Background 2007

SNAICC National Conference 2007
*Ngadluko Ngartunnaitya** – For Our Children

SNAICC's two-and-a-half day National Conference is for service providers, policy makers, researchers and others focussed on the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families.

The focus is on practical approaches to working with children, families and communities from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds.

The conference is an opportunity to provide local, national and international perspectives on best practice in responding to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities’ diversity and competing needs.

Conference Aim

To provide an opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, policy makers, researchers, government representatives, other non-government organisations and various industry representatives to gather and make renewed commitments to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

Conference Objectives

To gather and share stories with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and learn about the role of culture, spirituality, Elders, families and communities in raising children and supporting families.
To learn through discussions and displays about different models of successful and culturally strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and family services in Australia and services for Indigenous peoples overseas.
To talk about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and family needs and issues in the areas such as culture, child care, child development, kinship care and foster care, child abuse and family violence in metropolitan, rural and remote communities.
To celebrate the achievement of families and communities in caring for their children, the role of culture and the importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children to the nation.
To challenge governments and others to act in a way to develop policies and responses that acknowledge history, respect culture and provide the services and support families and communities need for bringing up Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

Conference Program

Information on the highlights and keynote speeches is available from the Conference program.

Download the final conference program 2007 [PDF 1.1 MB]

Conference Secretariat

The SNAICC Conference Secretariat, covering registrations, liaison with presenters etc, was administered by Sharyn Low and Associates.

Enquiries

Conference Coordination

Tel: (03) 9489 8099

*SNAICC is proud to acknowledge the permission granted by Elders of the Kaurna community of South Australia for us to use the Kaurna language for the name of our conference.