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Branch – ACT

The ACT Branch is supported by a Branch Management Committee elected by the Branch membership. 

The Branch’s key role is to provide local support for AASW members through a range of activities that enable members to network, develop practice skills and organise around social justice issues. 

Research and Social Work Practice Group Event

Join the ACT Research and Social Work Practice Group as part of the local University of Canberra’s research festival, which is dedicated to displaying the impacts of research on the Canberra community.

Join us for an engaging panel, facilitated by Dr Amelia Wheeler, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Canberra. Panelists for the event will be Larissa Dean Social Work Honours student and Research Assistant, Jaimie Barry PhD Candidate and Research Assistant, Renata Kiss Social Worker, Clinician Researcher and Clinical Lead – Child and Family Counselling Team at Canberra Health Services, Associate Professor Jessica Russ-Smith A sovereign Wiradyuri Wambuul woman, AASW Director, Acting Head of Discipline and First Nations Curriculum and Pedagogy Coordinator in Social Work, Assistant Deputy Head of School Allied Health and Chair of the Indigenous Research Ethics Advisory Panel at ACU and Professor Lynne Keevers Head of Discipline (Social Work) at the University of Canberra.

For further details and AASW registration, please click the link 

When: 27 November 2024

Time: 1.00 pm – 2.30 pm (AEDT)

Venue: Pop-up venue at the Canberra Centre – 148 Bunda St, Civic


While this event is ticketed, it’s open to the public and other attendees at no cost, to align with the expectations of the UC Research Festival.


You will be required to register with AASW and obtain a ticket through Humanitix via this link.

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Branch Services Coordinator

Phone: 03 9320 1000 or 1800 630 124 (toll free alternative)
E-mail: Click here
Website: www.aasw.asn.au/act

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