Events

For our community in the Southwest of WA, you are welcome to join us for lunch to listen to the amazing work CEO KAWC Janine Dureau has been doing in the Kimberley. 

Janine has volunteered her time to lead Kimberley Aboriginal women’s leadership gatherings to discuss
gender justice, systems reform and self-determination through the eyes of Aboriginal women. She is a
strong advocate for structural and systemic reform to create opportunities for her people to selfdetermine
their own destiny.

Janine was integral in leading powerful campaigns including Stop the Forced Closures of Aboriginal
Communities. She was also critical to the establishment of the Kimberley Aboriginal Children in Care
Committee which contributed to the review and legislative changes of the Western Australian Children
and Community Services Act 2004, and the investment in early intervention strategies to strengthen
connection to family, culture and Country for Aboriginal children in care.

Janine is extremely passionate about succession planning and empowering emerging leaders by
equipping them with the relevant tools and skills to have a seat at the table, and in 2023 was the
recipient of the Bill Armstrong AO Human Rights Award. As CEO of the KAWC, she is excited and
committed to creating pathway opportunities for our women and young girls to rise and shine.

Join us to explore the connection between career and culture.

These relaxed personal and professional development sessions will help build self-awareness and will include plenty of banter.

Sessions are open to all mEmbers and are led by Wangkatja Ngadju minma Sarah Brahim, Ember Connect’s deadly Career HQ Manager.

Join us to celebrate the launch of Andrew Gunstone’s Reflections on the Voice: During and After the Campaign.

Professor Andrew Gunstone is a leading authority in reconciliation. He is Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Reconciliation and Professor Indigenous Studies at Federation University, where he leads the National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth, and Justice. He is also Co-Chair of Reconciliation Victoria, Foundation Editor of the Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, and sits on several national and regional reconciliation committees. He regularly provides advice on reconciliation to corporates, industry, community, governments, and academia.

Professor Gunstone’s new book ‘Reflections on the Voice – during and after the campaign’ has just been published. This is the first book to explore the Referendum and its aftermath, and the implications for our ongoing national journey of reconciliation. The book, written for a general audience, explores key areas, such as: substantive reconciliation, racism, Indigenous rights, ‘equality’, truth-telling, community engagements, international agreements, such as UNDRIP, allyship, and recommitting to Voice, Treaty, and Truth.

Copies of Professor Gunstone’s new book are for sale at this event for just $20, a savings of over 40% off the normal retail price. All proceeds go towards funding an Indigenous PhD scholarship on truth-telling. This is a Reconciliation WA event.

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5.30pm:     Welcome to Country

5.40pm:               Nolan Hunter

5.50pm:               Andrew Gunstone

6.00pm:               Panel (Andrew Gunstone, Nolan Hunter, Emma Garlett, Jesse Fleay, MC’d by Jody Nunn) and Q & A

7.00pm:                Event Closes

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Join us to explore the connection between career and culture.

These relaxed personal and professional development sessions will help build self-awareness and will include plenty of banter.

Sessions are open to all mEmbers and are led by Wangkatja Ngadju minma Sarah Brahim, Ember Connect’s deadly Career HQ Manager.

Join the Ember team for a Cuppa & Catch-Up – where every sip comes with a story.

Available to all mEmbers and allies, this casual virtual event is all about the joy of sharing stories and creating memories over a comforting cup of tea or coffee.

Let’s fill our cups and our hearts together.

Ember Connect wishes to acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and we honour their deep continuing connection to land, sky, waterways and community.

We pay our respects to our Elders past, present and emerging who illuminate our journey to truth-telling, culture and conservation, which remains stronger than ever.