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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 1d

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.

Countdown to Townsville by-election

YouTube video by JCU: James Cook University, Australia

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 1d

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.

2025 Trailblazer Award - Tamara Loehr

YouTube video by JCU: James Cook University, Australia

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 13d

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.
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Stories Accumulate Like Time: First Nations Speculative Fiction

YouTube video by JCU: James Cook University, Australia

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 13d

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.
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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 13d

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.

jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations to first time author Khin Myint, who has won this year’s $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for Fragile Creatures: A Memoir.

Debut author Khin Myint wins 2025 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award

First time author Khin Myint has won this year’s $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for Fragile Creatures: A Memoir.

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 22d

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.

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.

www.themandarin.com.au

jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · 26d

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 · Sep 4

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.

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 · Aug 28

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 · Aug 26

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 · Aug 22

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!
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Book Week 2025

YouTube video by JCU: James Cook University, Australia

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · Aug 7

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 · Aug 4

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 · Jul 29

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 · Jul 16

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 · Jul 9

Congratulations to CASE's Dr Anna Willis (Bioarchaeologist) who has just had a paper published open access in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences with her colleagues based on her DECRA research.

Living in the middle of the edge: an insight into ancient subsistence practices in Myanmar - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

The origins of agriculture have been a focal point of interest in Southeast Asia because of the profound influence domestication of cereal crops had on the ancient inhabitants of the region. Historica...

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · Jul 9

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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · Jul 9

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 · Jul 2

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 · Jul 2

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'.
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jcuCASE.bsky.social @jcucase.bsky.social · Jun 27

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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