Clare Burton Memorial Lectures 2008
In 2008 the tenth series of Clare Burton Memorial Lectures will
be held around Australia. The lectures commemorate Dr Clare
Burton, who passed away suddenly in August 1998. Clare was a
leading researcher, public sector administrator, academic,
consultant, and writer on employment equity.
The lectures are hosted by ATN WEXDEV, an executive development
program for women in the five universities of the Australian
Technology Network: Curtin University of Technology, Queensland
University of Technology, Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology, University of South Australia and University of
Technology, Sydney. A lecture will also be held in Canberra
under the joint sponsorship of the Australian National
University and the University of Canberra. The lectures take
place with the assistance of a number of significant public
sector partners, including the Federal Minister for the Status
of Women, the South Australian
Minister for the Status of Women, the Western Australian
Government Department for Communities, and the New South Wales
Government Office for Women's Policy.
The 2008 Clare Burton lecturer is Professor Daniela Stehlik is the Foundation Chair in Stronger Communities and is the inaugural Director of the Alcoa Research Centre for Stronger Communities at Curtin University of Technology.
The lecture is entitled:
Australian women: still flourishing in a changing environment
Women constantly respond to complexity and rural women have a particular set of challenges due to climate variability and pressures for adaptation. The ways in which these women both experience and respond to the resulting community fragmentation, now an issue of global significance, is important for all of us.
To celebrate the tenth lecture in the Clare Burton Memorial Lecture Series, and in recognition of the passionate aims of Clare Burton for a more just and equal society, this lecture reflects on a decade of significant change in Australia and proposes that this can be considered a positive catalyst for women. The lecture will consider the question ‘How can the experiences of Australian women, particularly from rural and regional Australia, contribute to a deeper understanding of the challenges ahead for Australia’s environment?’
Professor Daniela Stehlik holds the Foundation Chair in Stronger Communities and is the inaugural Director of the Alcoa Research Centre for Stronger Communities at Curtin University of Technology. Over the past twenty years her research has explored the intersections of resiliency, human service practice, and social cohesion focussing on families and communities in regional and rural Australia. Daniela’s research has focussed on the generative capacity of women's energy and enthusiasm as practitioners, volunteers, and community members as an important component of community resiliency. She is currently co-leading a five year international program of conservation and sustainability research being undertaken on the south coast of Western Australia. Daniela’s contribution to this program is a specific interest in the impacts of intergenerational change on peri-urban pressures and land use change. In April 2008 Daniela had the privilege of being a member of the 2020 Summit’s Community, Family and Social Inclusion Stream.
Dates and Venues, 2008
PERTH
Friday 29 August 2008 from 12.00 to 2.00 pm
Hyatt Regency Perth, 99 Adelaide Terrace Perth
Hosted by Curtin University
Contact
Heather Campbell on 08 9266 4140
MELBOURNE
Monday 1 September 2008 from 5.30 to 7.30 pm
Storey Hall, Building 16, 342 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Hosted by RMIT University
Contact Amy Love on 03
99254210
SYDNEY
Tuesday 2 September 2008 from 5.30 to 7.30 pm
The Chancellery, Level 4,
UTS Tower Building 1, Broadway
Hosted by the University of Technology Sydney
Contact Joanna
Leonard on 02 95141274
BRISBANE
Wednesday 3 September 2008 from 5.30 to 7.30 pm
Gibson Room, Level 10, Z Block,
Gardens Point Campus
Hosted by the Queensland University of Technology
Contact Kym Mayers on
07 31384031
CANBERRA
Thursday 4 September 5:30pm
Council Room, Building 1, Level D,
University
of Canberra
Hosted by the University of Canberra and Australian National
University
Contact: Debra
Hippisley on (02) 6201 5064
ADELAIDE
Friday 12 September 2008 from 12.00 to 2.00 pm
Bradley Forum, Level 5,
Hawke Building, City West Campus, 55 North Terrace Adelaide
Hosted by the University of South Australia
Contact Lynette
Browning on 08 83021729