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Rural Health Seminar Series Research Seminar | There’s a reason that Aboriginal people are the oldest surviving culture on this planet

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When:
17 February, 2022 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
2022-02-17T16:00:00+11:00
2022-02-17T17:00:00+11:00
Where:
This seminar will be streamed via Zoom
For further information please contact Leanne E: [email protected] P: 6621 1113
General

Aboriginal approaches to mitigating and adapting to climate change to reduce health and wellbeing impacts | Presented by Dr Veronica Matthews and Dr Jo Longman

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This presentation is based on a Discussion Paper written for the Lowitja Institute and launched at COP 26 in Glasgow, UK in November 2021 (https://www.lowitja.org.au/content/Image/Lowitja_ClimateChangeHealth_1021_D10.pdf) which explores the impact of climate change on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and highlights community-led mitigation and adaptation strategies.  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are on the front line of climate change impact compounding historical injustices and disrupting close connections to Country. In this presentation we will describe the formidable barriers communities continue to face in looking after Country and the present opportunity to learn from their leadership in climate change advocacy and action planning based on their intimate knowledge of Country that will ultimately benefit everyone.

 

Dr Veronica Matthews (Quandamooka community) co-leads the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledges theme of the Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) Network and co-leads the Centre for Research Excellence in Strengthening systems for InDigenous healthcare Equity (CRE-STRIDE). Her work centres on improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander holistic health care systems (including environmental health) through quality improvement, systems-thinking and community-based participatory research. 

 

Dr Jo Longman is a Senior Research Fellow based at the University Centre for Rural Health in Lismore, NSW (University of Sydney).  For the last four years she has worked intensively on a Community Recovery After Flood study exploring the experience of flooding and the mental health of the community following catastrophic flooding in the Northern Rivers in 2017.  She has recently led a project funded by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and the University of Sydney on the mental health impacts of climate change and developing adaptability and resilience in rural communities.  She was also part of the team who researched for and wrote the Discussion Paper for the Lowitja Institute on Climate change and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
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