PROGRAM STREAMS
SAFE IN CULTURE - Thursday
Culture is the heartbeat of who we are - the stories, practices, languages, and connections that shape identity and guide our way forward. This stream honours cultural strength as a foundation for healing and wellbeing, recognising that we are safe in culture and strong in practice when we walk in the footsteps of our Ancestors. This stream celebrates continuity between past, present, and future, and acknowledges that our knowledge is our power. It recognises the importance of cultural safety in today’s social climate, where solidarity and self‑determination protect our Communities.
Presentations in this stream may focus on cultural knowledge systems, community-led practices, identity, belonging, Cultural
safety and the ways culture anchors us as we navigate change. This is a space for celebrating what keeps us strong and for exploring how cultural wisdom supports healthier futures.
STRONG IN CARE - Friday
Care is both an action and a responsibility - something we offer, receive, and build together. This stream centres on the many forms of care that sustain our People, our workplaces, and our Communities. It highlights how safe, strong, and self‑determined care practices reinforce resilience and ensure no one walks their journey alone. This stream acknowledges the need for safety in the current social climate, emphasising solidarity, compassion, and approaches that honour our ways of knowing, being, and doing.
Presentations in this stream may focus on models of support, trauma-aware practice, workforce wellbeing, leadership grounded in compassion, and the everyday acts that help us look after and strengthen mob.
COLLECTIVE WELLNESS - Saturday
Collective Wellness recognises that healing is a shared journey - one strengthened by connection, solidarity, and the belief that our wellbeing is safest when shaped our way. This stream focuses on the interconnectedness of people, place, and purpose, and the systems, environments, and collaborations that enable our Communities to thrive. It celebrates self‑determined pathways, culturally grounded practice, and the collective strength we build when we look after one another. In a shifting social climate, this stream highlights the importance of creating spaces where mob feel safe, supported, and empowered.
Presentations may explore community-driven health initiatives, holistic wellbeing approaches, partnerships, prevention, the ways we nurture wellness across generations with collective approaches to healing and thriving and strengthening wellness through shared purpose and cultural connection.
Contact Us
Contact the organisers: AIDA@spinifexevents.com.au
Contact AIDA: Conference@aida.org.au
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Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Whadjuk Nyoongar people as the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters where we will gather.
We acknowledge and respect the Whadjuk Nyoongar people's cultural, spiritual and physical connection with their land, waterways and community, and pay respect to Elders past and present.