Churchill conference shares bushfire learnings
PhD candidate, Rouve Forbes (centre), takes questions with her supervisors, Marg Simmons (left) and Julie Willems (right)
How to prepare for and recover from bushfire was the subject of a community conference hosted by Federation University at Churchill in early October.
PhD student, Rouve Forbes, presented her research on the recovery of young adults after bushfire. A display of artwork by older people in local communities affected by the Black Saturday fires greeted conference participants on arrival. The artwork was created during Monash-run workshops. Matthew Carroll, Marg Simmons and Julie Willems were all present at information booths during the conference.
Marg Simmons and Matthew Carroll with artwork created during the Monash-run Regeneration workshops after the Black Saturday fires in Gippsland.