Inclusion and Diversity videos

With over 20 years’ experience in the community sector, CEO and founder of CMY, Carmel Guerra has contributed to a range of research reports relating to multicultural youth including: Ethnic Youth Gangs in Australia: Do they exist? and Wealth of all Nations, the first comprehensive study undertaken into the needs of refugee young people in Australia.

Danielle Warby is an advocate for women in sport and has been working to promote women’s sport since 2006. Working with elite athletes, sports organisations and the media, she’s built up the largest women’s sport network in the country.

Emma Sherry is an Associate Professor within the La Trobe University Centre for Sport and Social Impact, specialising in the area of sport development. Emma's PhD studies investigated conflict of interest in the Australian Football League. Emma’s current research interests include community development through sport activities, undertaking a broad range of research projects with national and regional sport organisations in Australia and Oceania. 

Jenny Frowd is Community Engagement Manager with Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association. She has worked with a wide range of people with disabilities and their diverse support networks, as well as sport deliverers, administrators and educators to facilitate inclusion within their organisations.. 

John has been the Chief Executive Officer of Inclusive Sport SA for the last 5 years and has a strong passion for inclusion in sport and recreation. He is driven to build cultures in sport and recreation that welcome all individuals, regardless of difference, so that we can all feel part of a larger community. 

Kate McLoughlin was the Chef de Mission for the 2016 Paralympic team. Kate know exactly what is needed to create an inclusive team culture - one that leads to team success on and off the field. 

Professor Ramon Spaaij (ISEAL, Victoria University) and Dr Ruth Jeanes (Monash University) recently completed a three-year Australian Research Council project on diversity and inclusion in community sport. 

Kate Palmer is a leading Australian sport administrator. She was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Sports Commission in December 2016. Previous to this appointment, she was Chief Executive Officer of Netball Australia.

Ryan Storr is a PhD researcher in the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living at Victoria University. His thesis explores how volunteers in community sport clubs engage in diversity work. He is currently chief investigator of a research project with Cricket Australia and Cricket Victoria which explores LGBT inclusion in Australian cricket.

Tim is the Acting Director of Community Sport and Recreation at Sport and Recreation Victoria. Tim is responsible for community and high performance strategy, programs and initiatives, including the recently released Active Victoria strategy, implementation of the nine ‘Game Plan’ Inquiry recommendations that have led to the Change Our Game initiatives and the Supporting Victorian Sport and Recreation program that focuses on sector sustainability and inclusion.

Dr Tim Soutphommasane has been Race Discrimination Commissioner since August 2013. Prior to joining the Australian Human Rights Commission, Tim was a political philosopher and held posts at The University of Sydney and Monash University.  

Dr Paul Oliver - Oliver & Thompson Consultancy, and Dr Dean Lusher - Swinburne University, talk about how social networks affect team performance in sport.

Andrew Purchas from the Bingham Cup talks about homophobia in sport and the Pride in Sport Index at the 2016 Diversity and inclusion in Sport Forum. 

Patty Kinnersly from OurWatch talks about addressing violence against women through OurWatch's Sports Engagement Program.

Assmaah Helal from Football United talks about the inclusion of people from different cultural backgrounds into sport

Peter Downs talks at the 2016 Diversity and Inclusion in Sport Forum on how parents are excluding kids from sport. 

Carmel Guerra from the Centre for Multicultural Youth talks about their Game Plan for Young People and Refugees in Sport

Peter Hyndal from Tran-formative Solutions talks about the inclusion of transgender and intersex participants in sport.

Dr Ramon Spaaij (Victoria University) and Dr Ruth Jeanes (Monash University) on managing diversity in youth sport - lessons from the field.

Julia Symons from Netball Australia talks about the OneNetball Program and their journey toward a Reconciliation Action Plan.

Tim Matthews from the Australian Paralympic Committee talks about promoting opportunities in sport for people with disability.

Kate Jenkins, Play by the Rules Co-Chair and Sex Discrimination Commissioner, talks about Gender Equity and the Power of Male Champions of Change. 

Kelly commenced at the AFL Players’ Association in November 2012, after previously working for Cricket Australia as the Indigenous Programs Manager. Kelly drives the strategy of diversity which includes, Indigenous and Multicultural programs and support, women’s football program, along with involvement in social leadership campaigns.

Kerry Tavrou from Gymnastics Victoria talks about Inclusion Strategy and Program Design