First Annual Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Symposium

The theme of the symposium was 'Challenges and Opportunities for Productive Diversity' and the speakers and guests were as follows:

• Hurriyet Babacan, Executive Director
  Women's Policy and Community Outcomes Branch, Community Engagement Division
  Department of Premier and Cabinet, Queensland
  
  
• 'Delivering linguistic diversity' delivered by Denis Cunningham
  

• 'Symphony in education in two parts: globalisation and diversity' delivered by Francis Mangubhai.

• 'What should Multicultural Education be about? Developing and promoting diversity through Education' delivered by Aniko Hatoss

• 'Building the 'space' for intercultural competence in offshore immersion courses' delivered by Susan Bridges

• 'Civilisational dialogue and Australian culture' delivered by Mary Grey

• 'Cultural adjustment and academic English online: Kalimantan EFL teachers' reflection' delivered by Ann Dashwood, Marilyn Dorman, Linda Galligan and Carmel Barrett

• 'Cultural identify from cultural diversity: decolonisation as an educational response' delivered by by Lindy Kimmins and Brooke Collins-Gearing

• 'Rethinking assessment and marking for international higher education contexts' delivered by Marilyn Dorman and Lorelle Burton

• 'Which culture is my culture?'  (Three Bosnian cases) delivered by Maria Dobrenov-Major

• 'Disciplinary practices and the mobilisation of bias in the Press: An investigation into how the pursuit of journalistic ‘objectivity' and news values results in The Australian demonstrating negative bias in its reporting of refugee issues' delivered by Mary Ann Hall

• 'The socio-cultural identity of Muslim women in Australia' delivered by Maryam Jamarani

• 'Welcoming the presence: enjoying the conversation with Sudanese students' delivered by Terry Sheely

• 'Case study – Russian community in South East Queensland' delivered by Angelina Bismarck

• 'Why should we learn a new language?' delivered by Mehryar Nooriafshar

• 'Bilingual immersion programs – diversity in action' delivered by Simone Smala

• 'Inclusive pedagogy in practice: bilingual Deaf education in the ESL classroom- a case study' delivered by Justine Rudd and Joanna Paul

• 'Issues of Indigenous education in rural Queensland' delivered by Ian Mackay

• 'Diversity and change in Indigenous Australian languages' delivered by Ron Hampton and Philip Dreise

For more information please contact William Conwell, Manager, Multicultural Centre, telephone +61 7 4631 1678.