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Professional Day

register online www.nswnma.asn.au/education

WeDnesDay 19 July 2017Rosehill Gardens Racecourse Grand Pavilion

9am to 5pm Registration opens at 7.30am

Cost members $100 non-members $150 students $20 (limited places)

ReGistRation Closes WeDnesDay 12 July 2017!

9.00 – 9.30Introduction & welcome to countryDr Norman Swan

9.30 – 10.30 The impact of colonisation on health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeopleJanine Mohamed & Melissa Sweet

10.30 – 11.00Q&ADr Norman Swan

11.00 – 11.30 : Morning tea

11.30 – 12.10Local, regional and international advocacy to advance women´s rights Kate Lappin, APWLD

12.10 – 12.50How unconscious bias effects Aboriginal and other ethnic groups in the Australian healthcare systemProfessor Yin Paradies

12.50 – 1.00 Q&A Dr Norman Swan

1.00 – 2.15 : Lunch

2.15 – 3.15 Our Place in the World: Australia today and the challenges for the future George Megalogenis

3.15 – 3.30Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer addressJacqui Cross

3.30 – 4.00 : Afternoon tea

4.00 – 5.00 Organising for social change in health Hahrie Han

5.00 : Finish

Dr norman swanDr Norman Swan is a multi-award winning, medically-

qualified broadcaster and journalist. He is the host of the Health Report on ABC Radio National, presenter of Health Minutes on ABC NewsRadio and health commentator, speaker and facilitator of ABC Television’s Catalyst.

Janine Mohamed Janine is a proud Narrunga Kaurna woman from Point

Pearce in South Australia. In June 2013, she commenced her current role as the Chief Executive Officer of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM). Over the past 20 years, Janine has worked in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector in nursing, management, workforce and health policy, and project management. Prior to commencing her CATSINaM role, she worked as the Manager of Projects for the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO). Janine also spent two years with the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in North Adelaide as a registered nurse and research assistant.

Melissa sweet Melissa is the founding editor of the social journalism

project for health, Croakey.org, that reports on Indigenous health, climate change and health, public health, health policy, equity concerns and the social determinants of health. She is the founding member of the Public Interest Journalism Foundation, and specialises in covering public health matters, with a particular focus on under-served areas and issues. Prior to becoming a freelancer in the late 1990s, Melissa covered health and medicine for The Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Associated Press. She is also involved in various research

and teaching activities, and have an honorary appointment as Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Sydney School of Public Health at the University of Sydney.

Kate lappin Kate Lappin is the Regional Coordinator of the Asia Pacific Forum

on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), a network of more than 200 women’s rights organisations and movements working in 26 countries of Asia Pacific. She has worked for more than 20 years in the promotion of women’s human rights for organisations such as Amnesty International and a state Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission. Kate has been active in feminist, refugee rights and trade union movements, is a member of UN Women’s Asia Pacific Civil Society Advisory Committee and sits on the Executive Committee of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition.

Professor yin Paradies Professor Yin Paradies is Research Chair

in Race Relations and Deputy Director (research) at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University. He conducts interdisciplinary research on the health, social and economic impacts of racism as well as anti-racism theory, policy and practice. With a focus on Australia and Brazil, his work is conducted across diverse settings, including workplaces, schools, universities, housing, the arts, museums and healthcare.

George Megalogenis George Megalogenis is an author and journalist with

three decades’ experience in the media. His work examines the political, economic and social history of Australia and his book, The Australian Moment, won the

2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-fiction, the 2012 Walkley Award for Non-fiction, and formed the basis for his ABC documentary series Making Australia Great. George has been a regular guest on the ABC’s political analysis program Insiders, and in 2015 wrote and presented the documentary tribute to former Australian prime minister Malcolm Fraser, Life Wasn’t Meant To Be Easy.

Jacqui cross Jacqui Cross began as Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer

for NSW Health in July 2016. Jacqui brings a breadth of experience to the role, having worked within public health at a hospital and LHD level, as well as in the Ministry of Health. She has held a variety of nursing roles within NSW Health, including as RN, NUM and Nurse Manager. Jacqui was DON at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead 2012-2015 and Director of Nursing and Midwifery at South Western Sydney LHD. Jacqui has been a strong advocate for nursing and midwifery leadership and practice development.

keynote speakeR: Hahrie HanHahrie Han is the Anton Vonk

Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She specialises in the study of civic and political participation, collective action, social change, and democratic revitalisation, particularly as it pertains to social policy and environmental issues. She has published three books: How Organizations Develop Activists: Civic Associations and Leadership in the 21st Century; Groundbreakers: How Obama’s 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America; and Moved to Action: Motivation, Participation, and Inequality in American Politics. Her award-winning work has been published in the American Political Science Review, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.