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NAIDOC Week Event: The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy

Wednesday 9 July

We’re delighted to invite you to a special event on Wednesday 9 July to celebrate NAIDOC Week.

During the first week of July each year NAIDOC Week brings Australians together to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories and cultures.

This year’s theme, The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy, recognises the bright future ahead, empowered by the strength of our young leaders, highlighting the vision of our communities and celebrating the legacy of our ancestors.We're honoured welcome Professor Tom Calma AO to deliver a keynote address, followed by a panel of special guests from the faculty to explore the strength of our young leaders who are paving a future for the next generation.

Systems Thinking using Group Model Building and Dynamic Modelling Workshop

Monday 28 July - Thursday 31 July

Location: Rydges Camperdown, 9 Missenden Rd, Camperdown NSW 2050

The Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and The Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (Institute for Health Transformation) invite you to a 4-day immersive workshop designed to deepen your understanding and practical skills in systems thinking and group model building (GMB).

Join us for a hands-on introduction to Group Model Building (GMB), Causal Loop Diagrams (CLDs), and STICKE- a powerful tool for systems mapping and collaborative problem-solving.

Fees

- Student: $500

- Aboriginal and/ or Torres Strait Islander Participant: $500

- General: $800 (Early bird rate $700 until June 14)
 

The workshop fee includes:

- 4 day workshop led by experienced facilitators

- 12-month STICKE licence

- Catering throughout the workshop

In this interactive workshop, you will:

- Learn the fundamentals of GMB and CLDs in a supportive, practical environment.

- Gain conf idence in facilitating systems workshops using STICKE.

- Explore real-world applications of systems thinking beyond the GMB process.

You'll also have dedicated time to workshop a current project focused on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing. With guidance from experienced facilitators and support from peers, you'll strengthen your project through collaborative systems thinking.

Facilitators

The sessions will be co-facilitated by Dr. Andrew Brown & Dr. Simone Sheriff.

Sydney Anxiety and OCD Conference 2025

11 - 12 September

Sydney Anxiety and OCD Conference will discuss cutting edge research in the field of anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders and trauma related disorders. It will have both a biological and psychological focus with the presenters and attendees coming from psychiatry, psychology, medical and social science backgrounds. This is the second Sydney Conference on Anxiety and Related Disorders with the first held at Nepean Hospital in 2010.

The conference has the following specific aims:

- To stimulate research endeavours for anxiety and OCD in Australia

- To enhance collaborative efforts to better treat anxiety and obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

- To be informative to clinicians who treat patients with anxiety disorders

- To improve standards of clinical practice for the treatment of OCD and anxiety disorders