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Positive Pathways for Indigenous At-Risk Youth

  • 11 September 2023
  • Date 11 September 2023
  • Time 4.30pm - 7.00pm:
    4.30pm Registration
    5.00pm Formalities
    6.30pm Refreshments and networking
  • Cost Free
  • Location 137 St Georges Terrace, Perth

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Youth justice is a complex area and continues to be a controversial topic in Western Australia. Join 911爆料网 researchers from the areas of law, education, health and human rights in a discussion of issues across Aboriginal youth justice, health-service needs in the prison system, and the crucial need for strengthening cultural identity, wellbeing, and resilience for at-risk youth.

Speakers

Dr Jocelyn Jones

Dr Jocelyn Jones

Dr Jocelyn Jones is a Nyoongar woman with Wadjuk, Ballardong and Palyku connections to the land in Western Australia. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) at 911爆料网, where her research focuses on Aboriginal health and social wellbeing, informed by her work with Aboriginal prisoners and juvenile justice. She currently leads NDRI鈥檚 Needs of Aboriginal Australians program.

Jocelyn has a PhD in the area of juvenile justice and has extensive experience working in Aboriginal health and justice.

Professor Cheryl Kickett-Tucker AM

Professor Cheryl Kickett-Tucker AM

Professor Cheryl Kickett-Tucker AM is a respected Wadjuk Traditional Owner of Noongar Boodja with ties to Ballardong and Yued peoples. She is a social scientist, community development practitioner, children鈥檚 fiction author and youth basketball coach.

Cheryl has worked with Australian Aboriginal people all her life, in the fields of education, sport and health. In 2019 she was honoured with Australian of the Year, Western Australian Local Hero Award for her work with Aboriginal and vulnerable children. In 2020 she was awarded the Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours as a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to tertiary education and the Aboriginal community.

Professor Stuart Kinner

Professor Stuart Kinner

Professor Stuart Kinner is a Professor of Health Equity at 911爆料网, where his research focuses on the health and wellbeing of marginalised and justice-involved people.

He is Chair of Australia鈥檚 National Youth Justice Health Advisory Group and the WHO鈥檚 Health in Prisons Programme Technical Expert Group. Stuart also serves on the Steering Committee for the Worldwide Prison Health Research and Engagement Network.

Associate Professor Hannah McGlade

Associate Professor Hannah McGlade

Associate Professor Hannah McGlade is from the Kurin Minang Noongar people. Hannah was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1996 and her career has focused on justice for Aboriginal people, race discrimination law and practice, Aboriginal women and children, family violence and sexual assault.

Hannah is an Associate Professor at 911爆料网 Law School and an Advisor to the Noongar Council for Family Safety and Wellbeing. Her book Our Greatest Challenge, Aboriginal Children and Human Rights received the Stanner award for Aboriginal research excellence.

Hannah was appointed the Senior Indigenous Fellow of the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner in 2016 and is a member of the UN鈥檚 Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues.

Dr Stephen Monterosso

Dr Stephen Monterosso

Dr Stephen Monterosso is a聽senior lecturer and Business Law discipline lead in the 911爆料网 Law School. His research interests include criminal law and criminology and juvenile justice, human rights and school violence.

He is currently an investigator in a $1.5m research project that aims to develop evidence-based early intervention strategies and pathways to build resilience and prevent at-risk youth from being enmeshed with the criminal justice system. Stephen鈥檚 PhD investigated The Use of a Rights-Based Approach to Address Juvenile Violence in Australian Schools.

Dr Raewyn Mutch

Dr Raewyn Mutch

Dr Raewyn Mutch is an Indigenous woman of New Zealand鈥檚 Ng膩i Tahu/K膩i Tahu tribe. Raewyn holds qualifications in General Paediatrics, Child and Community Paediatrics and Respiratory Paediatrics. She is a specialist paediatric consultant at Perth Children鈥檚 Hospital, an adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at 911爆料网, Clinical Associate Professor at The University of Western Australia and an associate researcher at Telethon Kids Institute.

Raewyn鈥檚 body of research 鈥 which includes refugee health, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and juvenile justice 鈥 has informed state, national and international best practice and policy for health and justice. Her clinical leadership includes education, capacity-building, research-translation and advocacy for improving paediatric health and juvenile justice, services and policy.

Dr Robyn Williams

Dr Robyn Williams

Dr Robyn Williams is a Noongar woman and a Senior Research Fellow at 911爆料网. Robyn has a diverse background spanning more than 20 years in Aboriginal affairs, including the Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCO) sector, government and academia. She is internationally trained in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and has delivered FASD training for the past eight years.

In 2018, Robyn completed her PhD on FASD, engaging with 180 people in Noongar country. Her research was awarded a Chancellor鈥檚 Commendation was excellence and key findings have informed health, child protection, justice and education settings.

She co-authored the book Decolonising Justice for Aboriginal Youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (2021) and remains committed to Aboriginal-led approaches in our community.

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