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Mark Gilman (UK), Strategic Recovery Lead for Substance Misuse in Public Health England, has in his capacity as researcher, addiction treatment worker, government advisor and community observer/engager, gained a unique insight into potential solutions for public health issues in the UK and further afield. [Film] [Interview] [Talk]
Joshua Goa (Papua New Guinea), a lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea (courses include Community Empowerment and Social Development) and researcher (youth and children criminal offending) with a background in social work, who is currently writing a book with Judy Atkinson on violence trauma healing in his country. Pip Gordon (Australia), inspired to leave the corporate world and travel around Australia with her young family to learn from ‘country’ and the wisdom of Aboriginal Elders, has been working with Miriam Rose Ungenmerr Baumann and others to explore ‘Daddirri’, connection and belonging, and how these concepts facilitate healing. [Project] [Story] Dr Phil Hanlon (UK), an Emeritus Professor of Public Health, set up the Afternow project to explore the impact of modern culture on health, and reveal new ways of thinking, being and doing that are leading to transformational change in public health in Scotland. [Animation] [Film] [Paper] Stuart Honor (UK) conducts research with marginalised and excluded groups - in particular people with substance use problems, with his findings being used to develop new treatment pathways and redesign service delivery – and developed one of the first community-based addiction recovery centres in the UK. [Film] Dr Zohl de Ishtar (Australia), a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005, is Executive Director of the Kapululangu Aboriginal Women’s Law and Culture Centre – which is run by Aboriginal Women Elders trained in the Kururralkatjanu Turlku (Old Ceremonies) - author, educator, researcher and cultural bridge-builder. [Blog] [Book] [Film] Simon Jenkins (UK) has been intimately involved with the substance use field for 40 years, the first 14 as a using addict, inspiring people to take the journey to abstinence-based recovery and to help others, bridging the gap between treatment providers and mutual aid, and emphasising that recovery is contagious. [Story] Margaret Katherine (Australia), a highly respected and deeply spiritual Jawoyn Elder from the Northern Territory who appeared in the TV series ‘First Footprints’, has an electric personality and deep knowledge of culture, and is an author, brilliant storyteller, and generous visionary for her people. [Film] Roland Lamb MA (USA), recipient of several prestigious national awards for his work in the addiction field as counselor, program director, trainer, consultant and administrator, and played a major role in the transformation of Philadelphia’s behavioural healthcare system to a recovery-oriented system of care. [Film] [Interview] [Paper] Judith Landau (USA), born in South Africa, is a psychiatrist, spiritual healer, researcher and educator who works with natural healing elements of, and building resilience in, individuals, families and communities, and believes in combining western and Indigenous approaches to healing trauma and its consequences. [Film] [Paper] [Website] Tom E. Lewis RIP (Australia) is a veteran of the Australian stage and screen, with a career spanning four decades in film, television, theatre, music and cultural development. He is Artistic Director of the Walking With Spirits Festival and founding Director of Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation. [Film] [Music] [Theatre] Georgina Lightning (Canada), a Maskwacis (Plains) Cree, is an award-winning film director (Older than America), screenwriter and actress, a strong advocate of Native American culture and society, and co-founder of Tribal Alliance Productions, which helps Native Indian and Indigenous filmmakers. [Interview] [Media] [Media] >> Page 1 >> Page 3 >> pdf document |