cross cultural training provided by the multicultural advisory … · 2016-06-22 · advisory...

Multicultural Advisory

Service

page 1

Quarterly Newsletter

June 2016

Cross Cultural Training provided by the Multicultural Advisory Service

Funded by the Australian

Government Department of

Health

Multicultural Advisory Service

page 2

Newsletter—June 2016

Latin American Families

Multiple Ways People are Diverse

A Quiz—Test your knowledge!

1. What does CALD stand for?

2. According to the last census, in Queensland what is the most spoken language at home outside of English?

3. Who provides cultural professional development for funded community care and aged care service providers for free?

4. What is seen as the basis of Latin American society?

5. What’s the difference between an interpreter and a translator?

See page 6 for answers

Multicultural Advisory Service

page 3

Newsletter—June 2016

Italian Cultural Briefing

Ladies from Italian Ipswich

Festival 2015

Intersections of Identity—being from a CALD

background and being also gay, bisexual, trans,

intersex, questioning or HIV positive in Australia

Multicultural Advisory Service

page 4

Newsletter—June 2016

Multicultural Advisory Service

page 5

Newsletter—June 2016

Multicultural Advisory Service

page 6

Newsletter—June 2016

Gold Coast Region

Contact Annalise Webb, 0431 017 943 or mas.goldcoast@diversicare.com.au

• 29 July – Multiple Ways People are Diverse, open workshop, venue to be confirmed

• Aug—Italian Cultural Briefings commence at Nerang Bicentennial Community Centre, 833 Southport-Nerang Road, Nerang

• 8 Sept – Cultural Awareness, open workshop, Upper Coomera Centre

• 5 Oct – Diversicare Multicultural Advisory Service Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Mental Health Forum

Brisbane and Brisbane North Region

Contact Bushra Aman, 0413 054 642 or baman@diversicare.com.au

• 19 July – Cultural Awareness Workshop at Centacare, Carina

• 21 July – Cultural Awareness Workshop, Alzheimer’s Qld, Upper Mt Gravatt

• 6 Sept – Culture and End of Life Workshop, Centacare, Carina

Brisbane South Region

Contact Taryn Quach, 0413 512 967 or mas.brisbanesouth@diversicare.com.au

• 21 June – Multicultural Seniors Expo at Acacia Ridge, 9.30am—1.00pm

• 28 June – Information stall at Multicultural Youth Day at Inala, 10.00am—3.00pm

• 10 July – Information session for the Sikh community, Sikh Temple at Eight Mile Plains, 2.00—4.00pm

• 14 July – Information session for the Taiwanese community at Acacia Ridge, 10.00am—12noon

• 17 July – Information session for the Gujarati speaking community at Sunnybank, 2.00—4.00pm

• 8 Aug – Information stall at Lifetec’s Senior Week Expo at Lifetec Newmarket, 9.00—11.30am

Brisbane North/Sunshine Coast/Wide Bay Regions

Contact Thana Roysmith, 0447 721 968 or mas.sunshine@diversicare.com.au

• 21 June – Multiple Ways People are Diverse FREE open training session in Sunshine Coast

• 25 June – Understanding Age Care information session for the Filipino community in Caboolture

• 6 July—Cross Cultural Communication FREE open training session at Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre Phone 07 4194 3700

• 19 July – Understanding Age Care information session at Encircle Redcliffe Neighbourhood Centre

• 27 July—Multiple Ways People are Diverse FREE open training session in Toowoomba

• 28 July – Culture and Disability training for Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services in Toowoomba

• 16/19 Aug – Indian Cultural Briefing for Uniting Care Community Services, Brisbane

North Queensland Region

Contact Julie Fraser, 0407 045 203 or j.fraser@diversicare.com.au; or Chrissie Ma-amo, 0428 332 965 or mcma-amo@diversicare.com.au

• 5 July – Communicating Across Cultures, Everglow Community Care, Townsville

• 6 July – Communicating Across Cultures, Everglow Community Care, Ayr

• 12 July – Topic to be confirmed, Blue Care Townsville

• 18 July – Culture and Disability, Independent Advocacy Townsville

• 19 July – Communicating Across Cultures, Everglow Community Care, Ingham

• July – Mini Expos for Masonic Lodge, Kirwan and Eureka, Wulguru

• 18 August – Working effectively with CALD consumers, open session, Mackay, venue to be confirmed

• 24 August – Working effectively with CALD consumers, open session, Bowen, venue to be confirmed

• August – Information Session, Qld Cultural Diversity Week celebration for Townsville seniors

• August – Seniors Week celebration at Lifetec, Domain Central

• August – Seniors Day Expo, Ingham

• August – Mini Expo for Seniors, Murray Stadium, Annandale

Peninsula Region

Contact Marcela Fischer, 0432 322 154 or mas.peninsula@diversicare.com.au

• 1 July—World Day for Cultural Diversity, FREE Curlew BBQ (next to Muddys) 3—7pm. RSVP necessary.

• FREE Seniors Morning Tea/Information Session, 1st Thursday of every month at Hambledon House Community Centre, Edmonton

Answers to Quiz on page 2

1. Culturally and linguistically diverse

2. Mandarin

3. Multicultural Advisory Service (Diversicare)

4. The family

5. An interpreter transfers meaning through the spoken form and a translator does it through the written form