Registrat ion

C l ose Date:
SATURDAY 30 APRIL 2016
FITZYS CONVENTION CENTRE LOGAN

REGISTRATIONS WILL OPEN AT 8.00AM FOR A 8.45AM START.

THE EVENT WILL FINISH AT 5.00PM

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The Inclusion and Professional Support

Program is funded by the Australian
Government Department of Education and Training.

Proudly funded and

supported by the
Queensland Government

SUNDA
17 APR Y
IL
2016

KEYNOTE
STAN GRANT WE CAN DO BETTER AUSTRALIA
Stan Grant is the author of Talking to My Country a story
not just about race, or indigenous people but all of us and
our shared identity. Stan does not have all the answers and
he wants people to keep on asking, how can we be better?
this is what Rainbow Neighbourhood is all about. Stan
will share with us his insights on the question of Australia
as a multicultural safe haven of equal opportunity and the
prevalence of racism.
CONVERSATION AND CUPPA

Provocation: Questioner: How are we to

treat others? Ramana Maharshi: there
are no others Discuss
Felicity McArdle will host our Conversation and Cuppa
discussion. Our discussion contributors are Dr Red Ruby
Scarlet, Dr Prasanna Srinivasan, Stephen Gallen, Valmae
Rose and YOU, the audience. This conversation process is
a tried and true strategy that supports the public building
of knowledge and thinking. Audience members as well as
panellists will, together, build knowledge and thinking about
inclusion...give some thought to the provocation in preparation
for the day.

ABOUT THE EVENT

THINKING MORE DEEPLY

Who are our families and clients

and what are their stories?
Rainbow Neighbourhood is all about
building knowledge and understanding of the
wonderfully diverse people who make up our
society.

WHERE TO FROM HERE

It is about asking questions, hearing stories

and considering how we might work better
together. We invite you to join us at Rainbow
Neighbourhood to explore how you may
become a facilitator of connections, a builder of
relationships and an agent of change working
together for an inclusive society where everyone
feels welcome and appreciated.
THIS DAY IS SUITABLE FOR ANYONE WORKING
WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN CHILDRENS
SERVICES, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HEALTH
SERVICES, OR WITH AN INTEREST IN INCLUSION
MORE GENERALLY

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This will be a thought provoking and
challenging event. Anyone interested
in thinking deeply and working towards
a more inclusive society is encouraged
to attend.

The afternoon will include the opportunity to move into smaller

groups to discuss, consider and explore inclusion from a range
of perspectives. Special guests will share their stories and lead
deeper reflection.

We will end our day with an Open Space conversation

hosted by Valmae Rose. This session will allow us to engage
more deeply and creatively about the issues that we have
explored during the day. The agenda for the discussions in
these groups will be set by the participants.

Registrat i
C l ose Dateon
:
SUND
A
17 AP Y
RIL
2016

GET STARTED ON YOUR

THINKINGGOOGLE THESE
TALKING TO MY COUNTRY
by Stan Grant
WHAT IF? SHORT STORIES TO SPARK
DIVERSITY DIALOGUE
by Steve Long-Nguyen Robbins
The ANTI-BIAS APPROACH IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD 3rd Edition edited by
Dr Red Ruby Scarlet,

SPEAKERS BIOS
STAN GRANT

STEPHEN GALLEN

In July 2015 Stan Grant, presenter and

International Editor of Sky News in Australia
wrote a piece for the Guardian Australia
condemning the booing of Adam Goodes, an
Indigenous man, Australian of the Year and
Australian rules footballer. Grant wrote: to
Adams ears, the ears of so many Indigenous
people, these boos are a howl of humiliation.
A howl that echoes across two centuries
of invasion, dispossession and suffering.
The article electrified debate about our
countrys treatment of its Indigenous people.
The reaction encouraged Stan, the son of
a Wiradjuri man and Kamilaroi woman, to
change his career path and he now finds
himself focussing on sharing his own story;
the Indigenous Australian story. Stan later
became the Indigenous Affairs Editor of
Guardian Australia and Managing Director
of National Indigenous Television. He is also
considering a career in politics.

Stephen Gallen has nearly 25 years

experience in the early childhood field,
across all service types, but with a focus in
long day care. He has also been delivering
professional development in the field for over
a decade. He was a founding member of
the QUT Student Guild Kelvin Grove Centre
(School St), and has been working with
emergent curriculum and related perspectives
for many years. He is interested in how
childcare professionals and children find
meaning in their work together.

DR FELICITY MCARDLE
Dr Felicity McArdle is Associate Professor at
Charles Sturt University, Faculty of Education,
as well as Adjunct A/Professor at QUT,
School of Early Childhood. She is proud
to have been a teacher for many years,
and has taught young children in before
school settings, children in the early years of
Primary schooling, children in their final year
of Primary schooling, university undergrad
and postgrad students. She also supervises
scholars to completion with Masters and PhD
degrees.
DR RED RUBY SCARLET
Dr Red Ruby Scarlet has worked in early
childhood for over 25 years. She is an
artist, an academic and an activist. She has
consulted on and developed early childhood
policy, practice and curriculum internationally,
and has published widely. Her unique place
in the field as a creative, teacher-researcher
and leader enables her to bring together all
of the influencing dimensions that shape early
childhood. She is the Creative Director of
MultiVerse - an education, inclusion and arts
consultancy.

PHONE 1800

VALMAE ROSE
Valmae Rose started her career as an
Occupational Therapist but is also a
participatory process practitioner, and
accredited facilitator of ABCD. Highlights
of her work in recent years has been the
engagement of 1500 people around the
Blue Skies Vision for an Inclusive Community,
coordinating the delivery of numerous statewide sector development and policy change
implementation initiatives, and contributing
to a more collaborative culture within the
community service sector. Valmae spent
several years managing National Disability
Services Qld and is currently working at
the Queensland Council of Social Services
continuing to influence public policy around
poverty and disadvantage.
DR PRASANNA SRINIVASAN
Dr Prasanna Srinivasan is currently working
as a lecturer in the education faculty at
Monash University. Her teaching and
research interests include surfacing the
complexities of engaging with juxtaposed
discourses of multiculturalism and nationalism
in educational settings using critical race
and postcolonial theories. In the past she
has been working as a Research Fellow at
the Equity and Childhood Program, Youth
Research Centre, MGSE, The University of
Melbourne. She has extensive experience in
critical research that inquires the interactions
between cultures, languages and power in
current socio-political settings. She specifically
inquires the ideological colonization of
subjective identities, and its role on identity
performances.

112 585

info@workforce.org.au
www.workforce.org.au

The Inclusion and Professional Support

Program is funded by the Australian
Government Department of Education and Training.

Proudly funded and

supported by the
Queensland Government

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Presenters: Stan Grant, Felicity McArdle, Dr Red Ruby Scarlet, Stephen Gallen, Valmae Rose & Dr Prasanna Srinivasan
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