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School of Indigenous Studies
 September 2019
Tuesday 03
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The Art Of Healing Website | More Information
The 2019 Robin Winkler Lecture by Helen Milroy, Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Western Australia.

Indigenous mental health is an area of major concern in Australia. In this talk, Professor Milroy will consider the historical, cultural, and contemporary issues facing Indigenous peoples in regard to mental health and wellbeing and what may be required for a healing approach to be effective. The talk will provide a framework for understanding the components of healthy communities through a healing and community life development approach. Her presentation will explore major themes relating to the trauma that has occurred as a consequence of colonisation over many generations and continues to be experienced in the present, including the themes of powerlessness, disconnection, and helplessness. In turn, the talk will highlight pathways to recovery that are centred on self-determination and community governance, reconnection and community life, as well as restoration and community resilience. Professor Milroy will argue that acknowledgement of Aboriginal worldviews, developing a comprehensive, holistic approach that focuses on individual, family, and community strengths, whilst at the same time addressing the needs of the community, provides both a more culturally acceptable and effective approach to addressing these issues.

Helen Milroy is a descendant of the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia but was born and educated in Perth. Currently she is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Professor at The University of Western Australia and Commissioner with the National Mental Health Commission. Helen has been on state and national mental health and research advisory committees and boards with a particular focus on Indigenous mental health as well as the wellbeing of children. From 2013-2017 Helen was a Commissioner for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. In 2019, she was appointed as a Commissioner with the Australian Football League.

The Robin Winkler Lecture

This annual public lecture commemorates the work of Robin Winkler, a highly influential teacher and researcher at the UWA School of Psychological Science, whose work was guided by humanitarian values and a relentless questioning of accepted orthodoxies. He was a community psychologist and passionate advocate of the importance of equal access to psychological services, and of recognition of the social context in which treatment and research is being undertaken. He died at the age of 43 while heading the UWA Clinical Master’s program at the Psychology Clinic, which he established and which now bears his name. In the Oxford Handbook of the History of Psychology he is described as “a singular, crusading figure” in Australian psychology.

 March 2020
Thursday 19
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - White Australia has a Black History Website | More Information
The 2020 Tom Stannage Memorial Lecture by Professor John Maynard, Chair of Aboriginal History, University of Newcastle and Director, Purai Global Indigenous History Centre.

White Australia has a Black History - a powerful slogan first brought to national attention by the late great Aboriginal activist Rob Riley with a 1987 brochure for NAIDOC week. Tom Stannage whose memory is honoured through this lecture felt the long entrenched celebratory history of discoverers, explorers and settlers was a flawed history because it had ‘very little to say about Aborigines.’

This lecture will examine the Aboriginal voice over many decades challenging understandings and interpretations of Australia’s past since 1788.

The lecture will be chaired by UWA Professor Jane Lydon, Wesfarmers Chair in Australian History.

Professor John Maynard is a Worimi Aboriginal man from the Port Stephens region of New South Wales. He is currently Chair of Aboriginal History at the University of Newcastle and Director of the Purai Global Indigenous History Centre. He has held several major positions and served on numerous prominent organizations and committees, including Deputy Chairperson of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), Executive Committee of the Australian Historical Association, New South Wales History Council, Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council (IHEAC), Australian Research Council College of Experts, National Indigenous Research and Knowledge Network (NIRAKN) and a Fulbright Ambassador.

 October 2021
Tuesday 19
18:30 - EVENT - SPS Community Movie Night & Panel Discussion - In My Blood It Runs : This free community event is hosted by the UWA School of Psychological Science (SPS) Website | More Information
This free community event is hosted by the UWA School of Psychological Science (SPS)

About this event:

The Movie - In My Blood It Runs Ten-year-old Dujuan is a child-healer, a good hunter and speaks three languages. As he shares his wisdom of history and the complex world around him we see his spark and intelligence. Yet Dujuan is ‘failing’ in school and facing increasing scrutiny from welfare and the police.

As he travels perilously close to incarceration, his family fight to give him a strong Arrernte education alongside his western education lest he becomes another statistic. We walk with him as he grapples with these pressures, shares his truths and somewhere in-between finds space to dream, imagine and hope for his future self.

View the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbpcWq54Ga0

The Panel

W/Prof Carmen Lawrence

After training as a research psychologist at The University of Western Australia and lecturing in a number of Australian universities, Dr Lawrence entered politics in 1986, serving at both State and Federal levels for 21 years.

She was at various times W.A Minister for Education and Aboriginal affairs and was the first woman Premier and Treasurer of a State government. She shifted to Federal politics in 1994 when she was elected as the Member for Fremantle and was appointed Minister for Health and Human Services and Minister assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women. She has held various portfolios in Opposition, including Indigenous Affairs, Environment, Industry and Innovation and was elected national President of the Labor Party in 2004.

She retired from politics in 2007and was Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Change in the School of Psychological Science at UWA where she is now an Honorary Research Fellow and Professor Emerita. She is currently Chair of the Conservation Council of W.A.

Casey Mulder

Casey is a Ballardong Noongar woman from Western Australia. She graduated from The University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education, and has been a high school educator and Student Services leader since 2009.

In 2020 she completed a Master of Leadership and Management in Education at the University of Newcastle. Casey is now the Coordinator of Teaching and Learning (Indigenous Students) at the School of Indigenous Studies at UWA, where she leads the Student Services team, and oversees High School outreach programs and the Aboriginal Orientation Course.

Wendi Torres

A proud Bardi, Jabirr Jabirr and Filipino woman hailing from a small town in the Kimberley called Broome. Wendi completed her Bachelor of Science Majoring in Exercise and Health in 2019 from UWA before enrolling in a Masters of Teaching (Maj. Health and Phys Ed) of which she is a current student.

During her time at UWA she has worked as a Tutor/mentor for programs that aim to inspire Indigenous Youth to aim for tertiary education and it was here that she truly felt that she had a purpose in educating young people to lead healthy and active lifestyles. She is passionate about the need for more Aboriginal teachers, particularly in Secondary Schools and in Rural and Remote Communities.

Event Details

When: Tuesday 19th October 2021 at 6:30pm

Where: Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, UWA

Cost: Free, however registration is required

The movie will run for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes, followed by a 30-minute panel discussion and audience Q&A.
Thursday 21
15:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Matariki Lecture Series: Race, Racism & Decolonisation : Topic 1: Racism and social determinants of health Website | More Information
A free public webinar hosted by UWA on behalf of the Matariki Network of Universities.

Talks will cover the following subjects: 1. Professor Irene Molina, Uppsala University, Sweden: "How racism, discrimination and segregation have affected the outcomes of COVID-19" 2. Professor Pat Dudgeon, The University of Western Australia: "Social and emotional wellbeing: Dismantling systemic racism" 3. Dr Donna Cormack, University of Otago: "The impacts of racism on Maori health and health inequities"

Q&A will follow

17:15 - LECTURE - Disrupting for Good: Lecture by Cara Peek : Disrupting for Good is a free public lecture delivered by Cara Peek and hosted by The UWA Institute of Agriculture Website | More Information
Disrupting for Good is a free public lecture delivered by Cara Peek and hosted by The UWA Institute of Agriculture.

Cara identifies as many things – a Yawuru/Bunuba woman, a successful lawyer, a diverse entrepreneurial leader and even a part-time “cowgirl".

As co-founder of The Cultural Intelligence Project, she is currently launching an innovative First Nations Entrepreneurs hub; MakeItHappenHQ.

Cara also leads the annual female-run indigenous event Rhythm+Ride Rodeo, and is the current recipient of the prestigious Winston Churchill Fellowship and AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award.

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