by admin | Sep 14, 2017 | Food, Media, Migration, Multiculturalism, Racism, Writing
De Souza, R. (2017). I Smell You, Life Matters, Radio National, Australia. Thursday 14 September 2017. The wonderful Masako Fukui from Life Matters interviewed me for this story about olfactory assimilation. I am a committed foodie, ‘somebody with a strong interest in...
by admin | Nov 21, 2016 | Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Food, Health, Inequalities, Nursing, Oral health, Professional development, Writing
I have had several tooth adventures. The time I rather enthusiastically pushed my middle sister on her bicycle and she fell over the handlebars breaking a tooth (or was that the time I helped her break her collar-bone?). My own dental fluorosis (a developmental...
by admin | Jul 22, 2016 | Australia, Food, Multiculturalism, Writing
A winter evening, wet and cold. Squashed into a tram. When a seat became available, I swooped down into it, finding myself next to a woman who proceeded to cover her nose. As she fanned her face with her other hand, I asked her with gentle concern if she was ok. She...
by admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Feminism, Food, Inequalities, Maternity, Migration, Multiculturalism, Nursing, Power relations, Women, Writing
I attended the 5th International Conference on Nutrition and Nurture in Infancy and Childhood: Relational, Bio-cultural and Spatial Perspectives from Wednesday, 5 November 2014 – Friday, 7 November 2014. Those who know me or follow my work will know that I am...
by admin | Aug 24, 2013 | Australia, Colonialism, Food, Indigenous, Multiculturalism, Racism, Refugees, Writing
I’m interested in what moves us from being bystanders and witnesses to injustice to being moved to act. This has been prompted by several incidents since I arrived in Australia and a few days ago, the savage beating to death of a transgender woman of colour. In...
by admin | May 30, 2013 | Cultural safety, Food, Indigenous, Inequalities, Media, Multiculturalism, Problem gambling, Racism, Writing
Over the last few years I’ve been involved in various public health and health promotion programmes related to healthy eating and weight management (Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management in New Zealand Adults and the Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management...
