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" 
Recognising the value of Indigenous knowledge and the critical importance of cultural safety for Australia’s healthcare system are big issues highlighted at @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire by @WestRoianne croakey.org/back-to-the-fi…
See this Twitter report of the first @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire conference in Cairns on Yirrganydji/ Yidinji Country via fantastic pix from David Nardoo and tweets from those attending incl @LynoreGeia @MarniTuala @samanthaabarney @TamaraJPower @letitia_df croakey.org/calls-to-actio…
"Being in the nursing world, we are family...": @timsenior reported on @CATSINaM's #BackToTheFire event on Larrakia Country in Darwin, where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses & midwives celebrated their connections, strengths, leadership & work croakey.org/back-to-the-fi…
Karita McCarthy, a @CATSINaM board member & Waanyi and Tagalaka Nation woman who grew up in Darwin, talked about her pathway in nursing and the many barriers she had to address #BackToTheFire croakey.org/back-to-the-fi…
Throughout this series we have been lucky to be able to feature stunning pix from Dave Nardoo, including the Welcome to Country on Larrakia land from @RichardFejo with @WestRoianne @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire
"We have to implement trauma healing informed practice where we focus more on equity rather than equality. It’s okay to triage someone differently because of their all of the trauma." @HealingOurWay @Donna_Burns_THF #BackToTheFire @CATSINaM
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The @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire conference on Kaurna country in Adelaide focused on racism in health care, with important work/insights from Bwgcolman health leader @LynoreGeia and Ngarrindjeri woman, Keera Laccos-Barret - story from @timsenior croakey.org/back-to-the-fi…
#BackToTheFire in nipaluna/Hobart heard calls from @CATSINaM chair @MarniTuala for action on barriers to birth-on-country models of care and on workforce recruitment/retention - story from @nmackee2 croakey.org/back-to-the-fi…
Truth-telling was a big focus of @CATSINaM's #BackToTheFire event in Naarm/Melbourne, hearing from @SueAnneHunter and @LowitjaInstitut's @JanineMilera - as @lindadoherty21 reported croakey.org/back-to-the-fi…
“We can care for babies that are born weighing less than a pound of butter, we can deal with all sorts of medical complexity but when it comes to social/ emotional complexity it’s put in the too-hard basket..." @cathchamber croakey.org/back-to-the-fi… @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire #Naarm
#BackToTheFire events are coming up this week - held online by @CATSINaM with the place-based focus on NSW, WA and ACT - tomorrow's event features @WestRoianne @Juan1taSherwood @LynoreGeia & @Mel19833508 from @WamindaSthCoast catsinam.org.au/conferences/ @CATSINaM
We'll be covering this week's @CATSINaM #BackToTheFire conference events - live tweeting here from 9am Monday AEDT - bookmark this link for all our stories by @timsenior @nmackee2 @lindadoherty21 @mariemcinerney, edited by @TessRyan1 croakey.org/category/croak…
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