Program

Schedule of the events

Check out the various programs that are incorporated into our event and how all these programs benefit men’s health. The agenda for the event include;

Keynote Speech

• Freedom: What does it mean to act as a strong and healthy black man? – Associate Professor Gregory Phillips, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute

Men’s health promotion Session

• MATES in Construction: A suicide prevention and mental health wellness program within the building and construction industry – Michelle Caston, CEO South Australia, MATES in Construction
• ‘It’s all in the game’: Over 35s football, men and wellbeing – Dr Neil Hall, Lecturer, University of Western Sydney.
• Engaging with Men –The Men’s Shed experience – Gary Green, Community Engagement Manager, Australian Men’s Shed Association.

Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal men’s mental wellbeing Session

• Men’s health and mental wellbeing, healing, mindfulness and a sense of purpose – Devlin Chun
• Patterns of self-reported depression in young men: Implications for assessment & treatment – Anna Cavanagh, PhD Student, Clinical Psychology, University of Wollongong
• Aboriginal Men’s Depression Support Group – Stuart McMinn, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Liaison Worker, Interrelate and Bob Williams, Chair of Aboriginal Men’s Depression Support Group

National & State paper presentations

• The Brazilian and Australian men’s health policies: lessons from similarities and differences – Prof. John Macdonald, from Men’s Health Information and Resource Centre
• A documentary on masculinity and mental health – Jane Pirkis, from the University of Melbourne.
• Behind The Seen-Emergency Services Responders See What Others Don’t – Ross Beckley, Behind The Seen; Veronique Moseley, Behind The Seen.

The Royal Commission & responses to Aboriginal men

• The Royal Commission & responses to child sexual abuse: telling your story – David Wragge, Aboriginal engagement, Royal Commission
• Working with Indigenous male survivors of Institutional child sexual abuse – Dean Bell, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Engagement Advisor, Knowmore Legal Service
• Providing support to males affected by the work of the Royal Commission – Lisa Moloney, Manager, RCCBSS & Matt Stubbs, Head of Research &amDevelopment, Interrelate.

Papers

• Closing the Gap for men in domestic and family violence – Les Davison, South Coast Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation
• “Tackling violence” and mentoring in Aboriginal Communities – Nathan Blacklock, NRL Tackling Domestic Program.
• Responding to intimate partner violence and domestic and family violence – Glen Poole, Director, Helping Men UK.
• Men at work: a proactive approach to improving wellbeing – Glenn Baird, from OzHelp Foundation
• The challenge of success/ion: Generational change in an established male veterans’ health programme – Tony Hoare & Naomi Mulcahy, from the Department of Veteran Affairs

Workshop

• The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health: Ten to Men – First results and future directions facilitated by Prof Dallas English and Dianne Currier, from Melbourne University.
• The Dreaming Tree -A Path to Wellbeing Using Aboriginal Culture, Philosophy and Spirituality – Paul Callaghan, CEO, Callaghan Cultural Consultancy
• Addressing Aboriginal gambling workshop – Ashley Gordon, Indigenous Gambling Counsellor and Research Consultant
• The rise and development of peer support group work programs – Andrew King, Board member, Dads in Distress Support Services