Staff profile
Qualifications
Master of International Development
Area of study
International Development
Brief profile
Justin Coburn has worked in community development, specialising in work with Indigenous Peoples, for over fifteen years. He has a Masters in International Development and has studied and facilitated several courses at Schumacher College, England.
Professionally, Justin has worked with human rights organisations in Latin America and Africa, managed Oxfam Australia’s Indigenous People’s program in Mexico and Central America from 1998 to 2003 and was a founding member and CEO of the Maya Healing Centre, Victoria’s first Aboriginal Healing Centre from 2004 to 2005.
In 2005 he established the organisation Peace and Diversity Australia (PDA), an initiative that sought to develop an alternative way of doing community development by working directly in partnership with one indigenous organisation, Las Abejas, in Chiapas, Southern Mexico, where he continues to work.
From April 2008 to April 2011 Justin was the CEO of Songlines and during this time assisted to develop the organisation and put it in a strong financial and organisational position. As part of this process, Justin has worked closely with Jessie Lloyd and developed a long hand over process for Jessie to take over.
Teaching units
- Learn the “ins and outs” of running a development project (DST5PRM)
