James Smith Page (born 1953) is an Australian educationist [1] and anthropologist, [2] and a recognised authority within the field of peace education. [3]
Page holds a BA (Honours) degree from Griffith University, [4] a Bachelor of Divinity degree from the University of Queensland, [5] a Graduate Diploma in Education from Charles Sturt University, [6] a Master of Education (Honours) degree from the University of New England, [7] and a PhD degree from Southern Cross University. [8]
Page has taught in secondary teaching, [9] peace and conflict studies, [10] and teacher education. [11] He was a member of the International Year for the Culture of Peace Taskforce within the UNESCO Secretariat in Paris, [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] and a member of GIPGAP (Group on International Perspectives on Governmental Aggression and Peace), examining social attitudes to peace and war. Page is currently an adjunct professor with the University of New England, Australia.
The University of Queensland is a public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone universities, an informal designation of the oldest university in each state. UQ is also a founding member of edX, Australia's leading Group of Eight and the international research-intensive Association of Pacific Rim Universities.
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the coastal city of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. It has two major campuses, a modern city campus in Gardens Point and a historical campus in Kelvin Grove. The university offers courses in fields including architecture, engineering, information technology, healthcare, teaching, law, arts and design, science and mathematics.
Deakin University is a public university in Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1974, the university was named after Alfred Deakin, the second Prime Minister of Australia.
The Public Sector Management Program in Australia is a cooperative tertiary management learning approach used by the State and Territory Governments in cooperation with the Australian Federal Government.
Unspoken is a one-woman play written by Rebecca Clarke. It was first performed in 2005 and has been toured around Australia since. The show is also performed by Rebecca Clarke. The play tells the author's semi-autobiographical story about what it is like to have a brother with severe disabilities. Unspoken is the winner of Best Independent Production and Best Newcomer at the 2005 Sydney Theatre Awards.
The Australian National Commission for UNESCO was established under Section 7 of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Act, 1947 (Cwlth) and is the Australian government organisation responsible for advising on the implementation of UNESCO policies and programmes in Australia and for advising on Australia's involvement with UNESCO. The Commission comprises a Secretariat and a total of seven (7) commissioners, along with two parliamentary representatives and a number of ex officio members. It is chaired by Kylie Walker, who is also CEO of Science & Technology Australia. It operates under the Charter of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, a statutory instrument pursuant to Section 7 the above legislation. As peace education is fundamental to the mission of UNESCO, so too advising on the promotion and advancement of peace education in Australia is central to the role of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO.
Dr Gary MacLennan and Dr John Hookham are senior lecturers at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) who were suspended for six months in 2007 after publicly criticising a PhD thesis-in-progress by film-maker and sessional lecturer Michael Noonan entitled "Laughing at the Disabled".
Allan Luke is an educator, researcher, and theorist studying literacy, multiliteracies, applied linguistics, and educational sociology and policy. Luke has written or edited 17 books and more than 250 articles and book chapters. Luke, with Peter Freebody, originated the Four Resources Model of literacy in the 1990s. Part of the New London Group, he was coauthor of the "Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures" published in the Harvard Educational Review (1996). He is Emeritus Professor at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia and adjunct professor at Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada.
Edward Guglielmino is an Australian musician, disc jockey, public speaker, academic, and blogger based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He currently is a member of musical groups the Thin Kids and Lost of Love, but is best known for his own solo music career and has commercially released three albums.
Noel Preston (1941–2020) was an Australian ethicist, theologian and social commentator.
Jean Burgess is a Distinguished Professor of Digital Media at the QUT Digital Media Research Centre, and in the QUT School of Communication. She is currently Associate Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. She was the Deputy Director of the former ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) at the Queensland University of Technology. From 2010-2013 Jean was an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow (APD), working with Axel Bruns on the ARC Discovery Project 'New Media and Public Communication'. She researches and publishes on issues of cultural participation in new media contexts, with a particular focus on user-created content, online social networks, and co-creative media including digital storytelling.
Owen Peter Coaldrake is an Australian academic and higher education administrator.
Michael Noonan is an Australian filmmaker, author and academic. He is a seven-time finalist at Tropfest, the world's biggest short film festival, a two-time AWGIE nominee, and winner of Best Documentary at the Inside Film Awards.
Leah King-Smithis a Bigambul descendant, visual artist and lecturer in the School of Creative Practice QUT, Brisbane, Australia. She is best known for her photo compositions.
William Athol Gill (1937–1992), often known as Athol Gill or Dr. Athol Gill, was an influential Australian theologian and one of the leaders of the Australian radical discipleship movement.
Vanessa Ann Green is a New Zealand educational theorist and academic. She is currently a full professor at the Victoria University of Wellington.
Wayne Denning is an Indigenous Australian businessman of Birri Gubba heritage, and is the Managing Director and owner of Carbon Creative.
Kerrie Ann Wilson is an Australian environmental scientist who is the Queensland Chief Scientist and a Professor in the Faculty of Science at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She was formerly the Pro Vice-Chancellor at QUT. Wilson is also an affiliated professor in conservation science at the University of Copenhagen, honorary professor at The University of Queensland, a member of the Australian Heritage Council and the Australian Natural Sciences Commissioner for UNESCO.
Patsy Yates is an Australian registered nurse, university professor, and institutional leader who works at the Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane), where she is a Distinguished Professor and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health, Research Director of the Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education, and Co-Director of the Centre for Healthcare Transformation. She is a specialist in the field of palliative, cancer and aged care.
The Sapphire Series is a state netball league featuring teams from Queensland. The league is organised by Netball Queensland. The current semi-professional league was first played for during the 2019 season. It replaced earlier state leagues organised by Netball Queensland as the top level netball competition in Queensland. On a national level, the HART Sapphire Series is effectively a third level league. Reserve teams compete in the Ruby Series. The Firebirds Futures are the representative team of the Sapphire Series. They originally played as Queensland Fusion, and then in 2021 were re-branded Queensland Sapphires after the Sapphire Series.
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