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Keynote Speakers
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| Keynote speakers will address topics of relevance to early childhood, adolescence, families and communities, from education, health and wellbeing, and crime prevention perspectives.
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Dr Clyde Hertzman is Professor in the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology and Associate Director of the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research at the University of British Columbia. Nationally, he is a Fellow of both the Population Health Program and the Human Development Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR). He is also Director of the Program in Population Health. Through CIAR, he has played a central role in developing the conceptual framework for the "determinants of health" and elucidating the special role of early childhood development as a determinant of health. He has been instrumental in creating a new synthesis which links population health to human development. He has examined the relationship between health status, the quality of civic community, and ecological footprints on an international comparative basis. He has written a number of book chapters and was co-editor, with Daniel P Keating, of Developmental Health and the Wealth of Nations. |
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Prof Richard Catalano is
Professor and the Associate Director of the Social Development
Research Group at the University of Washington's School of Social
Work in Seattle, Washington. He received his bachelor's degree in
Sociology from the University of Wisconsin, and his masters and
Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Washington. For over 25
years, he has led research and program development to promote
positive youth development and prevent problem behaviour. His work
has focused on discovering risk and protective factors for positive
and problem behaviour, and designing and evaluating programs to
address these factors. He is a frequently published author and much
sought after consultant. |
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Prof Ross Homel is Foundation Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, and is also Deputy Director of the Australian Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance. He was from February 1994 to April 1999 a part-time Commissioner of the Queensland Criminal Justice Commission. He has a particular interest in the prevention of crime, substance abuse and injuries, and has designed, implemented or evaluated several large community-based crime prevention programs. |
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Dr Fred Mathews is a Community Psychologist and Director of Research and Program Development at Central Toronto Youth Services. He works as a consultant to federal, provincial, territorial, municipal and foreign governments, First Nations Bands, and to public and private sector agencies on a wide range of youth
issues. He has authored over 50 studies, journal articles, book chapters, and resource documents on topics such as youth gangs, violence in schools, youth violence and aggression, street youth, crime prevention, child abuse, and male victims. Dr. Mathews has received numerous awards for his contributions to crime and violence prevention, community development, psychology in education, and children’s mental health. He appears regularly in the local and national media and is a vocal advocate for the needs of 'at risk' youth. |
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Assoc Prof Glenda Mac Naughton is Associate Professor in the Department of Learning and Educational Development at the University of Melbourne. She has worked in the early childhood field for nearly 30 years. She is Director of the Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood. She has a passionate interest in social justice and equity issues in early childhood and has published widely nationally and internationally on these issues. Her two most recently published books explore approaches to rethinking gender in early childhood and to research in early childhood. She is currently researching how gender, class and race intersect and construct young children’s learning, early childhood staff’s beliefs
impact on parent involvement in early childhood services, and the factors that create and sustain critical reflection and pedagogical innovation in early childhood services. |
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Prof Graham Vimpani is head of the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Newcastle and head of community child health services within the Child and Youth Health Network in Newcastle. He has a background in community paediatrics and a longstanding interest in promoting child development through social justice and early intervention strategies that address the support needs of families with young children. His research interests have spanned childhood injury prevention, child protection, the impact of lead on child development, the evaluation of home visiting, health outcomes in adolescent boys and the links between socio-economic inequality and child health. |
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Prof Nick Tilley is Professor of Sociology at Nottingham Trent University, UK, Visiting Professor at the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science and Consultant to the British Home Office to work on evaluation of crime prevention. His main interest lies in the application of scientific theory and method to dealing with policy and practice questions, most particularly in relation to crime prevention. He has published or edited over 90 articles and texts and is co-author,
with Ray Pawson of Realistic Evaluation. |
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Mr John Menadue, AO, is
Chair of the South Australian Generational Health Review and brings
a wealth of experience from public and private sectors and recently
completed a review into the NSW health system. From 1960 to 1967 he
was Private Secretary to Gough Whitlam, Leader of the Opposition. He
then moved into the private sector for seven years as General
Manager, New Limited, Sydney. He was head of the Department of Prime
Minister and Cabinet from 1974 to 1976. He was Australian Ambassador
to Japan from 1976 to 1980, returning to Australia as Head of the
Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, then Head of the
Department of the Special Minister of State and then Head of the
Department of Trade. He was Chief Executive Officer of Qantas from
June 1986 to July 1989. He was a Director of Telstra from December
1994 to October 1996, a Director of NSW State Rail Authority from
1996 to 1999, and Chairman of the Australia Japan Foundation from
1991 to 1998. He is an adviser to several companies and Chair of the
Sydney West International College (University of Western Sydney) and
the Mick Young Scholarship Trust. He is a volunteer and fund-raiser
for the Matthew Talbot Hostel for Homeless Men. He was made an
Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1985 for public service.
In 1997, he received the Japanese Imperial Award, The Grand Cordon
of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (Kun-itto Zuiho-sho), the
highest honour awarded to foreigners who are not head of state. |
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