is subject to change.
| Monday 19th June – Welcome Reception | |
| 6.00pm – 8.00pm | International Welcome Reception Welcome to Country with Aunty Bilawara Lee; Saltwater Ceremony with Uncle Tony Lee and Garramilla gulwa performer’s. Registration desk open |
| Tuesday 20th June Day 1 Theme – Culture | ||||
| 8.00am | Registration desk opens | |||
| 9.00am | Welcome to Country with Aunty Bilawara Lee, Larrakia Nation Message from Hon Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, and Federal Member for Fenner in the ACT Official Opening with IACD Chair Anna Clarke & Vice Chair Michelle Dunscombe | |||
| 9.30am | Opening Plenary: Culture Ani Pahuru-Huriwai, Tumuaki/Executive Director, Tairawhiti REAP, Aotearoa “Ae Neni, he tipuna pai koe.” “Yes, Grandmother, you were a good ancestor.” The struggle against-all-odds to leave the planet a better place than we found it. Karri-Lynn Paul, Nutokehkikemit, Program Teaching Staff Circle of Abundance – Indigenous Programs, Coady Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Building on Abundance in Indigenous Communities. Samuel Bush-Blanasi, Chair, Northern Land Council, Australia. Community-led development in the Top End. | |||
| 11.00am – 11.30am | Morning Tea | |||
| Concurrent Presentations | ||||
| 11.30am | Waterfront 1 | Waterfront 2 | Waterfront 3 | |
| Use Festivals to grow, skill & find community together. Sheena Lindholm, Push Pull Marketing, Australia | Aboriginal-led Community Projects: supporting self-determination in practice Joy Cardona, Malak-Malak traditional Aboriginal owner & Sarah Rennie, Northern Land Council, Australia | Moving from sharing baked goods to building peer-to-peer participation: the growth of the Neighbours Aotearoa movement Harriet Paul, Cissy Rock & Vanessa Cole. Community Think, Aotearoa, New Zealand | ||
| 11.45am | Living Arts – More than paintbrushes & drumsticks Phi Theodoros, Avril Hale, Natasha Sumner & Mark Timberlake, Life Without Barriers, Australia | To…For…With…By, Jane Ellery, e2praxix, USA | Whose Edge? Recentring ‘others’ Emily McConochie. University of Queensland, Australia | |
| 12.00pm | Q & A | Q & A | Q & A | |
| 12.15pm | Living Arts – Links for Life (Workshop) Phi Theodoros, Avril Hale, Natasha Sumner & Mark Timberlake, Life Without Barriers, Australia | Homelands development in remote Australia: More than just infrastructure Djarrany-Djarrany traditional Aboriginal owners Northern Land Council, Australia | Exploring the bonding & bridging social capital through the intersectionality lens Suet-lin Hung, Kwok-kin Fung & Lang-jie He, Hong Kong Baptist University | |
| 12.30pm | The Hapū-led Business Model Naumai Taurua, New Zealand | Sex role egalitarian attitude & community social capital in a low-income community Suet-lin Hung, Kwok-kin Fung & Lang-jie He, Hong Kong Baptist University | ||
| 12.45pm | Q & A | Q & A | ||
| Concurrent Workshops | ||||
| 11.30am – 12.30pm | Meeting Room 1 | Meeting Room 2 | ||
| Creating a Platform for Indigenous Rights & Sovereignty: An active workshop to explore relationships between sovereign & indigenous nations & their external Holly Scheib & Shawn Duran, MS, COO of Taos Pueblo, USA | What does accountable allyship look like in your community? Jaki Adams, Fred Hollows Foundation, Australia & Sarah Morris, Aotearoa | |||
| Meeting Room 3 | Meeting Room 4 | |||
| 12.00pm – 1.00pm | Tribes Lead!: Indigenous Ways of Knowing at the Edge of Tribal Leadership Development Annie Jones & Jennifer Gauthier, University of Wisconsin – Extension, USA | Yitakimaninjaku, warrirninjaku manu pina-jarrinjaku ‘Tracking & Learning’: breaking the traditional model of monitoring & evaluation on Warlpiri country Marlkirdi Rose Napaljarri, Glenda Wayne Napaljarri, Belinda Wayne Napaljarri, Natalie Morton Napurrurla & Alex Gyles Jampijinpa Warlpiri Education and Training Trust, Australia Embodied Futures Dr Deanna Borland-Sentinella & Jacinta de Sousa Pereira, Timor-Leste | ||
| Embodied Futures Dr Deanna Borland-Sentinella & Jacinta de Sousa Pereira, Timor-Leste | ||||
| 1.00pm – 2.00pm | Lunch | |||
| Concurrent Presentations | ||||
| Waterfront 1 | Waterfront 2 | Waterfront 3 | ||
| 2.00pm | A Non-intrusive Approach to Documenting First Nation Cultural Heritage Landscapes Dr Peter Ellery, E2praxis, USA & Heather Threadgold, PhD & Melinda Kennedy, Murri Yul , Australia | ‘Strengthening Neighbourly Connections Project – intentional doorstep engagement to facilitate sustainable relationships & community participation’ Sandiellen Black & Paula Callaghan. Benarrawa Community Development Association, Australia. | Community Development Resources – Mia Mia Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Dawn Bessarab & Juli Coffin, Australia. | |
| 2.15pm | Staying with tribal & caring by culture design: the implement of aging care services at Tribal Culture Health Station in Taiwan Chi-Wei Cheng & Leang-yang Lai. Dong Hwa University, Taiwan | Anchoring Community Development Practice on Culture: Perspectives from Africa Daniel Muia, Kenyatta University, Kenya | ||
| 2.30pm | Q & A | Q & A | Q & A | |
| 2.45pm | “We are far from things!”: Occupational engagement among rural youth in South Africa Wilson Majee. University of Missouri, USA | Ŋurruyirr’yundhu Yolŋuwal gakalyu ŋurruŋuny – Start with the Yolŋu way first: Insights from 50 years of Community Development work. Gawura Wanambi & Jamie Mapleson. ARDS Aboriginal corporation, Australia | Exploring ways Community, Culture & Connection can contribute to expanded Socio-Ecological Community Development. Anne Jennings, Australia | |
| 3.00pm | Communities in disasters Margot Rawsthorne – Presenter, Co-Authors: Amanda Howard & Pam Joseph, University of Sydney, Australia | Community Development in Social Housing Jamie Hutchinson, Community Housing Ltd | Children’s Ground: Backing Aboriginal people to lead the way Felicity Hayes, Veronica Turne, Pauline Grant & Jen Lorains, Children’s Ground, Australia. | |
| 3.15pm | Q & A | Q & A | Q & A | |
| Concurrent Workshops | ||||
| 2.00pm – 3.00pm | Meeting Room 1 | Meeting Room 2 | ||
| Community-led responses to outside threats: keeping community strong in the face of adversity Northern Land Council | ||||
| Meeting Room 3 | Meeting Room 4 | |||
| 2.30pm – 3.30pm | Geolingo: Community Development through Placemaking Denise Bijoux, Tauma Lobacheva & Robin Wachsberger. Catalyse, New Zealand | Landscapes of Economic Difference: Decolonising economic participation in regional Lutruwita. Grace Mairéad Walsh & Susan Mansell, Australia | ||
| 2.30pm – 3.30pm | In the Hall – Yarning Circle Guŋga’yunga Djamarrkuliny, The East Arnhem Land Youth Model Team Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation, Australia | |||
| 3.00pm – 3.30pm | In the Auditorium – Film Screening Solidarity chicken plan: a productive aging perspective – Yinghao Huang, Taiwan | |||
| 3.30pm – 4.00pm | Afternoon Tea | |||
| Concurrent Presentations | ||||
| 4.00pm | Waterfront 1 | Waterfront 2 | Waterfront 3 | |
| Yapa kuja kalu wangkami pirrijirdi jintangka ‘Warlpiri speaking up strongly together’: The story of the Warlpiri Education & Training Trust (WETT) Sharon Nampijinpa & Verona Jurrah Nungarrayi | Local Service Model of Atayal Domestic Violence in Taiwan: Indigeneity & Culture Yinghao Huang, Taiwan | Australian Community Workers Association members general meeting | ||
| 4.15pm | Tafesilafa’i a culturally centred Community of Care Kerry Allan, Sport Waitakere, Aotearoa, New Zealand | Using participatory community development & phenomenological reflective practice within a paediatric children’s hospice in Queensland, Australia Peter Westoby, Australia | ||
| 4.30pm | Adult numeracy learner in Timor-Leste Marion Smith, Aotearoa, New Zealand | Lihlombe Lekukhalela – All Communities Need Shoulders to Cry On: The Feminisation of Volunteer Work in Eswatini (Swaziland) Lucius Botes – Presnter Co-author – Saul Chirume, South Africa | ||
| 4.45pm | Q & A | Q & A | ||
| Concurrent Workshops | ||||
| 4.00pm – 5.00pm | Meeting Room 1 | Meeting Room 2 | ||
| Holding the Self-Determined Space; Our Voices, Our Mob Tania Liddle & Leonie Wetherall, Community First Development, Australia | Dreaming the Future, Connecting the Past; self-determined community development in action Doyen Radcliffe, Thomas Cameron, Wattandee Community & Tristan Mongoo, Community First Development. Australia | |||
| Meeting Room 3 | Meeting Room 4 | |||
| 4.00pm – 5.00pm | Your Story – Our Story: Using Collective Narrative Practice & The Arts for Creative CD Presenter – Tina Lathouras Co-researcher – Zalia Powell, Australia | In Conversation With Heather & Steph: People, Place & Purpose – Exploring Social Value In Rural Communities Heather Ellis & Stephanie Whitaker, Australia | ||
| 5.00pm | Closing Plenary in the Auditorium Clare MacGillivray, Director of Making Rights Real, Scotland Fearless in the defence of rights: What do human rights defenders need to flourish? | |||
| 5.20pm – 5.30pm | Close & Village News | |||
| Wednesday 21st Day 2 Theme – Culture | ||||
| 7.45am | Global CD Educators Forum – Decolonising Community Development / Work Education in Meeting Room 1 | |||
| 9.00am | Welcome to Day 2 with Australian Community Workers Association President Nick Toonen OAM, and Chief Executive Officer, Jesu Jacob. | |||
| 9.30am | Plenary: Connection Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafuna’i, Edmund Hillary Fellow, Flying Geese Pro CEO, Aotearoa How Indigenous peoples can create frameworks drawing from their culture & the importance of lived experiences in creating these frameworks. Stephanie Harvey – CEO, Community First Development, Australia ‘Shifting power: de-colonising community development’ Bill Armstrong AO, Community Development Practitioner, Australia. “Everything & Nothing” | |||
| 11.00am – 11.30am | Morning Tea | |||
| Concurrent Presentations | ||||
| 11.30am | Waterfront 1 | Waterfront 2 | Waterfront 3 | |
| Supporting Native American Data Sovereignty: The Role of the Partner Holly Scheib & Shawn Duran, MS, COO of Taos Pueblo, USA. | Unlocking Your Inner Social Sector Hero Adam Luecking, Clear Impact, USA | Needs ranking: A qualitative study using a participatory approach. Wilson Majee, University of Missouri, USA | ||
| 11.45am | Service, Education, or social practice? Reflecting & rethinking the cooperation between University & communities through the University Social Responsibility Project in Taiwan. Chi-Wei Cheng & Leang-yang Lai. Taiwan | Ensuring Strong Voice from the Edge – A critique of participatory methods Chris Dureau, Australia | Grassroots human rights monitoring as a tool for community development Clare MacGillivray, Making Rights Real, Scotland | |
| 12.00pm | Q & A | Q & A | Q & A | |
| 12.15pm | ‘Modelling how we want communities to be’: How collaborative work practices between multiple agencies were enabled after disaster Lou Mitchell (PhD Candidate) & Associate Professor Michelle Villenueve, Australia. | ‘Can community development have more edge by connecting it more deliberately to sustainable development?’ Jaya Manchikanti, Australia | Participatory Action Research: A case of the “Working from the Ground Up” model in Hong Kong. Yu-cheung Chan, Kwok-kin Fung & Suet-lin Hung, Hong Kong Baptist University | |
| 12.30pm | Building friendships to support women’s empowerment. Chris Dureau, Australia | The edge of one’s tolerance: a story of how an emerging practitioner took a leap of faith into place-based community development. Brittany Szlezak. Australia | Evaluating Connections through Storytelling: Community, Culture, & Food Access Ramona Madhosingh-Hector – Presenter Nicole Breazeale & Mandy Baily – Contributors. USA. | |
| 12.45pm | Q & A | Q & A | ||
| Concurrent Workshops | ||||
| 11.30am – 12.30pm | Meeting Room 1 | Meeting Room 2 | ||
| Activating action Helen Martin & Janette Devlin. University of Glasgow, Scotland | Networking session for First Nations Presenters, Delegates & Guests | |||
| Meeting Room 3 | Meeting Room 4 | |||
| 12.00pm – 1.00pm | Good Governance Program – Achieving stronger/better together through participatory evaluation Karina Menkhorst, Central Land Council & GMAAAC Directors Derek Williams, Joyce Herbert, Robyn Lawson & David McCormack & Kurra AC Directors Valerie Martin & Peggy Granites | Creating Connections: community responses to collective trauma Catherine Gordon, KCA Training, United Kingdom | ||
| 11.30am – 12.30pm 12.00pm – 1.00pm | In the Auditorium – Film Screening & Workshop Coming to Lithgow Monica Schlesinger, Sugandha Patel & a Student representative. Australia Yarning Circle in the Hall How programs build community justice: Supporting First Nations families with a parent in prison Krystal Lockwood, Aunty Barbie Cohen & Aunty Karen Rhodes | |||
| 1.00pm – 2.00pm | Lunch | |||
| Concurrent Presentations | ||||
| Waterfront 1 | Waterfront 2 | Waterfront 3 | ||
| 2.00pm | Impactful CSR initiatives & Community Development: The role of ENL Group as a catalyst in the transformational process of communities in Mauritius. Louis Desire Mario Radegonde & Joëlle Rabot-Honoré | A Look Through the Crystal Ball: Insights into Community Engagement Cheryl Burhart-Kriesel, USA. | Beyond Charity: Rethinking Refugee Settlement & Community Development Om Dhungel, Australia | |
| 2.15pm | Project Thrive: 3219 & beyond Rebecca Taylor & Jasmine Hall, Australia | Active Whakapapa Kerry Allan, Sport Waitakere, Aotearoa, New Zealand | Brave New Places – Selwyn NZ Clare Quirke, Aotearoa, New Zealand. | |
| 2.30pm | Q & A | Q & A | Q & A | |
| 2.45pm | Shifting the paradigm: working collaboratively across community to end CSE Conrad Townson. Australia. | Peacebuilding, Conflict & Community Development Dr Sinead Gormally. University of Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| 3.00pm | Digital Divides, Mobile Phones & Older Adults – Lessons for Practitioners Kwok-kin Fung, Suet-lin Hung, Daniel Wing-leung & Kyle Lang-jie, Hong Kong Baptist University | Activate + Helen Martin, Janette Devlin & Dr Sinead Gormally. University of Glasgow, Scotland. | Deadly ABCD Jodi Sampson, Michelle Dunscombe & Dee Brooks, Jeder Institute, Australia | |
| 3.15pm | Q & A | Q & A | Q & A | |
| Concurrent Workshops | ||||
| 2.00pm – 3.00pm | Meeting Room 1 | Meeting Room 2 | ||
| Failures as learnings for long-term success Northern Land Council community development representatives & Central Land Council | Crafting Community Development in everyday practice. Helen Betts, Susan Allan & Heather Ellis, Australia | |||
| Meeting Room 3 | Meeting Room 4 | |||
| 2.30pm – 3.30pm | Solidarity with First Nations Peoples in the Southwest of Brisbane Paula Callaghan – Presenter Laraine Hinds, Ravina Dean, Helen Wilson. Australia | Discovering & Deepening Our Practice for Social Change Through Popular Education Tina Lathouras & Peter Westoby, Australia. | ||
| 2.00pm – 3.30pm | In the Hall – Human Library Presenters & Delegates have the opportunity to sign up for or borrow someone from the Human Library: Humans to Borrow: Chris Mundy, Australia. Dr Deanna Borland-Sentinella, Australia. | |||
| 2.00pm – 3.00pm | In the Auditorium – Film Screening & Yarn Granites Mine Affected Area Aboriginal Corporation (GMAAAC) – Celebrating Our Story Rebecca Humphries (CLC Senior Community Development Officer) Robyn Lawson, David McCormack, Joyce Herbert, Derek Williams & Cyril Tasman (GMAAAC Directors) | |||
| 3.30pm – 4.00pm | Afternoon Tea | |||
| Concurrent Presentations & Workshops | ||||
| 4.00pm | Waterfront 1 | Waterfront 2 | Waterfront 3 | |
| Activating Rural Communities to Attract & Retain Newcomers: Marketing Hometown America Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel & Marilyn Schlake. USA. | Foundations Of Queer Regeneration (Workshop) Guy Ritani & Toad Dell | But why? University of Glasgow Community Development (Workshop) Dr Sinead Gormally, Helen Martin, Janette Devlin, Ruth Pearce, University of Glasgow, Scotland. | ||
| 4.15pm | Going the distance: making mental health supports work better in regional communities Lisette Kaleveld & Emma Crane. University of Western Australia | |||
| 4.30pm | Addressing complex vulnerability through a holistic relational support model: Findings from a place-based project in Western Australia Emma Crane. University of Western Australia | |||
| 4.45pm | Q & A | |||
| Concurrent Workshops | ||||
| 4.00pm | Meeting Room 1 | Meeting Room 2 | ||
| Asset-based Advocacy Kate Munro, Youth Action, Australia | ||||
| Meeting Room 3 | Meeting Room 4 | |||
| What can Local Government do for Community Development? Rob Gregory. UK. | The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: applying asset-based/strength-based innovation for radical inclusion & wholeness Zizi Charida, Community Minds, Australia. | |||
| In the Auditorium – Aperture-shinning a light on CSE Conrad Townson, Australia | ||||
| 5.00pm | Closing Plenary in the Auditorium Anastasia Critchley & Tony Ssembatya, IACD Community Work & Community Development issues & interventions, possibilities & pitfalls | |||
| 5.20pm – 5.30pm | Close & Village News | |||
| 7.00pm | Gala Dinner (optional extra) Wharf One | |||
| Thursday 22nd Day 3 Theme – Community | ||||
| 9.00am | Welcome to Day 3 with Dee Brooks from Jeder Institute and Denise Bijoux from Catalyse Book Launch – “Bhutan to Blacktown: Finding Happiness Down Under” – Om Dhungel | |||
| 9.30am | Plenary: Community Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Dawn Bessarab & Juli Coffin, Mia Mia Community Development Preferencing an Aboriginal lens for an authentic journey toward community development Honorable Governor Gary J. Lujan, & Shawn Duran, Taos Pueblo Government, USA “For Blue Lake and Beyond: Taos Pueblo’s multi-generational community efforts in sovereignty and nation building.” Conservation from the Lounge hosted by Dee Brooks featuring Sue Kenny (Victoria), Jim Ife (Western Australia), Anthony Kelly (Queensland) & Peter Westoby (Queensland), Australia “The Future of Community Development” | |||
| 11.00am – 11.30am | Morning Tea | |||
| Concurrent Presentations | ||||
| 11.30am | Waterfront 1 | Waterfront 2 | Waterfront 3 | |
| Developing Communities – Urban Planning in a Remote Context as a Tool for Sustainable Change Rebecca Humphries & Carl O’Sullivan, Central Land Council with GMAAAC Directors, Robyn Lawson David Mc Cormack, Joyce Herbert, Derek Williams & Cyril Tasman | Thriving communities: Building bridges through the sharing of knowledge & experiences among communities in Mauritius Joëlle Rabot-Honoré & Mario Radegonde. Mauritius. | “We are fighting for those ones who are behind”: Uplifting the resilient voices of U.S.- resettled refugee women Caitlin Bletscher & Sara Spiers, USA | ||
| 11.45am | Preventing Potential Farm Fatalities by Introducing Artificial Nest Box for Sulawesi Masked Owl in Banggai District, Central Sulawesi Abdil Halimis Stani & Cut Desy Ariani. Indonesia. | |||
| 12.00pm | Q & A | Q & A | Q & A | |
| 12.15pm | Participatory Advocacy for Structural Change – Neighbourhood Centres Queensland Chris Mundy. Australia. | Community building at the intersection of culture & community: An asset-based community development approach to health & wellness Hunter Goodman, Ph.D. USA | Addressing Environmental Justice & Equity for Clean Water Access Across Communities Sreedhar Upendram. USA. | |
| 12.30pm | Daring to lead, together Kylie Lee, Gladstone Regional Council, Australia. | Locally-led projects as vehicles for self-determination Galiwin’ku traditional Aboriginal owner representatives | Leaping Towards Sustainable & Equitable Communities Ramona Madhosingh-Hector. USA. | |
| 12.45pm | Q & A | Q & A | ||
| Concurrent Workshops | ||||
| 11.30am – 12.30pm | Meeting Room 1 | Meeting Room 2 | ||
| Children’s Ground: Nothing about us without us Felicity Hayes: Traditional Owner Alice Springs, Co-Director & Senior Cultural Educator at Ampe-kenhe Ahelhe; Veronica Turner: Co-Director & Senior Cultural Educator at Ampe-kenhe Ahelhe; Pauline Grant: First Nations Community Leader & Educator; Jen Lorains: Director Research & Evaluation, Children’s Ground, Australia | Climate Extremes – Who is looking after you? You are! (Oral Presentation) Mary Farrow, Emerald Community House, Australia Planning for Disaster with Gender in Mind (Workshop) Melesa Osborne, Rachael Mackay & Steve O’Malley. Australia. | |||
| Meeting Room 3 | Meeting Room 4 | |||
| 12.00pm – 1.00pm | Find your voice: Using the Australian Journal of Community Work to creatively communicate your practice stories. Facilitator: Associate Professor Vicki Banham, Edith Cowan University, member of the Australian Community Work Journal Editorial Advisory Board & IACD. This session commences at 11.30am | Act like an organisation, think like a movement – the journey of Inspiring Communities Megan Courtney Inspiring Communities, Aotearoa, New Zealand | ||
| 1.00pm – 2.00pm | Lunch | |||
| Concurrent Presentations | ||||
| Waterfront 1 | Waterfront 2 | Waterfront 3 | ||
| 2.00pm | Local people create provocative action for positive change: the development of the Upper Beaconsfield Bushfire & Biodiversity Tool Caroline Spencer, Suzanne Cross & Frank Archer, Monash University, Australia | The past is so present: Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among African American adults using Qualitative data. Wilson Majee, University of Missouri, USA | Resilience towards singular person & collective community: A case study of indigenous community development in Taiwan Hsiang-i Teng, Tunghai University, Taiwan. | |
| 2.15pm | Uncovering the gender-balance story in the Upper Beaconsfield Bushfire & Biodiversity Tool for residents living in a high-risk area Caroline Spencer, Suzanne Cross & Frank Archer, Monash University, Australia | Elevating the role of the community member as citizen scientist and agent of change: Learnings from a doorknocking project for mental health Lisette Kaleveld & Emma Crane. University of Western Australia | Real Estate & Community Development Huston Gibson, Kansas State University, USA. | |
| 2.30pm | Q & A | Q & A | Q & A | |
| 2.45pm | An act of nature: Challenging gendered community & cultural norms during & after disasters Rachael Mackay & Steve O’Malley, Gender & Disaster Australia | Bajau: Cultural & economic transformation experience Marlon de Luna Era, Ph.D, De La Salle University, Manila Philippines | Bringing to life the Central Land Council’s (CLC) Community Development framework strategies. Emily Lapinski, Central Land Council & 2 governance group members, Australia | |
| 3.00pm | Domestic violence in disaster – off the edge Debra Parkinson, Gender & Disaster Australia | Engaging community to co-create healthy hometowns Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel & Marilyn Schlake | From the Edge to the Centre: Talking Story with Walbira and Shez Shez Cairney & Wlabira Murray Interplay Project | |
| 3.15pm | Q & A | Q & A | Q & A | |
| Concurrent Workshops | ||||
| 2.00pm – 3.00pm | Meeting Room 1 | Meeting Room 2 | ||
| Insider reflections & dialogue on resilience & bush fire recovery in small rural communities Dr Stuart Robertson & Dr Louise Morely, Australia | Being an ally or an accomplice? – getting clear: a sociodramatic exploration Cissy Rock, Community Think, Aotearoa, New Zealand | |||
| Meeting Room 3 | Meeting Room 4 | |||
| 2.30pm – 3.30pm | At the Intersection of Leadership & Community Development: Best Practices for Building Local Leadership in Rural Communities Dr. Hunter Goodman, University of Arkansas System, USA | Seed to Tree: The Journey with Country Doyen Radcliffe, Tristan Mongoo & community, Australia | ||
| In the Auditorium – Story Slam Hosted by Robin from Catalyse, Aotearoa, New Zealand & Darwin Story Slam | ||||
| 3.30pm – 4.00pm | Afternoon Tea | |||
| Concurrent Presentations | ||||
| 4.00pm | Waterfront 1 | Waterfront 2 | Waterfront 3 | |
| The Peoples Kitchen Tracie Lund & Brooke Mawson, Morwell Neighbourhood House. Australia. | Reflexive tracks: When disaster affects the disaster researcher Anna MS Torres, LaTrobe University, Australia | The “Edge” work of CD practice in Local Government Tim Burns, PJ Humphreys & Phil Simpson, Australia. | ||
| 4.15pm | Building food literacy – A Tasmanian community program approach Emma Rowell & Sarah Johns, Families Tasmania, Australia. | Don McLeod – community development worker trained by life’s hardships Jan Richardson, Charles Darwin University, Australia | ‘Raisin in a box’: when the edge gets to the centre Morris Beckford & Jacqueline St Kitts, Canada. | |
| 4.30pm | Barriers & enablers to uptake of innovation for smallholder rice farmers in Timor-Leste Acacio da Costa Guterres, Janine Joyce & Penny Wurm, Australia. | Microfinance & Household Poverty In South Africa: The Case Of Or Tambo Coastal District, Eastern Cape, South Africa Lucius Botes & Wung Collins Akiy. South Africa | ||
| 4.45pm | Q & A | Q & A | Q & A | |
| Concurrent Workshops | ||||
| 4.00pm-5.00pm | Meeting Room 1 | Meeting Room 2 | ||
| Contexts that connect:– mapping the initiatives we use to strengthen the discipline of community development within & across regions. Anastasia Crickley, Chair of the All-Ireland Endorsement Body for Community Work Education & Training, & Anna Clarke, Consultant with AIEB | Courage & Renewal for Community Development Workers involved in Disaster Recovery: Sustaining our work through reflective social practice. Lou Mitchell & Noela Maletz, Australia | |||
| Meeting Room 3 | Meeting Room 4 | |||
| 4.00pm-5.00pm | Closing the Digital Divide to Create Connections & Promote Thriving Communities Sreedhar Upendram, Ramona Madhosingh-Hector & Linda Seals, USA | Increasing the Practice & Policy Influence of Community Development Anthony Kelly & Peter Westoby, Australia | ||
| In the Auditorium | ||||
| 5.00pm – 5.30pm | Closing Plenary in the Auditorium | |||
Visual Arts Installations in the Market Place
| Redefining the edge | Shez Cairney and Walbira Murray |
| Living Arts Installation | Phi Theodoros, Natasha Sumner, Mark Timberlake |
| Aperture-shinning a light on CSE (visual art) | Conrad Townson |
Friday 23rd June – Practice Exchanges commence
