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23 August 2008, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

Program

The conference program has now been finalised. Themes and speakers Distinguished international and national commentators will engage in two debates, one about food and nutrition, and one about textiles and fashion, defining and discussing sustainability issues, allowing delegates the opportunity to explore the notions of consumption and citizenship. The workshop program will build on the debates to explore ethical issues in detail, as well as address practical classroom implementation strategies in the context of educational imperatives such as the new Queensland Essential Learnings and Standards. A high-profile education academic will contextualise the issues in terms of what a 21st century curriculum might look like. The workshops will include, for example: Looking at food issues
	Digging deeper into the food basket—an exploration into the key messages about sustainable food futures: ecological impacts (e.g. organics, local products, food miles etc.), food security (availability, accessibility and appropriateness), and global impacts on others (fair trade etc.)—it is about being healthy and being a good citizen. Food Citizenship—what to look for, where to go, how to be both a good consumer and a good citizen. Food and nutrition education: When less is more—a proposal for scoping and sequencing food and nutrition education against the Essential Learnings so that key issues, including sustainability, can be covered in an intellectually rigorous yet practical way. Cooking up a sustainable storm—a practical demonstration of (classroom-friendly) ideas that support healthy, sustainable food futures.
Looking at textiles issues
	Slow fashion—an exploration of ethical textiles from choice of fibre to production, fashion and slow fashion. Ethical textiles: What does it look like in the classroom? —an exploration of ethical textiles (fibre, production, fashion, fair trade, sweatshops, etc.) through the modelling of classroom strategies. Genesis Creations—designing and decorating fabric with the environment (and classroom) in mind.
Looking at housing issues
	Moving on from turning off the tap—an examination of both ecological and human impacts of current trends regarding housing design, urban renewal and transport systems. Reverse Garbage—a practical and creative workshop that provides insight into issues of sustainability through engagement in a range of creative activities using salvaged materials.
Framing it in education
	What do we value in education?—an examination of an eco-citizen, healthy citizen and democratic citizen as portrayed through Education Queensland’s new Values Framework for all government schools—what does it mean for home economics? Let’s think: Raising the intellectual bar—specific classroom strategies to build intellectual rigour into teaching, learning and assessment, with reference to the Ways of Working in the Essential Learnings. Making it work—a look at some practical, user-friendly strategies based on brain research to support student learning. Philosophical inquiry—an approach and classroom strategies for developing skills of inquiry, reasoning and critical analysis, modelled in the context of sustainability. Unpacking the Essential Learnings and Standards Descriptors—an unpacking to show the structure, intent and how to use the Queensland Essential Learnings and Standards Descriptors, and what this means for home economics. Criteria and standards descriptors—Let’s do it—a hands-on workshop of ‘how to do it’ when it comes to writing task specific criteria and standards descriptors that align with the Essential Learnings and Standards. Essential Learnings and Standards through a sustainability lens—how to plan from the Essential Learnings and Standards, using sustainability and citizenship issues in the home economics classroom as a model.
Speakers Dr Martin Caraher
Martin is Reader in food and health policy at the Department of Health Management and Food Policy at City University, London. He originally trained as an environmental health officer in Dublin. After working in the north west of Ireland he developed an interest in the public health and health promotion aspects of the work. He completed his masters and doctorate in London, and since 1990 he has been working with Professor Tim Lang on aspects of food policy. Martin is known to many home economics professionals following his inspiring contribution to the 2005 national HEIA conference in Tasmania: Sustainability and home economics: The choice is ours. Martin has worked extensively on issues related to food poverty, cooking skills, local sustainable food supplies, the role of markets and co-ops in promoting health, farmers markets, food deserts and food access, retail concentration and globalisation. Current research interests include: • The role of local food projects in promoting health • Local area access to food in London with work in the boroughs of Hackney and Islington • Cooking skills among young people and the changing nature of food skills and the culinary transition • The role of food markets in promoting health and wellbeing • Farmers markets and new selling spaces. Recent work has focused on the impact of food advertising on children’s food choices and the impact of advertising regulation. In addition he has been working in schools, including work for the UK Department of Health, for the World Health Organization (Europe) on school feeding programmes in Latvia, and for the World Bank on school food in Lesotho. He has been in contact with colleagues in Australia in the Coalition on Food Advertising to Children, sharing ideas and resources. His interests in sustainability come from the perspective of local food chains and the attempts by social enterprises to build sustainability into their work. Martin has contributed to books on public health and health promotion, including a chapter on international public health in the Oxford Handbook of Public Health. Together with colleagues he has worked in Australia, Portugal, France, the US and Canada. Martin sits on the London Food Board which advises the Mayor on food in London and the South East Food and Public Health Group. He is also an Associate Member of the National Heart Forum. He also advises and reviews materials and plans for a range of local and statutory organisations dealing with food. He chaired the National Primary Care Team Community Food Access programme. He regularly appears on TV and radio in relation to food issues. Some relevant publications Caraher, M., Dixon, P., Lang, T. and Carr-Hill, R. (1998). Barriers to accessing healthy foods: differentials by gender, social class, income and mode of transport. Health Education Journal, 57 (3), 191–201. Caraher, M., Lang, T., Dixon, P. and Carr-Hill, R. (1999). The state of cooking in England: The relationship of cooking skills to food choice. British Food Journal, 101 (8), 590–609. Caraher, M., Lang, T. and Dixon, P. (2000). The influence of TV and celebrity chefs on public attitudes and behaviour among the English public. Association for the Study of Food in Society Journal. 4 (1), 27–46. Robinson, N., Caraher, M. and Lang, T. (2000). Access to shops; the views of low income shoppers Health Education Journal, 59 (2), 121–136. Lang, T. and Caraher, M. (2001). Is there a culinary skills transition? Data and debate from the UK about changes in cooking culture. Journal of the Home Economics Institute of Australia, 8 (2), 2–14 Barling, D., Lang, T. and Caraher, M. (2002). Food, social policy and the environment: Towards a new model. In M. Cahill and T. Fitzpatrick (Eds) Environmental issues and social welfare. Blackwell Publishing: Oxford. Caraher, M., Baker, H. and Burns, M. (2004). Children's views of cooking and food preparation. British Food Journal, 1 April 2004, 106 (4), 255–273. Stead, M., Caraher, M., Wrieden, W., Longbottom, P., Valentine, K. and Anderson, A. (2004). Confident, fearful and hopeless cooks: Findings from the development of a food-skills initiative British Food Journal, 1 April 2004, 106 (40), 274–287. Caraher, M. and Cowburn, G. (2005). Taxing food: implications for public health nutrition. Public Health Nutrition, 8 (8), 1242–1249. Caraher, M. and Reynolds, J. (2005). Lessons for home economics pedagogy and practice. Journal of the Home Economics Institute of Australia, 12 (2), 2–15. Caraher, M. and Landon, J. (2006). The impact of advertising on food choice: The social context of advertising. In R. Shepherd, & M. Ratts (Eds.), The psychology of food choice (pp. 227–245). Wallingford, Oxfordshire: CABI. Caraher, M., Landon., J. and Dalmeny, K. (2006). TV advertising and children: Lessons from policy development. Public Health Nutrition, 9 (5), 596–605
Sue Thomas Sue Thomas is a British-born fashion academic teaching at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. She has taught at graduate and postgraduate level in Aotearoa, New Zealand and in the United Kingdom. Her qualifications are in fashion design, textiles, education and film. Sue is currently studying for a doctorate in ethics as relating to sustainability in the fashion industry. Her current teaching subjects include: fashion design, sustainability, ethics, global issues for fashion and textiles, and fashion theory. Her recent publications have included papers on inclusive fashion design, the future(s) of wool, ethics and innovation, ‘green wool’, and social justice in fashion. A listed RMIT media expert Sue enjoys making a broad contribution to fashion and social justice issues in a wide range of public forums including consultancy, public lectures and radio commentaries, with regular contributions on ABC Radio 774 Overnights aired throughout Australia and to the world via the web. Her most recent foray was on ABC National ‘By Design’ discussing Empathy in Design with Alan Saunders. In addition to being an experienced academic writer, her work has appeared in a variety of publications including Farming Times and WSA Performance & Sports Materials. Sue’s interest in the fashion industry has taken her to Paris, Barcelona, Hong Kong, New York and Toronto, leading students and pursuing research into national identity in fashion design. A member of the Educators for a Socially Responsible Apparel Business (ESRAB) and the International Textiles and Apparel Association (ITAA), she has presented papers in Santa Fe, New York, Savannah and Portland and is a member of a variety of committees. Some relevant publications Thomas, S. (2007). ‘Design Back-story: Empathy, witnessing, reflection and the inclusive response’ in proceedings of Include 07 Conference, Royal College of Arts, London http://www.ektakta.com/include/files2/1_416.pdf Thomas, S. (2006). ‘Fair go fashion – human rights and fair trade in Australia’, in proceedings of Un-Australia: the annual Conference of Cultural Studies Association of Australasia, University of Canberra, Canberra http://www.unaustralia.com/electronicpdf/Unsthomas.pdf Thomas, S. & Klein, D. (2006). ‘Mr Incredible’s New Suit or can wool ‘save’ our future(s)?’, in proceedings of Wearable Futures: Hybrid Culture in the Design and Development of Soft Technology Conference, University of Wales, Newport, Wales, UK http://artschool.newport.ac.uk/smartclothes/wearablefutures_abstracts.html#thomas Thomas, S. & Van Kopplen, A. (2005). ‘Fashion Design: the other person, culture and environment’, in proceedings of Include 05 Conference, Royal College of Arts, London http://www.hhc.rca.ac.uk/archive/hhrc/programmes/include/2005/proceedings/pdf/thomassue.pdf Thomas, S. (2002). ‘We dream of green sheep’, Wool, Technology & Sheep Breeding, Vol 50 no. 3, pp. 327-334, Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand http://sheepjournal.une.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2406&context=sheepjournal Dr Geoffrey Annison Deputy Chief Executive Australian Food and Grocery Council Dr Geoffrey Annison joined the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) in October 2007. He has wide experience in food regulation and innovation, having held a number of senior technical and management roles in industry in Australia and overseas, in academia, and in public policy. His career has spanned a number of sectors including the fast moving consumer goods sector with Goodman Fielder and the AFGC, the rural sector with organisations such as Rhone Poulenc based in Singapore and Australian Pork Ltd and AWB Ltd in Australia. He has been an active research scientist during time spent with Massey University in New Zealand and the CSIRO Division of Human Nutrition in Adelaide. He has an extensive knowledge of current industry issues, particularly as they related to food, nutrition and human health. Dr Annison has a Bachelor of Science in Food Technology (Hons) and a PhD. in Microbiology from the University of New South Wales. Dr Rosemary Stanton OAM is well known to Queensland home economics professionals for her passion for sustainable food futures—in 2007 she raised the concept of ‘from consumer to citizen’ at the HEIA(Q) 2007 conference. Rosemary is one of Australia's best-known nutritionists and has an Order of Australia Medal for her services to community health. A Visiting Fellow in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Rosemary is a member of many advisory committees and professional associations. She has authored many scientific papers, 31 books on food and nutrition and over 3,200 articles for magazines and newspapers. Rosemary is widely recognised as a source of reliable nutrition information free from commercial influence. Her aim is to encourage healthier diets, with enjoyable foods that create minimal environmental damage.   Dr Jenny Nayler is an educational consultant and writer with extensive experience in a range of educational contexts. As well as tertiary teaching and research experience, she has worked in education and social policy development, taught in secondary schools and worked on major national and state projects. All of this work has been underpinned by a strong commitment to social justice with practical support for schools’ design and implementation of context-responsive curriculum, generative pedagogies and assessment for learning. A major project for Jennifer during 2008 has been working as the chief author on a Queensland Studies Authority publication to support teachers’ engagement with the Queensland Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Framework.   Dominique Rizzo, Chef and Presenter, is the founder and face of Pure Food Cooking. Pure Food Cooking's focus and purpose is to generate awareness about cooking with an emphasis on natural whole foods and fresh organic produce, to improve health, balance and life vitality. Dominique is also a celebrity chef involved in the dynamic Ready Steady Cook series on Network 10. She has appeared on Lifestyle Food, Great South East, as well as being featured on Food Lover's Guide to Australia and ABC Radio. Dominique possesses a passion for creative world food, fuelled by her Sicilian heritage and a deep desire to develop innovative cuisine using quality, safe, clean, fresh produce. Dominique has 15 years experience as a Chef and 7 years as Head Chef and business partner in the award winning Mondo Organics restaurant in Brisbane's West End.

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