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Special
Activities, Achievements and Invitations
Current:
Sociology Panel
Chair, Canada Adoption Summit, Toronto September 2010 held by the
University of Waterloo
Editor, Collarboration with 16 Vietnamese adoptees from Australia,
Europe and USA on personal essays and poems reflection on the 35th
anniversary of the Vietnam War, April 2010
2009:
Co-Convenor,
The Touring Transcultural Adoptee Film Festival (TTAF), Australia-wide.
Presented by Adopted Vietnamese International and The Inter-country
Adoptee Support Network with sponsorship by Monash University, The
Australian Catholic University, The Asian Australian Studies Research
Network and various State Government Adoption Authorities and Community
Groups.
Visiting
Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney – 2009. http://www.adopteefilms.info
2008:
Invited Participant, The Australia 2020 Summit.
Australian Federal Government, April 19 – 20, 2008. Canberra.
2007:
Invited Keynote Speaker, McDonald College School of Performing Arts
Speech Night, 11 December 2007, The Seymour Centre, Sydney.
Session Chair, ‘Asian Australian Performance’, The 2nd Asian Australian
Identities Conference. Organised by The Asian Australian Studies
Research Network, Melbourne. 28-30 June 2007.
Convenor, An Asian Australian Occasion: Short Films and Panel Sessions
Event at The University of Queensland. Speakers included Professor
Geoffrey Lawrence, Professor Zlatko Skrbis, Dr Jacqueline Lo, Assoc.
Prof. David Ip, Wai Wai Lui, Anna Yen, Alan Han and Benjamin Law. Event
held in association with The Asian Australian Studies Research Network,
plus The UQ School of Social Science and Library for Diversity Week, 18
May 2007.
Acting News Bulletin Editor, The Asian Australian Studies Research
Network (AASRN), 2007.
2003:
Exhibitor, 'Immigration Plate' Photo Series, Imagining Ourselves: A
Global Generation of Women Online Exhibit, Sponsored by the
International Museum of Women, 2003
http://imaginingourselves.imow.org/pb/Story.aspx?id=1628&lang=1
2002:
Selected
as a Student Delegate, Harvard Project for Asian and International
Relations (HPAIR) -
Workshop: 'The Politics of Asian Identity', Traditions and
Transformations: Evolving Perspectives on Asia,
Conference/Workshops. Co-Hosted by Harvard University and Macquarie
University. August 2002.
Exhibitor,
'Adopted Vietnamese Australians' for VietPOP Exhibition,
"Emergence Of Vietnamese Youth In Australia", Liverpool Museum. Curators: Thao Nguyen and
Cuong Phu Le. June - October 2002.
2001:
Former Web Editor - Vietnam Women's Forum
(founded
by Professor Kieu Linh Valverde)
2000 - 2001
www.vnwomensforum.com
Founder - Adopted Vietnamese International (AVI) Network
Founded April 2000 - current
www.adoptedvietnamese.org
Committee
Memberships and Advisory Positions
2010
Honorary Member of
International Advisory Board, Conducive Online Magazine, from June
2009. http://conducivemag.com and Imagined Online Magazine from June
2010. http://www.imagined.com
QLD Intercountry
Adoptee Film Committee, under the umbrella of Jigsaw QLD Inc and in
association with Adopted Vietnamese International
2009
Co-Convenor of the Touring Transcultural Adoptee
Films Festival, Australia-wide, 2009.
2007
Organising
Committee Chair for An Asian Australian Occasion, Film Fesitval and
Panel Event on Asian Australian Identities to celebrate Diversity Week
and held in association with The
University of Queensland's School of Social Science & Library, and
The Asian Australian Studies Research Network. 18 May
2007.
2005
Sub-Committee
Member, Planning for International Day Festival for International
Adoptive
Families, Brisbane, Queensland. April - July 2005.
Student Representative, The Post Graduate Liaison
Meetings convened by Graduate School, The
University of Queensland – From
April - December 2005.
Student Representative, The Post Graduate
Studies Committee, The School of Social Science,
The University of Queensland – From March 2005 - January 2005.
General
Academic and Institute Memberships
The Asian Australian Studies Research Network
(AASRN)
The
Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
The
Australian Institute of International Affairs
Membership
Nominated by Sir Robert Cotton in 2000
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