In conjunction with our Matthew Campbell Memorial Evening, WILDFIRE awards an annual prize to a student who crafts a creative piece (can be an essay, poetry, painting, song etc) based on a prompt relating to Indigenous health.
This year’s theme is – ‘Mind Matters: An exploration of issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health’.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ?
The Paddle Prize is an annual competition run in memory of the late Matthew Campbell, a Monash Medicine student. In 1994, as a second year medical student, Matthew recognised a lack of Indigenous health teaching within the Medicine curriculum. With inspiration from Professor Roger Short, Matthew, Annette Sanders, and their friends organised an education symposium titled โAboriginal health: Where do the answers lie?โ. Matthew tragically passed away 2 days after the forum was held.
In memory of Matthew, a keen paddler, a Paddle Prize is awarded annually to a student who produces a creative piece of work based upon a theme.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ?
Mind Matters: An exploration of issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ?
- Produce a creative response to the theme (essay, poetry, painting, song, music, etc)
- Email entries to [email protected]
- Entries close 18th of September
Winner announced at the Matthew Campbell Memorial Evening on the 22nd of September.
The prize is a commissioned piece of art!
Find the Matthew Campbell Memorial Evening Event Page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/674105616523576/
Last years entries: http://wildfirerhc.org/paddle-prize-2019/
