Pre-conference Workshops and Activities

Saltwater Eco Tours is a 2- hour Cultural Experience led by a Traditional Owner, on their heritage-listed vessel, 5 rounds of canapes including seafood, bush tucker, grazing boxes and desserts, complimentary soft drink/juices and lemon myrtle mocktail. The signature Saltwater Cultural Tour will have you slipping through the Mooloolaba canal on an unforgettable cultural experience through storytelling and entertainment. 

  • Monday 27 November 2023 
  • Tour time: 2pm – 4pm 
  • Private Charter
  • Canapes provided 
  • Departs from The Wharf, Mooloolaba 

Buses: 

  • Bus departing the Novotel Resort – 1pm 
  • Bus departing from The Wharf, Mooloolaba – 4:30pm 

$150 per person (excl GST) 

Join Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander delegates in engaging in a transformative and culturally safe experience through participation in a Culturally Safe Yarning Circle. This unique platform serves as a safe space for individuals to come together, fostering an environment where active listening, learning, reflection, and connection can flourish. The Yarning Circle will ensure delegates have the opportunity to practice sitting in a Yarning Circle, fostering mutual support and establishing a collective space grounded in shared values, which explores and embraces cultural knowledges, diversity, and celebrating the interconnectedness of our communities. By actively participating in this Yarning Circle, delegates have the opportunity to deepen their cultural understanding, build meaningful relationships, and contribute to the promotion of cultural safety and responsiveness within their respective fields.

  • Monday 27 November 2023 
  • Time: 2.30pm – 4.30pm  
  • Limited spaces 
  • Sunshine Coast Convention Centre QLD 

Free  

Extend your Cultural Responsiveness skills, practices, and experiences by attending Trauma Informed Practice workshop with Dr Clinton Schultz.  

Clinton Schultz is a Gamilaraay man and registered psychologist with a keen interest in holistic wellness, particularly the wellness of workers in health and community services. Clinton’s PhD is titled: Winanga-li-gu (Higher order listening), Guwaa-li-gu (higher order speaking), Maruma-li-gu (higher order healing) Factors of holistic wellbeing for members of the Aboriginal health and community workforce. Clinton received the award for academic excellence in a thesis from Griffith University for this work. He is the Director First Nations Strategy and Partnerships with Blackdog Institute, and Co-founder of Sobah Beverages.

  • Monday 27 November 2023  
  • Time: 10.00am – 3.00pm  
  • Lunch provided 
  • Sunshine Coast Convention Centre QLD 

Free – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander IAHA Members ONLY 

$50 per person (excl GST) – Non-members  

Proudly sponsored by The Fred Hollows Foundation

 

 

Join other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men in celebrating our Knowledges, Voices and Practices through connectedness and our ways of knowing being and doing. Explore strategies for thriving, self care and social and emotional wellbeing in a culturally safe space. The Yarning Circle will ensure delegates have the opportunity to practice sitting in a Yarning Circle, fostering mutual support and establishing a collective space grounded in shared values, which explores and embraces cultural knowledges, diversity, and celebrating the interconnectedness of our communities. By actively participating in this Yarning Circle, delegates have the opportunity to deepen their cultural understanding, build meaningful relationships, and contribute to the promotion of cultural safety and responsiveness within their respective fields.

  • Monday 27 November 2023
  • Time: 12.15pm – 2.15pm
  • Limited spaces
  • Sunshine Coast Convention Centre QLD
  • Cost: Free

Join other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in celebrating our Knowledges, Voices and Practices through connectedness and our ways of knowing being and doing.  Explore strategies for thriving, self care and social and emotional wellbeing in a culturally safe space.  The Yarning Circle will ensure delegates have the opportunity to practice sitting in a Yarning Circle, fostering mutual support and establishing a collective space grounded in shared values, which explores and embraces cultural knowledges, diversity, and celebrating the interconnectedness of our communities. By actively participating in this Yarning Circle, delegates have the opportunity to deepen their cultural understanding, build meaningful relationships, and contribute to the promotion of cultural safety and responsiveness within their respective fields.

  • Monday 27 November 2023
  • Time: 10.00am – 12:00pm
  • Limited spaces
  • Sunshine Coast Convention Centre QLD
  • Cost: Free

For more information on workshops contact amanda@iaha.com.au or phone (02) 6285 1010.

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