Reports
MYAN National Conference 2017
Young People in a Multicultural World: rethinking a new policy and practice agenda was hosted by MYAN Australia in partnership with the Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, on 23rd and 24th November 2017. Over 280 delegates attended including policy-makers, academics, practitioners, young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds and international speakers. Delegates represented a range of fields, with all levels of government represented, as well as NGOs from the settlement, health, education, youth and multicultural sectors.
This was MYAN’s first national conference and provided a timely opportunity for delegates to consider and reflect on the experience of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds in Australia, in the context of current global challenges. The conference was designed to investigate how research, policy and practice can best respond into the future, through exploration of the themes of ‘Global Citizenship’, ‘Education to Work’ and ‘Social Cohesion’.
This report provides a snapshot of the conference proceedings and key conference findings.
MYAN National Forum 2013 - Refugee Youth in Focus
The MYAN was proud to auspice Australia’s first national conference on young people from refugee backgrounds in partnership with the University of Sydney Law School, the Refugee Advice and Casework Services (RACS), Refugee Health SW, Department of Education NSW, the Settlement Council of Australia (SCOA) and the Forum of Australia Services for Torture and Trauma (FASSTT).
With over 300 representatives working across the education, employment, health, settlement and migration law fields, the Regufee Youth in Focus forum was a unique and exciting opportunity to engage in the issues facing children and young people in the asylum and settlement contexts and the sectors supporting them.
This combined 2-day event highlighted the importance of collaboration between research, policy and practice and the importance of research informing policy and service delivery with young people.