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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><o:p><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Just drawing your attention to some CP highlights of the upcoming APS COnference in Hobart, September 23rd-27th. In particular there are two workshops that should attract Community Psychology PD points (this information doesn't appear to be listed on the website). The conference will also feature the launch of the newly formed Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association, under the auspice of APS. So do come to Hobart and join the celebrations! <A href="http://www.apsconference.com.au/">http://www.apsconference.com.au/</A></FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG><FONT size=2><FONT face=Verdana>Saturday 27<SUP>th</SUP> September<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Full-day - Uzzell, D. Environmental Attitudes and Actions in Context</FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT face=Verdana size=2>David Uzell is the featured keynote speaker at the conference, and the author of the lead article in the current issue of InPsych that has been devoted to Climate Change issues. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face=Verdana size=2>This workshop will provide a review of research methodologies and findings on environmental behaviour change, including social marketing techniques, identity theory and social norms. There will be interactive sessions to collect data from workshop participants on their perceptions of environmental issues, followed by analyses of this material using co-orientation analysis, discourse analysis, and Boal's conflict resolution techniques to understand socially situated environmental attitudes and practices. The workshop will especially interest psychology researchers; psychologists working in policy settings (e.g. national, federal and local government); psychologists working on behaviour change programmes; and doctoral students especially from environmental, social and political psychology.</FONT> </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG><FONT size=2><FONT face=Verdana>Half-day - <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Smith, M. Personal, professional and political: Personal experiences in the context of research, professional development and community psychology practice</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P></o:p></SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><o:p><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT color=#ff0000>Meg is well known to community psychologists in Australia and New Zealand.</FONT> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><o:p><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT size=3><FONT size=2>Personal experience as a basis for the development of research questions and data for research has previously been viewed with some suspicion in psychological research. Social action movements by people with disabilities, women and indigenous communities have pushed the research agenda to encompass the lived experience of their constituencies. Research projects with such communities now demand that the voices of the participants be heard and that the researcher has some personal empathy with the research questions. This workshop will explore the issues faced by researchers and practitioners who have a lived experience of a particular issue and have incorporated this knowledge into research and community practice. Life experiences such as personal experience of child abuse or mental illness or disability or institutionalisation can bring unique and innovative insights into the needs of community groups facing similar issues. Some examples of positive inclusion and respectful recognition of personal experience will be explored in this workshop.</FONT></FONT></FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><FONT color=#ff0000>Highlights of the APS Conference program for Community Psychologists<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Tuesday 23<SUP>rd</SUP> September<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><U>Keynote Speaker</U>: David Uzzell<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The challenge of climate change; the challenge for psychology</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><o:p></o:p></SPAN><SPAN><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><SPAN><U><STRONG>Environment Individual Papers</STRONG></U> Reser, J., </SPAN><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Rathzel</SPAN>, N, Bagot, K., Burke, S.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><STRONG><U>Climate Change Forum</U> </STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Reser, J., B. Pittock, B. Raphael<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> & D. Uzell - </SPAN>How crucial is psychology in addressing the challenges of climate change?</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Wednesday 24<SUP>th</SUP> September</FONT></FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-AU><o:p><FONT face=Verdana size=2> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-outline-level: 2"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><B><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><U>Symposium </U>- </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Gridley, H. (Convenor)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US">Psychologists’ social responsibility: responding as researchers, practitioners and citizens to refugees and asylum-seekers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN lang=EN-AU>(CCOM) Consumer Issues<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Individual Papers - </SPAN></SPAN></U></B><SPAN lang=EN-AU>D. Rickwood, G.Rose</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Thursday 26<SUP>th</SUP> September<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><B><U><SPAN lang=EN-AU>CCOM) Psychology and Women Symposium </SPAN></U></B><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Gridley, H. (Convenor)<B><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Leading change at the margins: doing feminist research with social justice in mind<U><o:p></o:p></U></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 104.75pt"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><B><U><SPAN lang=EN-AU>CCOM</SPAN></U></B></st1:PlaceName><B><U><SPAN lang=EN-AU> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Community College</st1:PlaceType></SPAN></U></B></st1:place><B><U><SPAN lang=EN-AU> Individual Papers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Zinkiewicz, L.; Tutchener, C.; O’Grady, L.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><U><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Friday 26<SUP>th</SUP> September <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></U></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN lang=EN-AU>(CCOM) Community College Symposium - </SPAN></U></B><SPAN lang=EN-AU>Khawaja, N.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-AU></SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Refugees: their journey from stress to growth</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 104.75pt"><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><B><U><SPAN lang=EN-AU>CCOM Community College Individual Papers </SPAN></U></B><SPAN lang=EN-AU>Refugee issues</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Saturday 27<SUP>th</SUP> September<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Full-day - Uzzell, D. Environmental Attitudes and Actions in Context<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-AU><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Half-day - <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Smith, M. Personal, professional and political: Personal experiences in the context of research, professional development and community psychology practice</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Heather Gridley <BR>School of Psychology <BR>Footscray Park Campus <BR>Victoria University <BR>PO Box 14428 <BR>Melbourne <BR>VIC 8001 <BR>Australia </FONT>
<DIV>TEL +61 3 9919 5224 <BR>FAX +61 3 9919 4324 <BR>MOBILE: 0419 113 731
<DIV>Email: heather.gridley@vu.edu.au</DIV></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>