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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

CASE's Dr Zoe Wang, Senior Lecturer Development Studies, has contributed to an article in The Conversation on paraquat use. Why is Australia so dependent on this chemical? Read on... tinyurl.com/mwzx44ew

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Cheap, effective and dangerous: how Australian farmers came to depend on the toxic weedkiller paraquat

Paraquat is banned in dozens of countries – but this cheap imported herbicide is everywhere in Australia.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

CASE's Dr Anna Hayes (Senior Lecturer, Political Science) had a 'fireside chat' with Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, at the Cairns Institute this week. They discussed the changing face of modern warfare and lessons of the conflict for Indo-Pacific states.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Last week, Dr Natalia Veles attended the Australian Counselling Awards event. Natalia was pleased to present Mike Carroll with the JCU-sponsored Regional, Rural and Remote Award, recognising a counsellor who provides vital mental health services in regional, rural, or remote communities.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

JCU historian Dr Claire Brennan's latest article looks at how JCU Library's Open Access publication programme has turned a JCU subject about the history of Pacific encounter and exploration into popular digital public history. Read the article at: doi.org/10.1080/00822884.2026.2659507

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A Digital Flying Dutchman: The Afterlife of an Open Educational Resource as a Public History of Exploration

This article describes a free, online resource developed in conjunction with a second-year subject taught at a university in regional Australia. It examines the foundations of that subject, the amb...

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It was a pleasure to welcome guests from Pacific Adventist Uni to JCU recently – Vice Chancellor Professor Lohi Matainaho and DVC Professor Lalen Simeon. CASE's Dr Florence Boulard says: "These connections are invaluable as we continue strengthening partnerships across the Pacific."

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

CASE's Dr Leonard Freeman has had a co-authored article published in AIJRE’s latest issue What's Rural About Rural Education Research. The open-access article is titled 'Explicit phonological awareness instruction in three rural Northern Territory preschools'.

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Explicit phonological awareness instruction in three rural Northern Territory preschools | Australian and International Journal of Rural Education

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Enjoy these happy snaps from JCU's recent Guidance Professionals Summit in Cairns. The immersive, on-campus event for guidance officers and career advisors had a jam-packed program, including an interactive workshop run by CASE's Dr Tanya Doyle.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Happy international women's day and, boy, do we have some wonderful women at JCU. Like Dr Jacqueline Lau and Dr Georgina Gurney, who were part of an international working group that has helped develop a world-first Ocean Equity Index. Read more in Nature at tinyurl.com/4uf8v78e

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

CASE’s first research seminar for 2026 is on 4 February, from 12.30 till 1.30pm. Dr Tanya Doyle and Dr Kelsey Lowrie will present on ‘Strengthening models of Education and Health service integration for wellbeing in learning communities in North Queensland’. Join via zoom tinyurl.com/4y4anaxs

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A four-week field trip to Thailand was an awe-inspiring experience for JCU Arts, Social Sciences and Social Work students. Highlights included a rural village homestay and visits to heritage and archaeological sites. youtu.be/M43rrfwAqxg

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New Colombo Plan trip to Thailand

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

JCU PhD candidate Janine Evans has published new historical research highlighting the outstanding achievements of Australia’s pioneering female botanical artists from the 19th and 20th centuries: Marian Ellis Rowan (1848-1922) and Vera Scarth-Johnson (1912-1999). 👉 tinyurl.com/25ed7ys7

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Thank you to 3rd Brigade for your continued partnership with CASE #JCU. Honoured to play a small part in preparing soldiers deploying overseas. This year, we delivered Japanese, Pacific French & Tok Pisin language and cultural training to another 100 women and men.

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Thank you 2025 JCU and 3rd Brigade Partnership in Language and Cultural training. Short courses.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Dive into a literary life in Australia’s Wet Tropics with this podcast featuring CASE Research Officer for the Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing (RALC) Dr Elizabeth Smyth. Play: tinyurl.com/3wk6akpx.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work University of Toronto field instructors were recently invited to attend a talk by Professor Ines Zuchowski, CASE’s Associate Dean, Research. Associate Professor Zuchowski shared insights on working with students in field education in Australia.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

To mark World Teachers' Day this week Inspiration on Tap is shining a light on the power of mindset in transforming education. Join CASE’s Dr Tanya Doyle, Dr Kelsey Lowrie and Dr Grace Jefferson as they explore the powerful impact teachers have in shaping young lives. Click below to register now.

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JCU Inspiration on Tap

To mark World Teachers' Day, Inspiration on Tap is shining a light on the power of evidence and mindset in transforming education.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

It was a big day for Social Work at JCU today with a celebration of field work held at JCU's Townsville Bebegu Yumba campus. More than 100 students, liaison officers, field educators, task supervisors and host agencies gathered to hear students speak about their placement journeys and network.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Meet Ryan Catholic College's careers advisor, Nicole Stott-Whiting, and hear how studying JCU's Graduate Certificate of Career Development has enhanced her practice. Learn more about this CICA-endorsed course at: www.jcu.edu.au/courses/graduate-certificate-of-career-development

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Discover JCU's Graduate Certificate of Career Development

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Students from JCU's Master of Global Development recently went on an unforgettable field trip to Mossman, where the community is transitioning from a century-old sugar industry to a green, sustainable economy built on ecotourism, high-end horticulture, and innovative green technology.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Congratulations to Winton State School's Campbell Evans on winning the Excellence in Beginning to Teach Qld TEACHX Awards. Campbell graduated JCU with a Bachelor of Education degree in 2021. As Head of Department (Primary), his leadership has been instrumental in implementing literacy programs.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Townsville voters will select their next mayor at a by-election on November 15, with nominations opening today. Press play below to hear JCU’s Dr Liam Moore (Lecturer, International Politics and Policy) chat with the ABC North Queensland Breakfast show about the upcoming postal vote.

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Countdown to Townsville by-election

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Meet JCU’s 2025 Outstanding Alumni Awards winner (Trailblazer Award) Tamara Loehr. Tamara completed a Bachelor of Arts at JCU in 1997 and is now an award-winning entrepreneur, impact investor, and co-CEO of Enterprise Growth Systems, where she helps mid-sized companies scale with purpose.

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2025 Trailblazer Award - Tamara Loehr

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Have a listen to this Public Seminar by Dr Mykaela Saunders, University of Sydney, supported by JCU’s Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing. youtu.be/2mJBfBGnD5g

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Stories Accumulate Like Time: First Nations Speculative Fiction

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Dr Elizabeth Smyth's new article celebrates the university-educated woman farmer in John Naish’s 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘳 (1963). Dr Smyth argues that this forgotten novel reshapes the genre of the Australian farm novel and expands traditional representations of women and class. tinyurl.com/bdjsvrj

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Congratulations to the Townsville Museum for its recent 40-year anniversary celebrations, attended by CASE's Dr Claire Brennan (second from right), a lecturer in history at JCU.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Research conducted by Dr Doris Asante and Associate Professor Anna Boucher for Settlement Services International on migrant deskilling has been used by the organisation in developing their policy recommendations to government. Read below the Mandarin article summarising the research findings.

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What overseas examples tell us about recognising the skills of migrants and refugees

Tailored support, streamlined recognition, and global examples show how migrant skills can boost Australia’s economy.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

And that’s a wrap for Social Sciences Week, with celebrations including a focus on the 50th Anniversary of Papua New Guinea Independence at the Cairns Nguma-bada campus. With thanks to the Australian Academy of Social Sciences for supporting these events with a grant.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Congratulations to Dr Elizabeth Smyth, a writer and researcher at JCU’s Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing in Cairns. She is off to the USA after securing a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship to examine rare manuscripts written by rainforest travellers.

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USA Fellowship to help understand rainforest stories

A James Cook University researcher is off to the USA after securing a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship to examine rare manuscripts written by rainforest travellers up to 125 years ago.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

CASE’s Dr Sujin Kim (Lecturer, Career Development) is currently in Indonesia, where she delivered guest lectures for undergraduate and postgraduate psychology students at Diponegoro University (UNDIP). The trip is supported by UNDIP under their Postdoctoral Research Fellow Program.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Master of Social Work students Angel, Tishma and Paul have been visiting from the De Paul Institute in Kerala (JCU’s international student exchange partner in India). Thanks to the New Colombo Plan, the trio have been hosted in Cairns by CASE Social Work students who travelled to Kerala last year.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Today JCU welcomed over 150 high school students to its Townsville campus to celebrate Book Week @JCU. The students took workshops with young adult and fantasy author Isobelle Carmody and got to see where a passion for storytelling can take you! youtu.be/nRR7sbebcc4

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Book Week 2025

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

CASE's Dr Wili Suluma and Dr Greg Burnett have a new joint publication out - 'The Boarding School Education of Remote Aboriginal Students: What are the Expected Outcomes?' Read it now int the Australian and International Journal of Rural Education: doi.org/10.47381/aij...

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Looking for some great winter reads? Dip into the shortlist for the $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, announced today by The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies. The five authors are: Garry Disher, Jane Godwin, Gail Jones, Leah Kaminsky and Khin Myint.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Don't miss the 2025 Colin Roderick Memorial Lecture! Emily Maguire will present lectures that explore the work of receptivity — the porous state through which ideas are seeded and developed. Cairns, 29 July: tinyurl.com/2e4bkb94 Townsville, 31 July: tinyurl.com/39med297

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

JCU recently hosted the visit of his Excellency Mr Pierre Andre Imbert, Ambassador of France to Australia. He was accompanied by Mr Alain Etchegaray Honorary Consul of France in Brisbane and Mr Thomas Jerejian, Counsellor to the Ambassador to discuss JCU activities in the Francophone islands.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Last week, in an event organised by CASE Lecturer in History, Dr Tianna Killoran, scholars and artists from Australia and Japan gathered in Townsville for the 'Walking Through Time' symposium and history trail.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

This past week, educators and those interested in democratic and citizenship education came to Townsville for the SCEAA conference hosted at JCU. Attendees participated in two days of exciting discussions about the future of democratic and citizenship education across contexts.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

The 2025 annual conference of the Australian Historical Association is underway in Townsville, hosted by JCU and CQU. Among the many meanings of this year's theme, 'Looking Up' is also an invitation to look 'up North'. @jcuofficial.bsky.social @austhistassoc.bsky.social @stplbrk.bsky.social

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Last week, CASE’s Dr Liam Moore (Lecturer, International Politics & Policy) joined a group of advocates, researchers and community leaders in New York for the first in-person meeting of the Coalition on Dignified Climate-Related Planned Relocation, hosted by Human Rights Watch.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Supported by The Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing, 'Researcher Wellbeing and Affective Ambush: Engaging with Emotions During Research' was held recently. The symposium was hosted by Dr Marina Deller and Dr Emma Maguire. Check out their article: tinyurl.com/2wdty7ca

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

A/Prof Ines Zuchowski recently connected with staff from the Integrierten Gesundhietszemtrum Lichtenberg [IGZ] in Berlin, exploring their project of integrating social workers in GP settings. The exchange highlighted the value social workers bring to wholistic patient care.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

JCU's social work team couldn't be more proud of the launch of Balance by Centacare FNQ. This project aims to strengthen psychosocial wellbeing across the health and community services sector. Bachelor of Social Work student, and Centacare officer, Daniel Gouge was integral to the program's design.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The Australian Counselling Association’s ‘Changing Landscapes’ conference is underway in Adelaide. With more than 40 speakers presenting over three days, it’s action-packed. CASE’s Associate Professor Margaret Carter spoke at the conference about JCU’s Master of Guidance and Counselling degree.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

CASE’s Dr Natalia Veles recently delivered a keynote address, titled ‘Empowering Futures: The Transformative Value of Career Development for Young People’, at the International Youth Forum on Career Development and Education. The forum was hosted by Zhengzhou University in Henan Province, China.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

JCU had a terrific opportunity to welcome Cliff Bingham, Assistant Secretary of Labour Market Research and Analysis at Jobs and Skills Australia, to our Graduate Certificate of Career Development tutorial, 'Labour Market: Integration of Global and Local Perspectives', this week.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Don't miss Dr Liam Moore (Lecturer, International Politics) presenting on 'How to move a community: lessons on disaster and climate-related relocations' at a Pint of Science. Townsville’s festival will feature 10 JCU experts from May 19 to 21. Register now: jcu.edu.au/events/2025/may/pint-of-science

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Thanks to JCU’s Roderick Centre for Australian Literature and Creative Writing, Year 8 Newman Catholic College students recently visited the JCU Cairns Nguma-bada campus. Here, they’re studying Atika Creek to craft a gothic setting as a creative writing exercise. See: www.jcu.edu.au/RCALC

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Visiting fellow Dr Adelle Sefton-Rowston from Charles Darwin University in action at Riverway Library conducting creative writing workshops as part of the ‘Blue Skies on Jail Walls’ project. 👉 www.jcu.edu.au/RCALC/curren...

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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

☕️👨‍🌾New paper from @jcucase.bsky.social's Dr Zoe Wang and co-authors on major changes to rural China as smallholder farmers take part in a growing coffee industry. Read here📄👉 shorturl.at/YBvQR

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