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Edmund Rice Centre

15 Henley Rd
(PO Box 2219)
Homebush West,
NSW 2140
AUSTRALIA

Ph:  (02) 8762 4200
Fx:  (02) 8762 4220

Int'l Ph: +61 2 8762 4200
Int'l Fx: +61 2 8762 4220

Email: erc@erc.org.au

Located just 100 metres to the south of Flemington Railway Station. Link to new location on Google Maps

Brisbane Annexe

5 Abingdon St
(Postal: 84 Park Rd)
Woolloongabba,
QLD 4102

Ph 1: (07) 3103 7376
Ph 2: (02) 8090 1976
Fax: (02) 8762 4220

Staffed part-time
 - please call for appt

 

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Research

Reports and Projects

View a list of current research projects.

View a list of previous research reports.


Goals

  • To develop a broad research base that appropriately informs the philosophy and goals of the Edmund Rice Centre (ERC).
  • To inform and support initiatives and programs of the Edmund Rice Centre.
The central purpose of the ERC is educational, providing an informed response to social, political and economic issues in Australian society, and internationally. Our research informs our work in community education and advocacy. Within the Asia-Pacific region and beyond the era of global economic liberalism has precipitated a widening gap between those who are advantaged and those who are excluded from full participation in society. Across the globe organisations and networks are working for advocacy, action and change. Non-government organisations have become vitally important in critiquing issues of human rights and social justice. In building networks of support and solidarity the research emerging from ERC is based upon two important principles in contemporary Australian society;
  • Firstly that Australians must begin to open their hearts and minds to accepting the injustices of the past, and understanding the consequent exclusion and disadvantage for Indigenous people in Australia today.
  • Secondly, social change within Australian society must increasingly build upon values for a just and diverse social, political and economic order if we are to develop a realistic and genuine national identity into the twenty first century.

Our programs and initiatives focus on the key pedagogical approaches of adult and community education such as experiential learning, action research, critical pedagogy and transformative learning. Through programs of immersions and social analysis we seek to develop greater understanding and critical analysis of the social and political realities of structural inequity. The Business Ethics Initiative is currently undertaking research to explore employees perceptions of ethics in the workplace. Ethical values are a key element of organisational culture and success.

Collaborating with organisations such as the Ethics Resource Center in Washington new initiatives aim to gain greater insight into the experiences and perspectives of Australian workers, to establish clear benchmarks and develop a base for future research in Australia.

It has been suggested that the new century could hold " the possibility for a new set of ethical principles to take hold and transform human society more profoundly than any technological invention in history" ( Heinberg, Yes: A Journal of Positive futures, Winter 2001:p1).

For further information please contact the Centre on +61 2 8762 4200, email: erc@erc.org.au 


Latest News: (1) ERC Media: Asylum policy ensures election race to bottom  (2) Fact-sheet: Debunking Asylum Myths in 2010  (3) Sun 15th Aug: Walk Against Warming

 

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ERC InTouch -- eNewsletter

Latest edition -- Thurs 12th Aug 2010

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Debunking Asylum Myths

JC 12.5 -- Debunking asylum myths in 2010

Recent Publications from ERC

ERC's Recent Publications

Just Comment series:-
13.4: First peoples, first priority, what priority?
13.3: Haiti - fed on dependency, starved of independence
13.2: Prisoners' rights are human rights
13.1: Warfare by remote control 
12.5: Debunking asylum myths in 2010
12.4: No more torture
12.3: Protection for asylum seekers
12.2: Vegetarianism
12.1: Emission trading scheme
11.9: Women & peacemaking
11.8: Aboriginal culture & health
11.7: Public transport
11.6: Guam & US militarism

- What's up at ERC?

What's up at ERC?

  • ERC & PCP event: Putting a break on climate change
Edmund Rice Centre & Pacific Calling Partnership invite you to join in sharing stories about successful initiatives to raise awareness of what we can do about the effect of climate change on Pacific islands. Saturday 7th August 2010 - 11am - 4.00pm at the Edmund Rice Centre, 15 Henley Rd, Homebush West NSW - just 150 metres from Flemington station.
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  • ERC and Fair Trade: Sydney Archdiocese to go Fair Trade!
The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney has just announced a commitment to the exclusive use of Fair Trade coffee, tea and chocolate! To the best of our knowledge this decision makes them the first Catholic diocese in Australia to become a 'Fair Trade Diocese'!

Congratulations to the Archdiocese for this decision, and to the Coordinator of ERC's Fair Trade Program, Danny Long, who worked closely with Republica Coffee's Jacqueline Arias to overcome all challenges in setting up this arrangement with the Archdiocese. It is hoped that this will encourage other dioceses to follow the example set and in turn for individual parishes and other catholic institutions to fully embrace the ethical option offered by the Fair Trade movement.

For further information on Fair Trade contact Danny Long at ERC: (02) 8762 4224 or email: dannyl [at] erc.org.au
  • Asylum Seeker Research: support urgently needed!

ERC's success in mounting a coherent argument for the reopening of the cases of those asylum seekers that Australia has deported to danger, has been based on rigorous research in situ in the countries to which these people were returned.

Such work has high levels of risk for our researchers and for the deportees. We are committed to accompanying these vulnerable people to achieve safety. In many cases their treatment by Australia has placed them at greater risk than when they were first forced to flea their place of origin.

The results of this research conducted by ERC Director Phil Glendenning and colleagues has been published in two reports: Deported to Danger. Information about the research and copies of the reports are available here.

The unique nature of this human rights research work means that it does not qualify for most sources of funding from agencies. The work can therefore only be continued through your support. To donate please go to our donations page.

Donations for this ERC work are tax deductible!

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