The Blackfriars Lecture Series was established to honour the contributions of the Dominican Friars to the Canberra Campus of Australian Catholic University.
For 800 years the Dominican Orders have been committed to the ongoing, systematic and critical search for Truth in all its forms. These lectures provide an opportunity for the University to engage the community in the ongoing quest for the true, the beautiful and the good.
‘Tsunami or surfing – transforming lives in the digital age’ – by Dan Billing, Founder and Director of the Indigenous Reading Program.
Time: 5:30 – 7pm
Location: 301.1.20
‘Designing for transformation: a tale of two worlds’ – by Danielle Dal Cortivo, Founder of the Raize the Roof charity organisation.
Time: 5:30 – 7pm
Location: 301.1.20
By Dr Justin Barker, Executive Director of the Youth Coalition of the ACT.
Time: 5:30 – 7pm
Location: 301.1.20
“It Starts with Equal” – Development and Power by Ms Sally Moyle Chief Executive Officer, CARE Australia
Time: 5:30 – 7pm
Location: 300.G.23, Blackfriars Building, 127 Philip Avenue, Watson ACT
Re-imagining Disability in Australia by Mr Graeme Innes AM
Time: 5:30 – 7pm
Location: 300.G.23, Blackfriars Building, 127 Philip Avenue, Watson ACT
Diversity in Islam: Contemporary and Prophetic by Dr Tanya and Mr Omar Hashmi, Canberra Chapter of Muslims for Progressive Values
Time: 5:30 – 7pm
Location: 300.G.23, Blackfriars Building, 127 Philip Avenue, Watson ACT
Diversity, Empathy, Tradition: Challenges to Australian Leaders by Mr Michael Cooney, National Director, Australian Republic Movement
Time: 5:30 – 7pm
Location: 300.G.23, Blackfriars Building, 127 Philip Avenue, Watson ACT
Ahead of the game: recognising the opportunities of our ageing population by Commissioner Dr Kay Patterson AO, Age and Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
Time: 5:30 – 7pm
Location: 300.G.23, Blackfriars Building, 127 Philip Avenue, Watson ACT
"Safeguarding our young - Empowering our young - reflections from a Royal Commissioner" by Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM, Royal Commissioner of the Royal Commission on Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Time: 5:30 - 7pm
Location: B10, Blackfriars Building, 129 Philip Avenue, Watson ACT
"The state of Reconciliation in Australia - Our history, our story our future" by Justin Mohamed, CEO Reconciliation Australia
Time: 5:30 - 7pm
Location: B10, Blackfriars Building, 129 Philip Avenue, Watson ACT
Julie Tongs OAM, CEO Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service
Time: 5:30 - 7pm
Location: B10, Blackfriars Building, 129 Philip Avenue, Watson ACT
"Parent Engagement & Student Learning" by Dr Dianne Jackson, CEO of Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY)
Time: 5:30-7:00pm
Location: Blackfriars Building, 129 Philip Avenue, Watson ACT
"Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church" by Mr Francis Sullivan, CEO of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council
"Children at the Centre: putting child rights into practice" by Ms Megan Mitchell, National Children’s Commissioner
"Reforming in Child Protection: time for a new paradigm?" by Dr Adam Tomison, Honorary Professor with the Institute of Child Protection Studies
"The deliberately silenced and the preferably unheard: families and children in a polarized society"
Dr John Falzon
"Human Rights and Human Dignity"by Professor Raimond Gaita
"Asylum Seekers and the Limitations of Human Rights" by Dr David Corlett
"A Case Study on Human Rights in the ACT – 2014 Audit of Women’s Conditions of Detention at the Alexander Maconochie Centre" by Dr Helen Watchirs
"Two cheers for human rights"
Dr Anne Gallagher AO, United Nations Adviser
"The end of rights and the beginning of responsibilities"
Mr Tim Wilson, Australian Human Rights Commissioner
"Human Rights, the national interest and the will of the people"
Fr Frank Brennan SJ
We're available 9am–5pm AEDT,
Monday to Friday