Faculty of Social and Health Science Department of Social Practice Community Development Conference 2015 18-20 February, 2015 Unitec Institute of Technology Draft Conference Programme Faculty of Social and Health Science Department of Social Practice Day 1 (Wednesday) 18 February 2015 Venue: Unitec Institute of Technology, Mt. Albert Campus Start time 13:00 End time Details Registration starts Venue Wharekai, Marae 15:00 Registration ends 15:00 Wharenui, Marae 15:30 15:30 Haka Powhiri (welcome of guest) Panel of elders “That was then, this is now, my reflections of good community development practice and the opportunities ahead” Presenters: Gavin Rennie -Chair Denis O'Reilly Penny Molnar Joan Lardner Rivlin Vivian Hutchinson Ngaropi Cameron 17:00 And Amokura Panoho (TBC) 17:00 19:00 Conference reception and cocktail Wharekai, Marae Wharenui, Marae Faculty of Social and Health Science Department of Social Practice Day 2 (Thursday) 19 February 2015 Venue: Unitec Institute of Technology, Waitakere Campus Start time End time 8:00 8:30 8:30 9:00 Room: TBA Room: TBA Room: TBA Room: TBA Room: TBA Conference Plenary (B007) Paper title: Aspects of Sudanese traditions implicated in intimate partner violence among Sudanese refugee women Paper title: Community Development: A Maori Perspective in the 21st Century Presenter: Tony Iwikau Paper title: First contact : First impressions Presenters: Cheryll Martin and Selina Akhter Paper title: In it for the long haul: collaborative community development in Puketapapa Paper title: Citizenship, Democracy, and Professional Ideals for a Sustainable Future Presenter: Manawa Udy Presenter: Jay Hays Workshop title: PATH Planning Paper title: Do we really need to park democracy in the doorway of NGOs Presenter: Abdelrahim Abulbasher 9:00 9:30 Paper title: The art of community development: cultural expression in Aotearoa New Zealand Workshop title: Financing Community Economic Development Workshop title: The Role of 'Community' in Environmental Restoration - Stories from the Stream Presenter: Lindsay Jeffs Presenter: Natali Rojas 9:30 10:00 10:00 10:30 Presenter: Chris Burton and Simon Grant Presenters: Louise ThomasonMarshall and Pam Armstrong Presenter: David Kenkel and Paul Prestidge Paper title: Using Appreciative Inquiry as a Capacity Building tool in PNG Paper title: Avondale Creative Spaces Presenter: Sandy Thompson Presenter: Paul Woodruffe Tea break (B003) Faculty of Social and Health Science Department of Social Practice Start time 10:30 End time 11:00 Room: TBA Room: TBA Paper title: Community development with a minority ethnic group to promote a socially cohesive society in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The case of Japanese settlers community in Auckland Room: TBA Paper title: Young people as agents of social change: a two-fold approach to community development Paper title: Community Development and NZ local authorities in the 1970s and 1980s Presenter: David Haigh Presenter: Paula Bold-Wilson Room: TBA Room: TBA Paper title: Shifting Community Perceptions - Portraits of our Place Presenter: Rachael Davie Paper title: The island's fight for local representation: Waiheke versus the super city Presenters: John Stansfield and Denise Roche Presenter: Sho Isogai 11:00 11:30 Paper title: What is 'Community' - and why does it matter? 11:30 12:00 Workshop title: Community Housing: a study in building affordable, diverse communities Presenter: Peter Jeffries Workshop title: Gambling - Is this an answer to a community economic development Presenter: Rufo Pupualii Workshop title: Finding our "place in community-led practice. Putting people at the centre of places, changing how the council delivers Presenter: Karen Fagan Presenters: Gail Fotheringham, Mark Allen and Amy Donovan Paper title: Digital Learning Rooms: Working at the intersections of technology, education and development Workshop Title: Open Government Data - supporting democratic participation Presenter: Paul Stone Presenter: Kelsi Cox 12:00 13:00 Lunch break (B003) with Poster presentation (B007) Start Time End time Poster title Presenter 12:15 12:30 An observation of the economic development process in low- income neighbourhood in Penang, Malaysia (B007 – poster area A) Lorans Alabood 12:15 12:30 Creating relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through space (B007 – poster area B) Shannon Huber 12:35 12:50 A partnership journey (B007 – poster area A) Mary Dawson and Abann Yor Faculty of Social and Health Science Department of Social Practice Start time 13:00 End time 13:30 Room: TBA Paper title: Youth Connections Addressing the youth employment crisis through community development interventions Room: TBA Paper title: First, revive the spirit Presenter: Denis O'Reilly Presenter: Monique Zwaan 13:30 14:00 Paper title: Kai conscious Waiheke: results of pilot study in Blackpool Workshop title: From contract led to community led: our shared experience 14:00 14:30 Presenters: Moira Lawler and Pat Watson Presenters: John Stansfield and Dawn Jeffery Paper title: Endowment-Social Entrepreneurship model for community empowerment and its governance Presenters: Thamina Anwar and Syed Abdul Hamid Aljunid 14:30 15:00 Paper title: Applying complexity concepts in Upcycle Auckland: a multi-collaborative resource recovery project of the Auckland Council Presenter: Joe Umali 15:00 15:30 15:30 16:00 Paper title: Community Economics: Local, global and everything inbetween Presenter: Emma Hosking Room: TBA Paper title: When Suits Devolve to Roots Presenters: Glenn Ayo and Petera Tapsell Room: TBA Room: TBA Paper title: Living Together Independently - A Social Housing Model for the Third Age Paper title: Social marketing in Aotearoa: Community consultation, engagement and ownership Presenter: Robyn Barry Presenter: Steve Elers Workshop title: Telling the Story to Make the Story Workshop title: Evaluating through storytelling: how we measured the soft stuff Paper title: Whaea Betty Wark: Celebrated community worker and activist Presenter: Helene Connor Presenter: Moya Sayer-Jones Paper title: Community Volunteers Inc Presenter: Rosie Gallen and Mondy Jera Presenter: Hilary Star Foged Paper title: Painting the Desert Pink: place making, social cohesion and wellbeing collide Paper title: Remote Schools and their communities: what can we learn from the small island study Presenter: Kristy McGregor Presenter: John Stansfield Tea break (B003) Conference Plenary (B007) Paper title: How do we fit? Auckland Council and Empowered communities Presenter: Cissy Rock Faculty of Social and Health Science Department of Social Practice Day 3 (Friday) 20 February 2015 Venue: Unitec Institute of Technology, Waitakere Campus Start time End time 8:00 8:30 8:30 9:00 Room: TBA Room: TBA Paper title: Community development, contracts for service and the government - an unholy trinity Presenter: Sue Elliott Presenter: Charlie Moore Paper title: How do we know it's working? Presenter: Geoff Bridgman and Elaine Dyer Paper title: Migrant Business Owner and Local Economic Development Paper title: Towards a theory for Community Development Presenter: Sunita Kashyap Presenter: De Wet Schutte 10:00 Conversation on : Contemporary approach to citizenship in Taranaki Presenter: Vivian Hutchinson 10:00 Room: TBA Paper title: Teaching and learning in community development Paper title: Learning by doing: Locally-led change in Aotearoa Presenter: Alison De Pree-Raghavan Presenter: Denise Bijoux 9:30 Paper title: Community-led Development Presenter: Fleur Toogood Workshop title: Victory Village - a unique relationship develops 9:30 Room: TBA Conference Plenary (B007) Paper title: Yes we can; but together 9:00 Room: TBA 10:30 Paper title: Partnerships that make a difference Presenters: Kindra Douglas and Penny Molnar Presenters: Abann Yor and Mary Dawson Panel Presentation Presenter: Catherine Hughes, Albert Kuruvila, David McNabb and Lynda Roberts Paper title: ICTs for rural socioeconomic transformation of Malaysian Borneo’s indigenous communities Presenter: Alvin W Yeo Tea break (B003) Faculty of Social and Health Science Department of Social Practice Start time End time 10:30 11:00 11:00 11:30 Room: TBA Room: TBA Room: TBA Workshop title: Transformational Neighbourhoods - feeding the flax roots Workshop title: How does your privilege play out? Workshop title: Family 100 Presenter: Gary Neil Denney Presenter: Cissy Rock Presenter: Jenny Tanner Room: TBA Workshop title: TBC 12:00 Conference Plenary – Launch of Hui E! Community Aotearoa and Our new community development journal 12:00 13:00 Lunch break (B003) with Poster presentation (B007) 13:30 TBC Presenter: Jan Hinde from Community of Aotearoa (TBC) 11:30 13:00 Room: TBA Start Time End time Poster title 12:15 12:30 Hui E! – a new entity for the community sector (B007 – poster area A) Peter Glensor 12:35 12:40 Deaf Aotearoa – Community Development Kaituitui. The new Community Development Scheme for the Waikato Deaf community (B007 – poster area A) Kayte Shaw Paper title: Migrants and their media in New Zealand: issues of diversity inclusiveness and representation Presenter: Evangelia Papoutsaki and Elena Kolesova Workshop title: Community economic development Presenter: Rourunina Emil’e-Brown Paper title: Spotlight on Housing 2014 - How the Housing Call to Action West Auckland (HC2A) supported the housing sector to raise awareness about the issue of homelessness and lack of housing in West Auckland Presenter: Lee Hickey Presenter Paper title: Diversity of Men and Boys in the Sex Trade in Sri Lanka Paper title: Reality of radical community development in practise Presenter: Lasantha Gunaratne Presenter: Alastair Russell Faculty of Social and Health Science Department of Social Practice Start time End time 13:30 14:00 Room: TBA Room: TBA Paper Title: Religion and Community Development with African Communities 14:30 Presenter: Lisa Woolley Paper title: How do we make the St John Youth Programme diverse enough for it to be the programme of choice for young people in Aotearoa, New Zealand? Paper title: My Voice Matters: Disability and the 2014 General Election Presenters: Ezekiel Robson and Susan Sherrard Paper title: Disabled Aucklanders driving change: making a strategic international report speak at practical grassroots level TBC Presenter: Agnes Wong 14:30 Room: TBA Paper title: From Homelessness to Supportive Housing Presenter: Irene Ayallo 14:00 Room: TBA Workshop title: More than a market Presenter: Martine Abel Room: TBA Paper title: just practice: reinvigorating practitioners for a just future. Presenters: Gavin Rennie and Craig Tunnicliffe Paper title: Placemaking and disaster recovery: targeting place for recovery in post-flood Malaysian states Presenter: Asaad Almohammad Presenter: Susie Trinh 15:00 Paper title: Īntergenerational Dialogue Presenter: Lucia Davis and Joan Lardner Rivlin TBC 15:00 15:30 Tea break 15:30 16:15 Youth Democracy Panel 16:15 16:30 Conference Plenary Legends Diverse Communities Community Economic Development Place Making Paper title: Practicing Place with Augmenting Mobile Paper title: Powershift: Youth reclaim democracy in Auckland Presenter: Maggie Buxton Presenter: Sarah Finlay Community Development Education Reclaiming Democracy
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