Our webinars are designed to be thought provoking opportunities for health professionals, academics, and community stakeholders to engage, learn, and drive change.
Nurturing Our Future: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's social and emotional wellbeing and mental health across the early lifecycle
This webinar explored what a good start to life means from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural perspective, recognising every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child’s right to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander childhood. Framed within an ecological and developmental approach, the presentation examined social and emotional wellbeing and mental health across the lifecycle, from babies to children to young people. It highlights the importance of early learning, imagination, storytelling, and creativity in building identity, autonomy, and resilience.
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander adults' mental health 12 months after the Voice Referendum
This webinar presented updated results from a project using Mayi Kuwayu Study data to track mental health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults in the lead-up to the Voice to Parliament Referendum and the year since. Presenter, Dr Bronwyn Wilkes is connected to Gundungurra people from the Burragorang Valley through her paternal grandmother. She is a researcher in the Mayi Kuwayu Study team at Yardhura Walani, the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research.
Unpacking the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander landscape
Join Professor Helen Milroy AM, Rachel Fishlock, CEO of Gayaa Dhuwi, and Michael Cook, Director of Policy at the National Suicide Prevention Office, to gain an understanding of cultural contexts for wellbeing, and examine policy and government action for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Reflecting on mental health during the Voice Referendum
A critical discussion led by Dr Bronwyn Wilkes and Associate Professor Katie Thurber from the ANU National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research, as we reflect on the mental health and wellbeing impacts of the Voice to Parliament referendum on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
The Voice: Where to from here?
Navigating the new landscape: a vital dialogue on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing post-referendum.
Join Professor Pat Dudgeon AM, Dr Clinton Shultz, Thomas Mayo, and Tanja Hirvonen, esteemed experts and community leaders, as they ignite a critical conversation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing in the post-referendum landscape.
Social and emotional wellbeing of youth and children
Join Professor Helen Milroy AM, Catherine Chamberlain, Dr Paul Grey, and Dr Marshall Watson as they discuss the role and development of social and emotional wellbeing in youth and children.
Policy Partnerships under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap
Join Professor Pat Dudgeon AM, Dr Paul Grey, Zaccariah Cox, Dean Baylis, and Fiona Cornforth as they discuss the concept of policy partnerships under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, as well as the Social and Emotional Wellbeing Policy Partnership, which is Co-Chaired by Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia.