Australia’s first Professor of Pasifika heritage, Jioji Ravulo, is the Chair of Social Work and Policy Studies at the University of Sydney.  His story starts at a barbeque in Western Sydney in the 1970’s.  His work combines the perspectives of both his Western and his Pasifika heritages and it shows how, instead of competing against each other, different world views can be blended into holistic and inclusive visions for the future.

 

PROFILE:

https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/jioji-ravulo.html 

‘It’s Been A Journey’: Meet Australia’s First Pasifika Professor

https://www.smh.com.au/national/it-s-been-a-journey-meet-australia-s-first-pasifika-professor-

 

PROF RAVULO’S PUBLICATIONS

Ravulo, J., Mafile'o, T., Yeates, D. Pacific Social Work: Navigating practice, policy and research. New York, Routledge, 2019.

Social Policy and Social Change: Popular culture, new media, and social work

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329816261_Social_policy_and_social_change_popular_culture_new_media_and_social_work

Connecting and Collaborating across Oceania and its Diaspora: A shared approach to meaningful development and engagement

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331669751_Connecting_and_collaborating_across_Oceania_and_its_diaspora_A_shared_approach_to_meaningful_development_and_engagement

 

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

The 26th Asia-Pacific Regional Social Work Conference –

Social Work and the Sustainable Development Goals  Conference Website

The Redfern Speech:  Prime Minister, The Hon Paul Keating’s speech to launch International Year for the World’s Indigenous Peoples, given in Redfern, NSW, 10 December 1992:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6dnDkvdTXA

 

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