The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need to improve the digital literacy of older CALD Australians. Doctors from the University of Melbourne and Deakin University have called for a more sophisticated approach to integrating technology into older people’s lives. The Chinese Australians featured in this article didn’t hold the…
Digital access and skills are crucial for evacuees and refugees starting their new lives in Australia, a situation exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Startupdaily highlights research from Foundations for Belonging 2021, led by Settlement Services International (SSI) and researchers at WSU. In 2019, refugees engaged in high levels of digital…
Can you imagine a world without volunteers? It seems odd to even think about, yet data from Volunteering Australia shows that volunteering has been decreasing over time, and that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated lowering volunteer numbers. The Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that nearly one in ten Australians haven't…
When we look at inclusion and access we need to remember that this means more than the physicality of getting around. Dr. Lisa Stafford, researcher for inclusive communities, explains "society is based on this normal idea - we call it to the normate - this mythical idea of a certain type…
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