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Dear colleagues and fellow supporters of refugees and asylum-seekers</div>
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This webinar next week is being hosted by the Australian Psychological Society's interest group on Psychology and Cultures, but is open to anyone interested. The registration fee for non-APS members is $20.</div>
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<b>From:</b> Nigar Khawaja via PsyCommunity <Mail@psycommunity.org.au><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 8, 2025 10:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> hmgridley50@outlook.com <hmgridley50@outlook.com><br>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Dear Heather,</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">RE: the Upcoming webinar </p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;" class="elementToProof">Many thanks to the colleagues who have already registered. This is a gentle reminder to those who may be interested. Please forward the email to any others who may be interested. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><u>The role of digital technologies in migrant and refugee settlement and wellbeing (25497) </u></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><u>17 September 6.30 pm (eastern time).</u></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><u>Overview:</u></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">The Psychology and Cultures Interest group invites you to a 90- minute webinar on 17 September 2025 at 6.30pm AEST. The webinar will showcase 4 studies conducted in Australia, which highlight the merits as well
as the challenges of digital technologies as they intersect with migrants and refugees in a highly digitalised world.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b>Abstract:</b></span> Migrants and refugees are an integral part of Australia’s population. Many arrive with pre-migration stress and encounter post-migration stress
in the form of cultural shock, isolation, language barriers, communication challenges, unemployment, educational stress, and an adjustment to a very new system.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Digital technologies (platforms and media) have become an integral part of migrant and refugee settlement in Australia, and digital skills are an important indicator of their integration. Digital technologies
also facilitate belonging by providing migrant and refugees with vital sources of social contact, connection, and support. Migrant and refugees rely on social media to develop social networks in their resettlement country and maintain transnational relationships
with family and friends left behind. They use social networks to build social ties, bonds, and bridges, enhancing their levels of social capital and trust, which are strong facilitators and indicators of refugee integration. These social networks can offer
migrants and refugees social support, mitigate feelings of loneliness and isolation, and promote health and wellbeing.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Additionally, digital media production, such as digital storytelling, allows newly arrived, especially youth, to express their identities, assert ownership of their narratives, and engage in identity and resettlement
work. Considering the challenges faced by some emerging communities and the need to help them in effective way, the proposed presentations showcase how a range of digital technologies intersect with migrant and refugee settlement in an increasingly digitised
world.</p>
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<li>The first study unpacks the digital precarity that African women from the humanitarian diaspora experience due to their complete dependency on family members to navigate much-needed, critical transactions.</li><li>The second study counters the existent narrative that portrays Black Africans in Australia as being a ‘problem’. It presents how Black African youth use social media to challenge this populist discourse to showcase successful settlement. </li><li>The third study focuses on Chinese older migrants to unpack their digital wellbeing over the pandemic years. It raises awareness of the inequities with respect to literacy, social support that makes one think beyond just access to technology.</li><li>Finally, the fourth study highlights how the voices of the former refugee youth and their parents and teachers can be used to learn about factors that promote a sense of belonging in youth from refugee backgrounds</li></ul>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><u>Learning Outcomes:</u></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Upon completion of this event, participants would be able to:</p>
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<li>Become familiar with recent research conducted with migrants and refugees in Australia.</li><li>Understand how digital technologies can be used to enhance the wellbeing and integration of migrants and refugees.</li><li>Understand how digital technologies can also cause stress for migrants and refugees.</li></ul>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><u>Presenters:</u></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Dr. Aparna Hebbani, Dr. Claire Moran, Dr. Wilfred Wang and Adjunct Professor Nigar G. Khawaja</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" originalsrc="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/psychology.org.au/event/25497__;!!NVzLfOphnbDXSw!HZjf4j_42LBWp1k8KPcytLMICIGadC8AlK8AGwb85RibsZC-b-RQIryfH8uxIr01yD64x0i29tjQdIOJRRzpZ52i$" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAa63046eb-fa42-e613-14ea-c15092478fc3" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/psychology.org.au/event/25497__;!!NVzLfOphnbDXSw!HZjf4j_42LBWp1k8KPcytLMICIGadC8AlK8AGwb85RibsZC-b-RQIryfH8uxIr01yD64x0i29tjQdIOJRRzpZ52i$">The
role of digital technologies in migrant and refugee settlement and wellbeing (25497)</a><br>
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<b>Date:</b> 17-09-2025</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Start time:
</b>18:30 AUS Eastern Standard Time</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>To find out more information, and/or register for this event, please
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click here</a>.</b></span></p>
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Nigar G Khawaja (Convener, APS Psych & Culture IG).</span></p>
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