COVID-19: Impact on Canberra's social fabric


Forum Australia held an online Forum





7:30pm 12 Tuesday October 2021






https://youtu.be/KGRFjUghp7E




Prominent members of the Canberra community, and experts in their fields, shared their thoughts on how COVID-19, and the response to it, is changing how we live and interact socially and how the community is likely to be affected in the next few years.





Attendees asked questions of the speakers and also interacted with each other online during the Zoom Event.





MC: Adrienne Francis, Presenter, ABC Radio Canberra





Opening Remarks: Mohammed Ali, President, Forum Australia





PANEL





Kathy Ragless
CEO, Companion House





Dr Yonatan Dinku
Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research





Dr Emma Campbell
CEO, ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS)





Darlene Cox
Executive Director, Health Care Consumers’ Association (HCCA)





Vote of Thanks: Phillip Etches, Executive Committee, Forum Australia





Organised by
Forum Australia - Have your say





Executive Committee Members:
Mohammed Ali, Mansoor Syed, Helen Wilson, Phillip Etches, Manar Ahmad





Supported by
The ACT Office of Multicultural Affairs


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