Stories and Profiles from Melbourne Social Equity Institute
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‘the little things’: Snapshots of Day-to-Day Wellbeing from Young People from Migrant Backgrounds in Rural Victoria
Young people from recent refugee and migrant backgrounds have been using photography to share their knowledge about day-to-day wellbeing with communities in regional and rural Victoria, as part of research with Melbourne Social Equity Institute PhD candidate Meg Lee.
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Virtual Reality is Helping Olkola Traditional Owners Get Back on Country
Olkola Traditional Owners are working with researchers to use digital technologies to see how story interweaves with Country.
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Bendigo Street and Occupation as Protest
The Bendigo Street occupation shows that housing activists and local governments can better work together to pursue housing justice.
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Eradicating Modern Slavery in Australia
Alongside its review of the ‘Modern Slavery Act’, the Government must also address the risks of forced labour that are inherent in our visa system.
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Philanthropic Partnerships Supporting Housing
Housing insecurity disproportionately impacts women and other gender identity minorities.
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Data Protection is a Mental Health Issue for Young People
Australia’s leading use of digital technologies in youth mental health services could help inform Australia’s Privacy Act review, with lessons for mental health services along the way.
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COVID-19’s Negative Impact on Refugees’ Employment Prospects
While lockdown measures remain our best strategy to manage the COVID-19 spread as vaccination rates increase, the resulting psychological distress and economic damage cannot be ignored. For refugees and people seeking asylum, the impact is disproportionately felt, and the challenges profound.
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Protecting Older Australian Women from Homelessness
Older women are the fastest growing group of people experiencing homelessness in Australia, and crucial to change is providing greater access to social and affordable housing
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Food for Thought
University students going hungry in Australia was a persistent problem before COVID-19, now it’s time we use the crisis to come up with sustainable solutions for our campuses.
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How Could Mental Health Peer Support Workers Improve Emergency Departments?
New research suggests that people in mental distress seeking help at an Emergency Department would benefit from peer-support workers who understand their experience.
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Ending the Exploitation of Refugee and Migrant Workers
Getting work is the most important step to successful settlement in a new country, says lawyer Catherine Hemingway, but for people who have recently arrived in Australia it can also be the start of a lot of new problems.
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A Community Acting Against Family Violence
One Aboriginal community has co-designed an online family violence resource for their own people, prioritising the voices of Australia’s First Nations populations in positive change
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COVID-19 Blog Series
Researchers whose work we support consider their work in the light of responses to COVID-19.
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Understanding Diaspora Peacebuilding
Achieving lasting peace takes more than just the absence of war, says Denise Cauchi, and diaspora communities can make significant contributions toward it.
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Increasing Participant Voice in Creative Arts Therapy
The advent of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has increased the expectations of people with disability to have choice and control over the services they access and use. People with intellectual disability, however, are often excluded from and disenfranchised in planning and funding processes.
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Making Music Accessible for Young People with Disability
Mel Murphy saw the benefits of music for both young people and adults in her years as a music therapist. She had been thinking about doctoral study for a long time when she began her PhD.
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Just Justice Through Supporting Fitness to Plead
Accessing justice on an equal basis is a major issue for many people with disabilities.
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No Safe Place to Stay
As house prices increase in cities like Melbourne, it’s women most at risk of family violence who face potential homelessness.
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Trauma Informed Practice in Education
A new resource to support trauma informed practice in education has been published by Rebecca Harris, a Melbourne Social Equity Institute Community Fellow from Carlton Primary School.
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Choice, Control and the NDIS
Dave Peters was part of the research team for Choice, Control and the NDIS, a community-engaged research project funded by the Melbourne Social Equity Institute.
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Children Speak Out on Family Violence
Young people who have experienced family violence have a lot to tell us, says Dr Katie Lamb, but too often there’s nobody listening.
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How Can Retailers Improve Access and Outcomes for Consumers with Cognitive Disabilities?
Improving access and support for everyone requires change across the community.
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Making Information Accessible – For Everyone
Essential but often complex services like banks, utilities and phones need to be accessible for all, including those with cognitive disabilities. Here’s how you do it.
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Developing New Research Partnerships to Support Adult Learners from Refugee and Migrant backgrounds
Community Fellow Hayley Black and Dr Julie Choi from the Melbourne Graduate School of Education are developing new methods for teachers and graduate educators, which they are keen to share and expand with both of their professions.
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What Is Social Equity?
A blog post by Professor Bernadette McSherry, Foundation Director of the Melbourne Social Equity Institute
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Circus as a Tool for Social Change
“For people who have found that they don’t always have agency over their bodies – people across the gender spectrum – circus can be a really lovely space for them to learn how to reclaim it, surrounded by positive people and support.”
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Diversity in Decision-Making
Co-designing informed choice under the National Disability Insurance Scheme
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Men Speak out on Migration and Gender Roles
Dalal Smiley and Mohajer Hameed share their research experiences with engaging men to speak out on migration, gender roles, post-settlement adjustments and family violence.
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Can the NDIS Deliver?
As the signature National Disability Insurance Scheme rolls out nationally, a research project questions its ability to address systemic inequality.
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Coercion in Mental Health Care: Finding a New Way
Secluding, physically restraining or overmedicating people experiencing mental health crises still happens, but countries around the world are trialling successful alternatives.
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Religion, Not Race, Driving Fear of Asylum Seekers: Survey
Anti-Muslim sentiment is even more important than racial prejudice when it comes to perpetuating negative attitudes about asylum seekers, new research has found.