Have you ever wondered when it will be ‘your turn’? Your turn to be the centre of action, your choice for work, travel, money and how you spend your time and energies? This workshop will enable you to explore your options and intentions and ways to make it happen. Join us to spend some time contemplating what, when and how for a change you want to make, or to be more prepared for serendipity – when change arrives unexpectedly.The aim of this workshop is to get you thinking of what could be next, or in the future – when you retire, when your kids leave home, when you move interstate or get divorced! We will explore ways to take advantage of un-planned change and ways to cultivate change that you want and deserve.This workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Genine Hook who will share her personal experience of fundamental change. Genine unexpectantly became a sole parent to her 6-month-old baby in 2004 which happily shape-shifted her life towards education, travel and independence. By re-working challenges into opportunities, Genine now researches and writes about sole parenting and alternative lives as possibilities not failures.Who is Dr Genine Hook?Genine completed her PhD at the Faculty of Education at Monash University in May 2015. Her research explored gender norms in higher education and within families. Genine researched the experiences of sole parents at universities in Australia and her thesis was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for Thesis Excellence in 2015.Genine's first book was published by Palgrave Macmillan (UK) in July 2016 titled; Sole parent students and Higher Education: Gender, Policy and Widening Participation and in 2022 co-edited Student Carers in Higher Education: Navigating, Resisting, and Re-inventing Academic Cultures. She acts as Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology at the University of New England.In 2021 Genine launched her own consultancy – Gender Equality Regional Consulting, which specialises in gender equality for workplaces and communities, particularly in regional and rural areas. Genine collaborates with organisations and community groups to meet the requirements of the Gender Equality Act, contributing analysis, organisational advice and action plans which build a fairer more inclusive workplaces and communities.
Have you ever wondered when it will be ‘your turn’? Your turn to be the centre of action, your choice for work, travel, money and how you spend your time and energies? This workshop will enable you to explore your options and intentions and ways to make it happen. Join us to spend some time contemplating what, when and how for a change you want to make, or to be more prepared for serendipity – when change arrives unexpectedly.
The aim of this workshop is to get you thinking of what could be next, or in the future – when you retire, when your kids leave home, when you move interstate or get divorced! We will explore ways to take advantage of un-planned change and ways to cultivate change that you want and deserve.
This workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Genine Hook who will share her personal experience of fundamental change. Genine unexpectantly became a sole parent to her 6-month-old baby in 2004 which happily shape-shifted her life towards education, travel and independence. By re-working challenges into opportunities, Genine now researches and writes about sole parenting and alternative lives as possibilities not failures.
Who is Dr Genine Hook?
Genine completed her PhD at the Faculty of Education at Monash University in May 2015. Her research explored gender norms in higher education and within families. Genine researched the experiences of sole parents at universities in Australia and her thesis was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Commendation for Thesis Excellence in 2015.
Genine's first book was published by Palgrave Macmillan (UK) in July 2016 titled; Sole parent students and Higher Education: Gender, Policy and Widening Participation and in 2022 co-edited Student Carers in Higher Education: Navigating, Resisting, and Re-inventing Academic Cultures. She acts as Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology at the University of New England.
In 2021 Genine launched her own consultancy – Gender Equality Regional Consulting, which specialises in gender equality for workplaces and communities, particularly in regional and rural areas. Genine collaborates with organisations and community groups to meet the requirements of the Gender Equality Act, contributing analysis, organisational advice and action plans which build a fairer more inclusive workplaces and communities.