Churchill conference shares bushfire learnings
![PhD candidate, Rouve Forbes (centre), takes questions with her supervisors, Marg Simmons (left) and Julie Willems (right)](https://blogs.monash.edu/rural-health/files/2014/11/Rouve-taking-questions-300.jpg)
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.](https://blogs.monash.edu/rural-health/files/2014/11/Marg-and-Matthew-430.jpg)
Marg Simmons and Matthew Carroll with artwork created during the Monash-run Regeneration workshops after the Black Saturday fires in Gippsland.