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Hearing at @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire the powerful presentation by @LynoreGeia at the first conference event on Yirrganydji and Yidinji Country in Cairns - was played also on previous days this week but tweeting again ICYMI 
She urges deep listening for what's been happening in Australia, of the movement for Black voices that are arising, and white voices that are standing with Black voices. Listen to "the heart of the Black nation that is crying out for justice". #BackToTheFire
. @LynoreGeia writes: Today, Australia finds itself in a shifting tide of social change, where the voices for better & safer health care ring out loud. Voices for justice, equity & equality reverberate across our cities, streets, homes &institutions of learning. #BackToTheFire
Final event of the 2021 @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire series set to begin - @mariemcinerney will be live-tweeting through the day and working on more stories to follow these from across the country croakey.org/category/croak…
As we open, @WestRoianne (Kalkadoon and Djunke People, working on Country), acknowledges the Ngunnawal Ngambri people on whose lands #BackToTheFire is focused today.
We're watching a video of Ngunnawal Elder Aunty Matilda House, who presented a blessing and coolamon to @CATSINaM ahead of #BackToTheFire - you can watch the video here catsinam.org.au
Afternoon session now kicking off for @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire WA event - we will be hearing first from Assoc Prof Beverley Ewens (Associate Dean Undergraduate in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at @EdithCowanUni), and then Dr Amanda Graf and Aggie Caracciolo
Hearing (recorded) presentation from Assoc Prof Beverley Ewens #BackToTheFire
Diverse membership of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Inclusivity Committee: Ewens #BackToTheFire
Western Australia's @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire event is now set to begin - we'll be livetweeting the conversations and reporting later.
#BackToTheFire discussions being led by @WestRoianne of the Kalkadoon Djkunde Peoples joining from Country in north west Queensland
#BackToTheFire Welcome to Country on behalf of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation from Aunty Jane Jones, a @CATSINaM Founding Member, Hall of Fame Award winner, founding member of the Elders Circle catsinam.org.au/elders-circle/
Coming up in this afternoon's session at @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire online event on Gadigal land: @WestRoianne @LynoreGeia @LeeonaWest
Were roundabouts not pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals - recognition of Indigenous knowledge was just not there in nursing/midwifery disciplines, says @WestRoianne #BackToTheFire
We don't say we want more Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander nurses/midwives to replace AHWs - "My mother would give me a clip over the ear if I did!". It's about dealing with ambiguity." #BackToTheFire @WestRoianne highlights this important paper pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24997119/
Back for the next session at @CATSINaM's #BackToTheFire conference event on Gadigal country - up first is Wiradjuri researcher/academic Professor Juanita Sherwood @CharlesSturtUni on:
Researching us back to life: decolonising our ways back to good health and wellbeing
Researching us back to life: decolonising our ways back to good health and wellbeing
#BackToTheFire: @WestRoianne welcomes Professor Juanita Sherwood, "close friend, colleague, mentor, warrior" - a nurse, teacher, lecturer, researcher, began in the 1980s at St Vincent's Hospital during the HIV/AIDS crisis
Professor Sherwood says she was at 2002 @CATSINaM meeting that was addressed on Cultural Safety by Maori nurse Dr Irihapeti Ramsden - "decolonisation been a part of everything I've done from that time on"
We're live tweeting today from @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire conference on Gadigal land in New South Wales: here's the link to all our stories to date croakey.org/category/croak…
Participants are logging in to join @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire conference, with @WestRoianne set to deliver keynotes in the opening sessions.
Welcome to Country at @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire from Rowena Welsh, Gumbayngirr & Dharawhal woman, on behalf of Metro Land Council of Sydney, on Gadigan lands
We're reporting this week from the @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire conferences from NSW, WA & the ACT: @mariemcinerney will be live tweeting on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday with stories to come: see our reports so far from the conference series cc @TessRyan1 croakey.org/category/croak…
The @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire series kicked off in April in Cairns on Yirrganydji and Yidinji Country: @Juan1taSherwood spoke on the "strong, political" work of the Muliyan consortium, to decolonise health croakey.org/back-to-the-fi…
The @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire artwork is by Cairns artist Susan Reys, a descendant of the Badtjala people of Fraser Island and a Dharrpa Warra woman. It "encapsulates the forever vibrant rebirthing energy of fire and the living spirit of Indigenous peoples"
