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Somali Community Youth Conference 2009
Saturday, October 24, La Trobe University (Bundoora Campus – WLT 1), 11am – 6pm
The La Trobe Refugee Research Centre (LaRRC), in partnership with the Somali Australian Friendship Association (SAFA) and the Victorian Young Somali Network, are organising a one day Somali Youth Community Conference to be held at La Trobe University’s Bundoora Campus on Saturday, October 24, 2009.
The conference is for young people from the Somali community with a focus on education, and will involve discussions about their experiences of education in Australia. The program will also include a panel of young Somali Australians voicing their concerns and discussing their experiences of identity, education, and growing up in Melbourne, Australia today. The conference will encourage a broader community discussion, with members from across the generations, on issues of intergenerational differences and about being Somali Australian.
The conference is open to the wider public.
For further information and to RSVP for this event, visit the LaRRC Annual Somali Conference webpage.
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New Research Study Underway – with scholarship and employment opportunities
LARRC have recently embarked on a new research project titled Home Lands.The study is an ARC Linkage Grant being carried out in collaboration with the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY), the City of Melbourne, The Cultural Development Network, two other community and industry partners, and the Association for Progressive Communications, Australia.
For further information on this project visit the Home Lands Project page, and follow these links for information on the scholarship or employment opportunities.
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Recent RHRC Newsletters
- LaRRC Newsletter, July 2009, Issue 10 (pdf - 654 KB)
- LaRRC Newsletter, October 2009, Issue 11 (pdf - 1 MB)
- RHRC Newsletter, September 2008, Issue 9 (pdf - 140 KB)
- RHRC Newsletter, June 2008, Issue 8 (pdf - 473 KB)
- RHRC Newsletter, March 2008, Issue 7 (pdf - 422 KB)
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New Reports
- LaRRC (2009) 'Between belonging and discrimination: The experiences of African Australians from refugee backgrounds' (submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission on African Australians), Melbourne: La Trobe Refugee Research Centre. (pdf - 1 MB)
- McMichael, C. (2008) 'Promoting sexual health amongst resettled youth with refugee backgrounds'. Melbourne: Refugee Health Research Centre. (pdf - 1 MB)
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New Journal Articles
Sampson, R. and Gifford, S. (forthcoming) 'Place-making, settlement and wellbeing: The therapeutic landscapes of recently arrived youth with refugee backgrounds', Health & Place. Accepted for publication 9 September 2009.
McMichael, C. & Gifford, S.M. (2009) '"It is Good to Know Now…Before it’s Too Late": Promoting Sexual Health Literacy Amongst Resettled Young People With Refugee Backgrounds', Sexuality and Culture. Published online DOI 10.1007/s12119-009-9055-0 (http://www.springerlink.com/content/1936-4822)
Correa-Velez, I., Johnston, V., Kirk, J. and Ferdinand, A. (2008) 'Community-based asylum seekers' use of primary care services in Melbourne', Medical Journal of Australia, 188(6): 344-348.
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