Join us as we showcase the knowledge of our INDIGENOUS POSTGRADUATE
STUDENTS.ABOUT THE EVENT:
The _Mana Yura __POSTGRADUATE Symposium: Indigenous Knowledges_ aims
to highlight the current work of some of The University of Sydney's
INDIGENOUS POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS ACROSS A RANGE OF disciplines
including literature, health, science + social work.
This Symposium will include discussions about the importance of
including Indigenous Knowledges in the academy; the innovations to
ways of thinking, being and doing that Indigenous Knowledges offer;
and the ways that Indigenous Knowledges reflect the strengths of the
communities they are based in.
There will be four 20 minute presentations + 10 minutes for questions
following each presentation.
We look forward to seeing you there.
MEET OUR PRESENTERS:
Mykaela Saunders
Topic: _Koori-Futurism: Envisioning the sovereignty of
Minjungbal-Nganduwal country, community, and culture through
speculative fiction_
Bio: Mykaela Saunders is a Koori and Lebanese writer who belongs to
the Minjungbal-Nganduwal community in Tweed Heads. She's currently
undertaking a Doctor of Arts degree in the creative writing program at
the University of Sydney, where she also lectures in Indigenous
Studies.
Mareese Terare
Topic: _Decolonising Social Work practice by incorporating First
Nations Peoples’ Epistemology, Ontology and Axiology_
Bio: Mareese is a Bundjalung & Goenpul Woman, Academic and PhD
research student with the School of Education & Social Work. She is
also a part of the Wingara Mura Leadership Program for early career
academics. Mareese specialises in Aboriginal healing frameworks and
practices, interpersonal trauma, counselling, social justice as well
as children’s and human rights. Her research aims to explore how
Aboriginal family violence workers bring Aboriginal healing frameworks
into their work practices and find ways to redefine and enhance
culturally safe service delivery to First Nations Peoples and their
communities
Mandy Henningham
Topic: _The long term psychosocial implications of surgical
interventions on intersex infants: A retrospective study._
Mandy Henningham is a Dharumbal women and PhD research student with
the Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre at the University of Sydney
where she is working on her own qualitative research project looking
at the long term psychological effects of non-consensual surgical
intervention during infancy or childhood on individuals with intersex
variations. She also leads and assists with other projects at the
WSSHC in the Medical School while teaching in both the health science
and medical faculties at the university and enjoys mentoring students
and tutoring undergraduate students in the ITAS program.
Tom Gillard
Topic:_ Venereal pathogens of honey bees: first thorough survey
of Apis mellifera infectious reproductive diseases_
Bio: Tom is an Aniwan man, Veterinary graduate and current PhD
student with the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. Tom’s
research focuses on reproductive technologies and pathogens in honey
bees. He is particularly interested in testing the artificial
insemination techniques routinely used in queen artificial
insemination programs, and investigating means for improving of these
techniques.
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