[Commpsych] FW: Refugee related items of interest - Public Lecture Oct 18, RAS Call for papers & article on the Drum

[Heather Gridley]

FYI - Reminder about a couple of items of interest...

R G Myers Memorial Lecture 2011 (invite attached)
The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Victoria) and Monash University have pleasure in inviting you to attend:
Seeking Asylum in Australia - Mental Health, Human Rights and Immigration Law presented by Professor Louise Newman
Director, Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology,
Monash University, Melbourne
Tuesday, 18 October at 6.00 pm
Monash University Law Chambers
555 Lonsdale St., Melbourne

And

Researchers for Asylum Seekers – Call for papers...
Abstract submissions are invited for the Annual Researchers for Asylum Seekers (RAS) Postgraduate Conference to be held at the University of Melbourne on Tuesday, 15th November, 2011.

The conference is designed for postgraduate students from Australia and New Zealand to interact and share their current research/work among peers in a friendly and stimulating environment.

The theme for this year's conference - "Detention, Debates and the Dilemmas of  Australia's Asylum Policies" - is intended to accommodate postgraduate researchers - past and present - as well as practitioners and policy makers/advisors working in this area.  Abstracts addressing any broad  interpretation of the topic from any disciplinary background are welcome.

Abstract submissions of 200 - 300 words for papers of 20 minutes duration are requested before 30th October, 2011.

Please send your submissions and a brief biography to dhanji.surjeet at gmail.com<mailto:dhanji.surjeet at gmail.com>


And finally....
Article by Amanda Gordon on the Drum on the need to meet basic mental health care standards in detention....
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2878210.html

Regards,
Emma

Emma Sampson | Public Interest
The Australian Psychological Society Limited
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