Author Archives: Margaret
In Belated Defense of Theresa Gambaro!
I’m feeling pretty guilty. Last month (around 10 January) when the press and letter writers were going bananas getting stuck into Queensland federal parliamentarian, Theresa Gambaro, for her comments on the need for cross-cultural training for immigrants to Australia, I sat back … Continue reading
Settling Migrants
Settling migrants need our interest and our support. This clip is from a conference keynote delivered in Mackay in regional Queensland for service providers in September 2011.
The Helsinki Summer School experience is behind me!
Well, my delightful and exhausting experience at the Helsinki Summer School is well behind me. This is an experience I can recommend to anyone who can find a topic of interest among the many courses offered at the Summer School. … Continue reading
An exciting conference in Mackay 15/16 September
I am very pleased to let everyone from Rockhampton north know about the second Do You Speak My Language Conference sponsored by the Health and Community Services Workforce Council which is taking place at the Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre … Continue reading
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Some sights of Helsinki in summer
Well, I’ve been in Finland a week now, and yesterday, Sunday, I went into downtown Helsinki to see what was going on. As you can see, Helsinki is a very pleasant place to be on a beautiful late summer day. … Continue reading
I’m in Finland!
I’ve had this trip planned for eight months. That’s when I discovered that the famous Helsinki Summer School was running a course called ‘Developing Intercultural Competence’ (all the courses are conducted in English as are many full university courses in Finland). How … Continue reading
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The 5 Business Myths about Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
After 18 years working in the government and not-for-profit sectors, I am really enjoying taking my insights and knowledge about cultural and linguistic diversity into the business environment. I believe that businesses of all sizes and shapes have been ignoring … Continue reading
New Community Profiles for Health Care Providers
I’m very excited to discover that Queensland Health has just produced (in early July 2011) a new series of community profiles for many of the new significant immigrant communities that are now settled in the state. When I started designing and delivering the first … Continue reading
The Leadership Conference has moved to 13,14 September
See my blog of June 15 below for the details of this exciting conference for leaders and managers of large organisations. I’ll be delivering a two-hour workshop as part of the conference on 13 September. Margaret Bornhorst’s workshop: The Exciting Culture/Language Challenge … Continue reading
Congratulations to South Sudanese Australians
I popped in briefly to the celebrations at Yeronga State High School in Brisbane last Saturday, 9 July, to show my support for the Australian South Sudanese community on their day of independence. So much excitement and justified pride on … Continue reading