I presented on our project seeking to improve services for vulnerable people who are at risk of recidivism. The questions from the audience were interesting, from specifics about our methods, to how we can encourage conservative organisations to go through the cultural change required to adopt our recommendations.⠀
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This billboard meant to incite racism and division is featured in the Inner West of Sydney.
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Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land. I attended the Invasion Day 2018 protest. Check my Twitter for discussion of the speakers earlier in the day, at The Block, Redfern. This was prior to our march to the Yabun Festival. Some highlights include the following comments from speakers.
Our fieldwork was so much fun! Our partner organisation was phenomenal in recruiting a range of participants across the education sector. Almost too efficient – the first day we interviewed 12 people (over half our sample) and my wrists and eyes nearly fell off from notetaking! We studied how peer networks can help or hinder education to work experiences. We also discussed the types of support and encouragement available to students and at work and school. Continue reading Education interviews
A challenging day that ended well. My day started with an executive meeting where we presented a case to save one project from political inertia (stakeholder relations outside my domain – but we did it!).
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In the month of August, people who are homeless occupied one of Sydney’s most famous sites, Martin Square, to protest lack of secure, affordable housing.
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I filmed an interview on race and dating. Thoughtful discussion of sexual racism, meaningful relationships, how to address structural and unconscious bias in Australia, and much more.
Continue reading “Race and Dating”In June 2013, I wrote about Norrie, a transgender woman from New South Wales (pictured above), who had successfully petitioned The New South Wales Court of Appeal to be given the right not to list her gender as either male or female. Predictably, this New South Wales decision had been appealed and it went to the High Court. This morning, they ruled that New South Wales law can indeed recognise non-specific genders other than male or female. See the legal document below. High Court ruling: NSW Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages v Norrie Photo and news: SBS News. Continue reading High Court Recognises Third Gender Category
I’ve been doing a visual sociology of the Western Suburbs of Melbourne via Instagram, which is why I loved this story from early November. The Western Sydney suburb of Granville had been hosting a bus tour highlighting the cultural diversity of Sydney’s architecture.
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The New South Wales Court of Appeal ruled that people do not have to be officially registered as male or female, after Sydney activist ‘Norrie’ (below) contested this law. The judges panel ruled “as a matter of construction … the word sex does not bear a binary meaning of ‘male’ or ‘female.’” This means that transgender, intersex and other queer-identified Australians are no longer forced to fit themselves into a narrow gender binary.
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