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Rec Education provides professional development opportunities for local government employees in sport, recreation or leisure roles.

Each course requires a 1.5 hour commitment per week over a 4 week period, delivered online via Zoom meetings.

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Never has there been a more important time to celebrate epidemiology, share work and bring together all of those interested in epidemiology internationally. 

The International Epidemiology Association and the Australasian Epidemiology Association invite you to attend the premier conference on epidemiology that will focus on Methodological Innovations in Epidemiology which reflects the innovative progress in Epidemiology and Public Health.

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Joint Australasian HIV&AIDS and Sexual Health Conferences will once again be hosted in a virtual format between 6 to 9 September, following the success of last year’s inaugural virtual conferences.

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Every two years, Palliative Care Australia delivers the Oceanic Palliative Care Conference. This event is the pre-eminent event for all those passionate about palliative and end-of-life care.  It brings together hundreds of palliative health professionals from across the globe and fosters multidisciplinary collaboration, equipping attendees with knowledge, skills and networks to continue making valuable contributions and changes to the way they approach and deliver palliative care services.

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Conceived and managed by Brisbane City Council, the Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors' Forum (APCS) is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning gathering of city and business leaders from across the Asia Pacific and beyond. For 25 years, APCS has provided immense opportunities for connection, learning and relationship-building between civic and business sectors. 

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Join in on this important discussion exploring insights on newly arrived refugees, focusing on women and digital inclusion. The webinar event will feature an expert panel discussion moderated by Omar Dehen, award-winning journalist for SBS World News.

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The Australian Health Promotion Association (AHPA®) invites local government staff to attend a free, online session on the role of health promotion in local government and the benefits of joining AHPA.

This event is specifically for the Victorian local government workforce.

Event registrations close COB Thursday 9 September. The event link will be emailed to registrants on Friday 10 September.

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Australia’s peak youth health consumer body will be running a one-day virtual summit which will bring thought leaders and policy makers together with passionate young people to discuss the health issues that affect people under 30.

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Join Injury Matters for the “Dementia and Falls Prevention” webinar as Nick Seemann, the Senior Environment Consultant at Dementia Training Australia joins us to discuss the dementia enabling environments project.

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Come along to the Deakin Health Promotion Society Volunteer Expo! You will have the chance to hear about the volunteer opportunities available to you! There will be guest speakers from Deakin University, as well as other organisations. This event aims to expose students to different organisations that address various social issues as well as provide information about how to get involved and give back to the community.

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Join in on this informative masterclass series with one of Australia’s leading change-makers in chronic disease prevention, Dr Sandro Demaio. Join in to hear his insights and top lessons on what it takes to create real and lasting systems change for public health.

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Join Associate Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Sharon Croxford, and Emma Stirling, Culinary Nutrition Science Practice Lead, from Australian Catholic University, as they take you through the Master of Dietetic Practice and the Graduate Certificate in Culinary Nutrition Science and explain how these courses can help you meet your professional goals.

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Tobacco companies are doubling efforts to create perceptions that they are contributing to health. In the past few months, the tobacco industry has been investing in the “health”/ medical/ pharmaceutical sectors through acquisitions and takeovers, creating new challenges with new tobacco tactics

Join the upcoming webinar to learn about these emerging deadly partnerships and the tools and opportunities to integrate counter-narratives in key tobacco control priority advocacies.

This is an international event - please refer to time zones here.

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Please join WHO, the Government of Norway and the NCD Alliance for an engaging online-only event.

Learn from the expertise of Member States, WHO staff, persons living with NCDs and civil society leaders on their reflections of the last 10 years of progress, championing successes and opportunities for the NCD agenda over the coming decade, and how WHO is developing a forthcoming implementation roadmap for 2023-2030 in support of achieving SDG target 3.4.

Please note this event begins 10am EST (United States) or 12 midnight AEST.

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Rioters in the US Capitol. Anti-vaccination protesters in the streets of Australian cities. Divisive and intractable debates everywhere, fuelled by fringe media outlets, disinformation campaigns, and social media pile-ons.

This Real World Futures presentation by Professor Axel Bruns explores the drivers of these developments, and examines the role of digital and social media as well as of broader social and political contexts in enabling them.

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Health literacy is more important than ever and the Executive Board of the International Health Literacy Association welcome you to the very first Global Health Literacy Summit.

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Hear from practitioners and researchers on the critical success factors involved in driving the transition to healthy and sustainable food retail environments in local government settings.

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The theme of the symposium is ‘Connecting research, practice and communities’

This event will bring together the rural and remote health research sector with policy makers and others in the government and non-government sectors to shape the future of rural and remote health research.

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While trustworthy online spaces benefit everyone, untrustworthy content and behaviour can divide, confuse, and cause real harm.

The annual Conference for Truth and Trust Online is organised as a unique collaboration between practitioners, technologists, academics and platforms, to share, discuss, and collaborate on useful technical innovations and research in the space.

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