HEALING IN EXILETHE CHALLENGES IN CONTEXT
DR ARACELI GARCIA DEL SOTO IN COLLABORATION WITH DR CARLOS BERISTAIN
+ DR IGNACIO CORREA-VELEZ + JOHN BOSCO NGENDAKURIO + GRACE SAMUEL ORYEM + TRACY WORRALL
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ONE DAY SYMPOSIUMWEDNESDAY 28 MARCH 2018
SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
QPASTT PRESENTS
OWEN J WORDSWORTH ROOM, LEVEL 12, S BLOCK, GARDENS POINT CAMPUS, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, BRISBANE
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT
The program is structured to start a conversation amongst
delegates on the many challenges encountered by people
from refugee backgrounds as they recover from trauma and
resettle in a new country.
We have been fortunate to confirm Dr Araceli Garcia del Soto
from Spain as our keynote speaker. Dr Garcia del Soto has
collaborated closely with Dr Carlos Beristain to prepare the
Symposium keynote address. In addition to this address four
highly regarded industry experts will present.
The Symposium will conclude with a thought provoking panel
session tackling some of the most pressing issues facing
refugee recovery and resettlement. Delegates will have the
opportunity to raise questions and make comments to the
panel and fellow attendees.
I also wish to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors for
their support without which we could not stage this event.
We look forward to providing delegates with a great learning
opportunity as well as raising awareness of the many issues
and challenges encountered during resettlement.
We hope you can join us at QUT in March 2018.
Kind Regards
Tracy Worrall
Chief Executive, QPASTT
HEALING IN EXILETHE CHALLENGES IN CONTEXT
QPASTT, in partnership with QUT, is pleased to invite you to attend this one day symposium, Healing in Exile – The Challenges in Context.
Program - Wednesday 28 March 2018
8.30am Registration - Owen J Wordsworth Room Foyer
Welcome tea and coffee available
9.00am Official Opening - His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC,Governor of Queensland and Patron of QPASTT
9.05am Host Community’s Role in Supporting Healing Among Survivors of Torture and Trauma, Dr Ignacio Correa-Velez,
Associate Professor, Public Health Postgraduate Course Coordinator, School of Public Health and Social Work,
Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology
9.30am Learnings of a Psychosocial Approach when Working with Torture Victims, Dr Araceli Garcia del Soto, Professor,
Master on International Cooperation, Institute for Migration, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Madrid, Spain in
collaboration with Dr Carlos Beristain, Physician and Doctor in Psychology, Professor, Deusto University, Spain.
Sponsored by Mater and St Vincent’s Private Hospital
10.20am Dr Araceli Garcia del Soto - questions
10.30am Morning Tea
11.00am The Role of Specialised Torture and Trauma Services in the Recovery of Refugee Survivors, Tracy Worrall, Chief
Executive, Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma Inc.
11.30am The Legacies of Refugee Journeys for Health and Wellbeing within the Congolese Refugee Communities
in Australia, John Bosco Ngendakurio, Researcher, School of Humanities, Language and Social Science, Griffith
University, Brisbane
12.00pm Recovery – the Role of Community, Grace Samuel Oryem, Community Member, Brisbane
12.30pm Lunch - Sponsored by Welcome Residential
1.30pm Panel - Dr Araceli Garcia del Soto, Dr Ignacio Correa-Velez, Tracy Worrall, John Bosco Ngendakurio, Grace Samuel Oryem
2.00pm Symposium Concludes
DR ARACELI GARCIA DEL SOTO
Dr Garcia del Soto is an expert on international humanitarian work and psychosocial interventions with populations affected by violence. She holds a degree in psychology, a masters in social sciences and a Ph.D in sociology. She has lectured worldwide on humanitarian and human rights interventions including implementing protection and psychosocial projects
with victims of conflict. She supports applied work on community well-being, gender and SGBV (sexual gender based violence) and migrant and refugee women´s networks within Europe. Araceli is affiliated with the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) at Fordham University. Currently living in Spain, she has worked with victims of war and structural violence since 1993. She has implemented work on trauma, harm assessments for trials on gender based violence, psychosocial support, mapping of internally displaced people and design of tools to deepen our understanding on the impacts of violence. Araceli also has collaborated with EQUITAS-Colombia, working with the families of the disappeared.
DR CARLOS BERISTAIN
Dr Beristain, MD, is a physician and doctor of psychology and for the last 30 years has been working in the area of human rights violations, in particular with victims of torture, and with refugees and families of those missing in war and civil conflict. He has worked in Spain, Latin America and other regions of the world. He is a Professor in the European Master’s Degree in International Humanitarian
Action at Deusto University in Bilbao, Spain. In his extensive work experience, Carlos has provided medical and psychosocial expert advice at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, coordinated the ‘Nunca Mas’ (Never again) report in Guatemala and has been an advisor to:
• The Truth Commissions in Peru, Paraguay and Ecuador,
• “The Truth Commission for the Women’s Pacific Route” in Colombia
• The study of Historical Memory and Human Rights violations in the Western Sahara.
DR IGNACIO CORREA-VELEZ
Dr Ignacio Correa-Velez is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology. He has a background in Family Medicine and Public Health. Between 2004 and 2011, Ignacio was Research Fellow and Deputy Director of the La Trobe Refugee Research Centre in Melbourne. He has been chief investigator in a number of cohort studies
documenting the health and settlement of people from refugee backgrounds, and has collaborated with QPASTT over the last 10 years in research and program evaluation.
JOHN BOSCO NGENDAKURIO
John Bosco Ngendakurio was born in Burundi in 1980. He lived, studied and worked in Norway until 2010. He published his first book in 2009. This prize winning book highlighted the journey of Burundian refugees from Burundi to Norway via the refugee camps in the neighbouring countries, particularly Tanzania. John arrived in Australia with his family in 2010. In Australia, he has completed a
Bachelor of International Relations (IR), a Master of International Relations (MIR), a Master of Arts Research (MAR) and he is due to start his PhD in February 2018. His Master’s thesis examined “the Legacies of Refugee Journeys for Work Market Readiness within the Congolese Refugee Communities in Australia”. Health and wellbeing are the most significant components of this study.
GRACE SAMUEL ORYEM
Grace Samuel Oryem was born in South Sudan and lived in Kenya, Uganda and Khartoum, Sudan before moving to Australia in 2006. She has extensive community development experience both in Australia and overseas. Currently Grace works for Multicultural Development Australia Ltd (MDA) and is President of the Arise Women Support Group. Grace provides support to emerging
communities with relevant information that empowers people within these communities and enables them to improve their life and health. Working with communities and enabling people to discover their potential is Grace’s passion.
TRACY WORRALL
Tracy Worrall has been the Chief Executive of the Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT) since 2007. QPASTT is one of 8 specialist agencies across Australia working with refugee survivors of torture and trauma. QPASTT sees over 2,500 clients from approximately 70 different ethnic groups each year including asylum seekers and new arrivals
along with people who have been in Australia for many years. The service has a presence across Queensland. Tracy has worked in the community services sector for over 30 years across a range of roles from direct service delivery to management.
SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
SYMPOSIUM VENUE
The Symposium will be held in the Owen J Wordsworth Room,
Floor 12, S block at Queensland University of Technology,
Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane
GETTING TO QUT, GARDENS POINT CAMPUS
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
You can travel to and from QUT, Gardens Point by bus, train,
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The campus has its own CityCat stop, and is within walking
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GENERAL INFORMATION
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
Registration will take place in the foyer of the
Owen J Wordsworth Room, Level 12, S Block,
Gardens Point Campus, QUT at the following time:
Wednesday 28 March 2018 8.30-9.00am
SYMPOSIUM OFFICE
Queensland Program of Assistance to
Survivors of Torture and Trauma
28 Dibley Street, Woolloongabba Qld 4102
PO Box 6254, FaIrfield, Qld, 4103
Email: [email protected]
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Symposium Venue
Owen J Wordsworth Room,
Floor 12, S Block
REGISTRATION
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symposium room is limited, registration is recommended
as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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