This conference presented by the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (AIPA) is an annual event honouring Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing. While suicide prevention remains a central focus, this year the conference has expanded to acknowledge the wider mental health challenges faced by First Nations peoples, including social and emotional wellbeing, culturally safe care, systemic reform, and community resilience.

This years theme is ‘Honouring our ways of knowing, being and doing: Leading transformative change in Indigenous suicide prevention and mental health’. Discussions will focus on:

• Strengthening connections – exploring how country, culture, identity and belonging strengthen healing and social and emotional wellbeing.
• Community-led pathways – celebrating lived experience, grassroots initiatives, collective action and local innovations.
• Supports journeys of healing – honouring loss and enabling grief and grieving through collective healing and walking together.
• Transforming systems – embedding Indigenous knowledges and methodologies across systems, services, and research.

Catch a presentation by WellMob Directory David Edwards on ‘Strengthening SEWB: How digital spaces can strengthen Connections to Country, Culture, Identity and Belonging.