Tangata Whenua Practice Presentation

Date:

21 May 2026 - 21 May 2026

Time:

12.00pm - 1:00pm

Climate-displacement, indigenous wellbeing, and mental health in the Pacific

Date:

10 June 2026 - 10 June 2026

Time:

10.00am - 11:00am

The webinar explores how climate change is affecting Indigenous Fijians’ ancestral lands and the profound psychological and cultural impacts this creates. It highlights how disruptions to land, sea, and sacred sites generate distress such as eco‑grief, eco‑stress, solastalgia, and what the researchers term pre‑traumatic stress — the anxiety experienced before potential relocation occurs. These impacts undermine identity, belonging, and intergenerational continuity within affected communities. The session also emphasises the critical but currently overlooked role of social workers in Fiji’s climate response, calling for culturally grounded psychosocial support to be integrated into adaptation, recovery, and relocation planning.

Setting up private practice

Date:

11 June 2026 - 11 June 2026

Time:

12.00pm - 1:00pm

Build with purpose. Launch with clarity. Safeguard your wellbeing. Join Kandas Gee as she unlocks the foundations of a thriving private practice in this dynamic webinar.

Living with Huntington’s Disease in New Zealand and social work support

Date:

21 July 2026 - 21 July 2026

Time:

12.00pm - 1:00pm

This webinar offers an accessible overview of Huntington’s Disease, its progression, and how it is situated within Aotearoa’s health system. Participants will learn about key support networks, what effective care looks like across the HD journey, and considerations for residential care.

Learning to Stand Ready: Social worker perceptions of their education and training in practice with refugee-background clients

Participation Criteria: You are invited to participate in my research if you meet the following criteria: • You are a registered social worker with the Social Worker Registration Board. Provisional and full registrations are both acceptable; • You are currently engaged in employment as a social worker, or have been in the past 12 months; • You are not working for an organisation which has people with a refugee background as its primary client group or focus (if you are unsure, please do not hesitate to ask); There is no discrimination as to age, gender, sex, race, ethnic background, country of birth, religion, first language, immigration status, or other such factors. If you meet the above three criteria, I invite you to participate.

Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences and Developmental Pathways into Youth Offending: Perspectives of Social and Community Workers

Participation Criteria: The criteria include registered social workers or community practitioners who have worked in youth-focused settings within the past five years, including iwi-based, non-government organisation, and youth justice settings. Participants also required a minimum of one year’s experience working directly with young people who have experienced trauma or ACEs.

Walking Alongside Whānau: Practitioner Insights on Sustaining Support for Young Adults (Aged 16–25) with Enduring Mental Health Challenges in Aotearoa

You are invited to participate in this research if you meet the following criteria:

• You are a registered practitioner (e.g., social worker, family/whānau advisor/navigator) currently working in Aotearoa.
• You have at least two years of direct practice experience supporting whānau and rangatahi/young adults (aged 16–25) who face enduring emotional, behavioural, or neurodevelopmental challenges that require ongoing or multi-agency support.
• You can reflect on systemic dynamics (policies, service gaps, cultural safety) from your professional vantage point.

Professionals' Experiences and Understandings of Coercion in Abortion Related Decision Making in Aotearoa New Zealand

To participate in this study, questionnaire and interview participants must work in abortion related services in Aotearoa New Zealand, be over the age of 18, and be fluent in English. Participants could be social workers, counsellors, GPs, gynaecologists, obstetricians, nurses and/or midwives. They need to be willing and able to participate in an online interview via Zoom or an in person interview if in Auckland. They must also be able to provide informed consent and be willing to share insights and experiences independently without influence from a third party.