This weeks featured NACCHO SAVE A DATE events
This week features
2-5 August Garma Festival
4 August National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day 2019
6 – 8 August 2019 Our Health, Our Way Leadership Conference Alice Springs
13- 14 August Indigenous Health Justice Conference (IHJ) Darwin
29th – 30th August 2019 NACCHO #OCHREDAY
2- 5 September 2019 SNAICC Conference
15-19 September 50 year of PHAA Annual Conference Adelaide 17 – 19 September #AustPH2019
23 -25 September IAHA Conference Darwin
24 -26 September 2019 CATSINaM National Professional Development Conference
2- 4 October AIDA Conference 2019
9-10 October 2019 NATSIHWA 10 Year Anniversary Conference
16 October Melbourne Uni: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing Conference
4 November NACCHO Youth Conference -Darwin NT
5 – 7 November NACCHO Conference and AGM -Darwin NT
5-8 November The Lime Network Conference New Zealand
2-5 August Garma Festival
The Yothu Yindi Foundation (YYF) is pleased to announce the official Garma Program Booklet for 2019 has been released to the public.
YYF CEO Denise Bowden said the Program was the comprehensive guide for guests travelling to northeast Arnhem Land for this year’s event – the 21st annual Garma.
“The Program Booklet contains the schedules for all activities taking place around the Gulkula site over the course of four days,” Mrs Bowden said.
“It helps people plan their Garma experience and ensure they don’t miss out on any of the action.
“The Program Booklet is our largest yet, and makes a perfect memento of the occasion, with biographies of the artists and musicians performing at this year’s event.”
On Saturday 3 August at 11.15 tune in to NITV for the Voices workshop
Featuring
Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt
Pat Turner : Coalition of Peak Organisations
Mick Dodson
June Oscar
In addition to capturing the faces of the people of northeast Arnhem Land, the Booklet also explains the significance of the Gulkula site, provides a brief history of the region, and sets out the challenges which remote Indigenous communities are facing. It also celebrates this year’s Yolngu heroes.
Garma 2019 will take place between 2-5 August at the culturally-significant Gulkula ceremonial grounds, in northeast Arnhem Land, in the NT.
The theme for this year’s event is ‘Garma’lili manapanmirri dhukarryarrany’dhun gudarr’wu’, which means ‘Pathways to our future’ in Yolngu Matha. It is also the International Year of Indigenous Languages.
The official Program Booklet can be viewed HERE
BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE FOR YOLNGU YOUTH
The hopes and aspirations of the next generation of Yolngu youth will be under the spotlight at Garma this year, as the event focuses on pathways to a better future for Indigenous Australians.
Yothu Yindi Foundation CEO Denise Bowden said the Youth Forum, sponsored by CSIRO, was central to the Garma 2019 theme – ‘Garma’lili manapanmirri dhukarryarrany’dhun gudarr’wu’, which means ‘Pathways to our future’ in Yolngu Matha.
“The Youth Forum brings together students from schools across Australia, both near and far, metropolitan and regional, for four days of fun and activities,” Mrs Bowden said.
“The program is designed to help our youth develop their leadership skills, and gain the confidence to speak out about the issues that matter to them. We want to nurture them, to encourage them to aim high and realise their potential.
“This year’s theme is firmly focused on the future, and how we build a better society for the next generation of young Indigenous Australians.
“Participants in the Youth Forum will explore this theme through song, story-telling, social media, and film production, while also learning about Yolngu culture, language and dance.”
The first day of Garma is devoted to education, with tours of the Dawurr boarding school facility in Nhulunbuy, a range of activities on the bunggul grounds, and a series of discussions and speeches in the Garrtjambal Auditorium.
It will be led by local teachers and schools, with the support of Charles Darwin University, the NT Department of Education, CSIRO and the NT School of Music.
Garma 2019 will take place between 2-5 August at the culturally-significant ceremonial grounds at Gulkula, on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory.
4 August National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day 2019
We belong with our communities.
In 2019, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day is celebrating the early years, and promoting the importance of early years education and care for our little ones.
We recognise the critical role that family, community, country and culture play in their development.
And we will continue to fight for better access to culturally appropriate early childhood education for our children through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations.
Our 2019 Ambassador is Nanna from the animated children’s series Little J & Big Cuz.
We are delighted to have Nanna representing Children’s Day this year.
Children’s Day has been celebrated on the 4th of August for more than 30 years. It’s a special time for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to celebrate our children, and for all Aussies to learn about our cultures.
Around the 4th of August, schools, kinders and communities run Children’s Day events. On this website you can get ideas for how to run a Children’s Day event, and register your event so we can see Children’s Day growing each year across the nation.
We sell Children’s Day bags with fun toys and activities for kids to play with at your event. We can send you posters to promote Children’s Day and we will have a video of Nanna that you can show at your event.
Aboriginal Childrens Day Website
Are you holding a Children’s Day event this year? Call us on (03) 9419 1921 or email info@snaicc.org.au to order your FREE Children’s Day poster!
6-8 August AMSANT is holding a one and a half day conference to celebrate its 25thAnniversary of working with and supporting the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health sector and member services.
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) have a long and successful history as leaders in providing best practice primary health care to our communities, starting in the NT in 1973 with the establishment of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (Congress). This was only two years after the first Aboriginal Medical Service was established at Redfern in Sydney.
At a meeting in Alice Springs in 1994, ACCHSs in the NT formed our own peak body, the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT (AMSANT). Our sector has not looked back. AMSANT now has 26 member services across the Territory and is continuing to expand and strengthen its membership.
The last 45 years has seen our sector grow significantly, supported for the past 25 years through AMSANT’s leadership and advocacy. The innovation and leadership of the ACCHSs sector has influenced system-wide improvements in primary health care.
This record of achievement has ensured that ACCHSs are the preferred model for primary health care services to Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. Currently, our member ACCHSs provide over half of all primary health care services delivered to our people in the Northern Territory and there is an ongoing process for further transition to community control in coordination with our partners in the NT Aboriginal Health Forum.
A nationally-significant conference
The Our Health Our Way – 25 of Health Leadership Conference 2019 will be held at the Alice Springs Convention Centre and will bring together key local and national speakers to discuss the achievements and successes of the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health sector in the Northern Territory and the future development of Aboriginal comprehensive primary health care here and beyond.
The themes of the conference will cover key aspects of our sector, from health leadership and governance through to research and data and continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes, and growing a sustainable Aboriginal health workforce.
The conference will showcase the successes of AMSANT’s member health services in effectively delivering primary health care services and developing local, community based and led programs across a range of areas including social and emotional well-being, health and housing, and expanding community controlled health services.
The conference format will include keynote speakers, plenary sessions and breakout workshop sessions on key topics. The conference program will be available soon on AMSANT’s website.
Conference Dinner
A Conference Dinner will be held on the evening of Wednesday 7th August at the Convention Centre featuring dinner and entertainment.
Individual seats or tables may be booked as part of the registration process.
Partner information stalls
The Our Health, Our Way – 25 Years of Health Leadership Conference 2019 will provide opportunities for government and NGO partners to hold information stalls within the conference venue to promote their work.
If you are interested in holding a stall during the conference please contact us using the details provided below.
Further information and registration
Further information including registration for the event will be available on AMSANT’s website: http://www.amsant.org.au
Inquiries can be made by phone or email or in person:
Mia Christophersen
Email: mia.christophersen@amsant.org.au
Phone: 08 8944 6666 (Darwin)
AMSANT Darwin Office: 43 Mitchell St, Darwin
13- 14 August Indigenous Health Justice Conference (IHJ)
This year AMSANT is pleased to partner with the group representing Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander lawyers and law students in the Northern Territory – Winkiku Rrumbangi NT Indigenous
Lawyers Aboriginal Corporation – to host the Indigenous Health Justice Conference (IHJ) in Darwin
This conference will run parallel to the 14th National Indigenous Legal Conference being held in Darwin for the first time. Collaborations between Health and Justice services are gaining momentum nationally and internationally because the broadly accepted evidence shows these can lead to improved outcomes.
AMSANT’s policy focus has raised the importance of dealing with the social determinants of healthand, for some individuals, unresolved legal issues can also be determinants of health.
To discuss this conference further, please contact John Rawnsley via email
directors.wrnt@gmail.com.
29th – 30th Aug 2019 NACCHO OCHRE DAY
Full report on 2018 OCHRE DAY in Hobart with 15 NACCHOTV Interviews
2- 5 September 2019 SNAICC Conference
Preliminary program and registration information available to download now!
https://www.snaicc.org.au/conference/wp-content/uploads/SNAICC2019-Registration-Brochure.pdf
Less than 3 weeks until our discounted early bird offer closes.
Visit https://www.snaicc.org.au/conference/ for more information.
15-19 September 50 year of PHAA Annual Conference Adelaide 17 – 19 September
The Australian Public Health Conference (formally the PHAA Annual Conference) is a national conference held by the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) which presents a national and multi-disciplinary perspective on public health issues. PHAA members and non-members are encouraged to contribute to discussions on the broad range of public health issues and challenges, and exchange ideas, knowledge and information on the latest developments in public health.
Through development of public health policies, advocacy, research and training, PHAA seeks better health outcomes for Australian’s and the Conference acts as a pathway for public health professionals to connect and share new and innovative ideas that can be applied to local settings and systems to help create and improve health systems for local communities.
In 2019 the Conference theme will be ‘Celebrating 50 years, poised to meet the challenges of the next 50’. The theme has been established to acknowledge and reflect on the many challenges and success that public health has faced over the last 50 years, as well as acknowledging and celebrating 50 years of PHAA, with the first official gathering of PHAA being held in Adelaide in 1969.
23 -25 September IAHA Conference Darwin
24 September
A night of celebrating excellence and action – the Gala Dinner is the premier national networking event in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health.
The purpose of the IAHA National Indigenous Allied Health Awards is to recognise the contribution of IAHA members to their profession and/or improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The IAHA National Indigenous Allied Health Awards showcase the outstanding achievements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health and provides identifiable allied health role models to inspire all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to consider and pursue a career in allied health.
The awards this year will be known as “10 for 10” to honour the 10 Year Anniversary of IAHA. We will be announcing 4 new awards in addition to the 6 existing below.
Read about the categories HERE.
24 -26 September 2019 CATSINaM National Professional Development Conference
The 2019 CATSINaM National Professional Development Conference will be held in Sydney, 24th – 26th September 2019. Make sure you save the dates in your calendar.
Further information to follow soon.
Date: Tuesday the 24th to Thursday the 26th September 2019
Location: Sydney, Australia
Organiser: Chloe Peters
Phone: 02 6262 5761
Email: admin@catsinam.org.au
2- 4 October AIDA Conference 2019
Location: Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin NT
Theme: Disruptive Innovations in Healthcare
Register: Register Here
Web: www.aida.org.au/conference
Enquiries: conference@aida.org.au
The AIDA 2019 Conference is a forum to share and build on knowledge that increasingly disrupts existing practice and policy to raise the standards of health care.
People with a passion for health care equity are invited to share their knowledges and expertise about how they have participated in or enabled a ‘disruptive innovation to achieve culturally safe and responsive practice or policy for Indigenous communities.
The 23rd annual AIDA Conference provides a platform for networking, mentoring, member engagement and the opportunity to celebrate the achievements of AIDA’S Indigenous doctor and students.
9-10 October 2019 NATSIHWA 10 Year Anniversary Conference
2019 Marks 10 years since the formation of NATSIHWA and registrations are now open!!!
During the 9 – 10 October 2019 NATSIHWA 10 Year Anniversary Conference will be celebrated at the Convention Centre in Alice Springs
Bursaries available for our Full Members
Not a member?!
Register here today to become a Full Member to gain all NATSIHWA Full Member benefits
Come and celebrate NATSIHWA’s 10 year Anniversary National Conference ‘A Decade of Footprints, Driving Recognition’ which is being held in Alice Springs. We aim to offer an insight into the Past, Present and Future of NATSIHWA and the overall importance of strengthening the primary health care sector’s unique workforce of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners throughout Australia.
During the 9-10 October 2019 delegates will be exposed to networking opportunities whilst immersing themselves with a combination of traditional and practical conference style delivery.
Our intention is to engage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners in the history and knowledge exchange of the past, todays evidence based best practice programs/services available and envisioning what the future has to offer for all Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners.
Watch this space for the guest speaker line up, draft agenda and award nominations
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15-17 October IUIH System of Care Conference
15 October IUIH 10 year anniversary
Building on the success of last year’s inaugural conference, the 2019 System of Care Conference will be focusing on further exploring and sharing the systems and processes that deliver this life changing way of looking at life-long health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
This year IUIH delivers 10 years of experience in improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with proven methods for closing the gap and impacting on the social determinants of health.
The IUIH System of Care is evidence-based and nationally recognised for delivering outcomes, and the conference will share the research behind the development and implementation of this system, with presentations by speakers across a range of specialisations including clinic set up, clinical governance, systems integration, wrap around services such as allied and social health, workforce development and research evidence.
If you are working in:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled health services
- Primary Health Networks
- Health and Hospital Boards and Management
- Government Departments
- The University Sector
- The NGO Sector
Watch this video for an insight into the IUIH System of Care Conference.
Download brochure HERE IUIH System of Care Conference 2019 WEB
This year, the IUIH System of Care Conference will be offering a number of half-day workshops on Thursday 17 October 2019, available to conference attendees only. The cost for these workshops is $150 per person, per workshop and your attendance to these can be selected during your single or group registration.
IUIH are also hosting a 10 years of service celebration dinner on Tuesday 15 October – from 6.30-10pm. Tickets for this are $150 per person and are not included in the cost of registration.
All conference information is available here https://www.ivvy.com.au/event/IUIH19/
15 October IUIH 10 year anniversary
16 October Melbourne Uni: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing Conference
The University of Melbourne, Department of Rural Health are pleased to advise that abstract
submissions are now being invited that address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and
wellbeing.
The Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Conference is an opportunity for sharing information and connecting people that are committed to reforming the practice and research of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander health and celebrates Aboriginal knowledge systems and strength-based approaches to improving the health outcomes of Aboriginal communities.
This is an opportunity to present evidence-based approaches, Aboriginal methods and models of
practice, Aboriginal perspectives and contribution to health or community led solutions, underpinned by cultural theories to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing.
In 2018 the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Conference attracted over 180 delegates from across the community and state.
We welcome submissions from collaborators whose expertise and interests are embedded in Aboriginal health and wellbeing, and particularly presented or co-presented by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and community members.
If you are interested in presenting, please complete the speaker registration link
closing date for abstract submission is Friday 3 rd May 2019.
As per speaker registration link request please email your professional photo for our program or any conference enquiries to E. aboriginal-health@unimelb.edu.au.
Kind regards
Leah Lindrea-Morrison
Aboriginal Partnerships and Community Engagement Officer
Department of Rural Health, University of Melbourne T. 03 5823 4554 E. leah.lindrea@unimelb.edu.au
4 November NACCHO Youth Conference -Darwin NT
Darwin Convention Centre
Website to be launched soon
Conference Co-Coordinators Ros Daley and Jen Toohey 02 6246 9309
5 – 7 November NACCHO Conference and AGM -Darwin NT
Darwin Convention Centre
Website to be launched soon
Conference Co-Coordinators Ros Daley and Jen Toohey 02 6246 9309
5-8 November The Lime Network Conference New Zealand
This years #LIMEConnection whakatauki (theme for the conference) was developed by the Scientific Committee, along with Māori elder, Te Marino Lenihan & Tania Huria from @otago.
To read about the conference & theme, check out the #LIMEConnection website. https://www.limeconnection.net.au/about/