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Swim City: Mapping and researching urban swimming (CANCELLED)

THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS - Tickets holders will be contacted if a new date is scheduled Join us for the official launch of Swim Melbourne, an online storymap of places to swim and a panel discussion on swimming research. Urban swimming is an activity growing in significance and popularity, with people enthusiastically plunging into rivers, oceans and pools all around their cities. As well as exercise, swimming places offer refuge from the heat, connection with community, and space for play and rest. Indoor and outdoor pools, rivers, and beaches each offer different pleasures and risks, all of […]

You’re Invited! 50 Years of independence – Reflections on Papua New Guinea

Ngumba-Bada Campus (The Cairns Institute). Bldg D3.063, 14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield

Join us for a special evening to mark 50 years of PNG independence, featuring a film screening from the early election period, panel discussion led by PNG academics based in Gimuy, Cairns and the launch of a new exhibition showcasing PNG memorabilia with stories of nation-builders, challenges, opportunities, and unique cultural artefacts. This is an in-person event located at Ngumba-Bada Campus (The Cairns Institute) Building D3.063, 14-88 McGregor Road, Smithfield, Queensland, Australia The Cairns Institute at James Cook University

Resilient Recovery after Disasters: The Long-Term Outcomes of Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction in India, Thailand and Japan

From Ruins to Resilience: Launch of Resilient Recovery After Disasters You’re invited to the launch of a new book that asks: How can homes—and the communities around them—not just survive disasters, but recover stronger and resilient to future hazards? Join us as we celebrate the release of the book that explores what it really takes to ensure housing recovery is not only rapid, but also equitable/ rights-based and resilient, for the long haul. Drawing on over a decade of research across India, Thailand and Japan, the authors uncover the hidden factors that shape housing recovery and resilience in the face […]