Events

Dr Tiffani Howell is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University. She is interested in all aspects of human-animal relationships, including animal welfare.  Tiffani recently completed a four-year trial, funded by the Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs, to understand the effectiveness of assistance dogs as an adjunct to treatment for veterans with PTSD. She has also recently jointly led a project commissioned by the Australian National Disability Insurance Agency, in which existing scientific literature was reviewed to determine the effectiveness of assistance dogs. 

Micro mobility is an emerging feature of our community.  Whilst the City of Whitehorse is yet to engage in a trial of these travel modalities - Geoff will take us into the work of micromobility, the benefits, challenges and societal impacts.

Think "Old People's Home for 4 year old" and Old People's Home for Teenagers and you are thinking along the right lines.  This work is more than a script for our ABC and Mark is in the centre of it.

Mark is the  ‘Coordinator Swinburne University Wellbeing Clinic for Older Adults’ and he will share the essential elements of the work that he is doing, some of it, with the help of Rotary Clubs in Booroondara.

Responding to the request for more information - this will be an online session - as our meeting venue is not available.   Settle in, BYOD (bring your own device!) and let's take a walk through the features that are now at our finger tips.

Please make sure you have logged into the member area of our website before the meeting.

Responding to the request from our Club Assembly - Ian has been asked by our Ken Miller (current District Governor) to provide an update on the progress and highlights of the merger that will see the two current areas known as District 9810 and District 9820 become a new larger District 9815.

Ian has just returned from USA where he attended International Assembly (training school for District Governors!) and we anticipate that he will have an insight into how we are progressing compared with other mergers in the Rotary world.

Dean Bragonier is the Founder and Executive Dyslexic of NoticeAbility Inc, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students with dyslexia identify their unique strengths and build self-esteem.

Shaped by the challenges associated with his dyslexia and after struggling through the traditional secondary education system, Dean became a diligent and successful college student who developed a true love of learning at Bates College. Upon graduation, Dean embraced his entrepreneurial instincts and acquired a small seasonal restaurant on Martha’s Vineyard Island that he transformed into a successful full-scale enterprise. It was through this endeavour that he was able to contextualize his years of laborious academic learning and discover the true gifts of his dyslexic mind.

As a social entrepreneur, Dean has founded his own nonprofit organizations and served as a board member and advisor to a number of others. NoticeAbility is the culmination of Dean’s passion for education and his conviction that the advantages of dyslexia far outweigh its associated challenges.

Join us from 7:00 a.m. (with a tight finish at 9:00 a.m.) for the International Women's Day Breakfast which will be celebrated at Box Hill Town Hall.

Dr Ross Digby has a lifetime dedicated to education. A resident of Box Hill, he is Associate Director - Centre for Energy and Infrastructure - Holmesglen TAFE. Within Ross' remit is the Victorian Tunnelling Centre which is located at Holmesglen Institute's campus at Chadstone. The facility includes replica mined tunnel and rail/Tunnel Boring Machine tunnel similar to the Metro Tunnel. This is the Australian first tunnelling taining centre which will train thousands of workers as part of the Victorian Government's rail projects.