Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan explores how organisations can embed lived and living experience in governance beyond advisory groups and consultation.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan explores why co-design in mental health often fails and what meaningful participation requires.

Michael Elwan recently facilitated an AASW workshop on mental health in CaLD families, giving social workers practical tools to reduce stigma, support intergenerational dialogue, and hold safer family conversations where culture, migration and silence matter.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan joins the World Social Work Day 2026 panel exploring hope, harmony, and collective responsibility.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan joins a national panel reflecting on the first year of the Suicide Prevention Strategy.

Award-winning social worker Michael Elwan explores multicultural belonging, identity, and migration in Australia ahead of the Between Worlds workshop.

Michael Elwan recently delivered an AASW webinar on supporting mental health in CaLD men, exploring masculinity, migration, stigma, suicide prevention and culturally responsive practice.

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan presents on lived experience leadership in academia at the Service Users in Academia Symposium (SUAS) 2025.

Michael Elwan will present an AASW workshop on culturally responsive social work supervision, helping supervisors and practice leads better support CaLD workers.

I am delighted to announce a new course I have co-created with my colleague Almudena for the WA Recovery College Alliance (WARCA) . This free, community-based program invites people from every walk of life to explore recovery as a journey of learning, connection, and hope. WA Recovery College courses are co-designed by people with lived and professional experience, offering a unique space where knowledge is shared rather than prescribed, and where participants are partners in

I’m honoured to be joining the Black Dog Institute’s Suicide Prevention Network Community of Practice this September, where the focus is on suicide prevention in culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) communities. This theme is close to my heart. As someone who migrated from Egypt to Australia and carries lived experiences of caregiving, migration stress, and suicide bereavement, I know how deeply culture shapes the way we understand distress, healing, and belonging. C

I’m deeply honoured to announce that I will be presenting at this year’s National Suicide Prevention Conference (NSPC25) in Perth - Australia’s flagship gathering of lived experience leaders, researchers, policymakers, and frontline advocates. My presentation is titled: Building Bridges: Fostering Intergenerational Dialogue on Mental Health and Suicide in CaLD Families 📍 Poster Session 2 | Tuesday 20 May, 5:30 PM | Poster #159 This presentation is more than a professional m

I’m honoured to share that I’ll be speaking at Perspectives 2025 , a national Lived Experience e-Symposium hosted by the Finding North Network in partnership with the Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia (MIFA) . My presentation will explore CaLD mental health transformation through lived experience leadership and culturally grounded systems change. This event is a powerful annual gathering of lived experience leaders, truth-tellers, advocates, and allies from across the

Today, I stand humbled and honoured to share a moment that marks both a personal and professional milestone. My abstract, "Building Bridges: Fostering Intergenerational Dialogue on Mental Health and Suicide in CaLD Families" , has been accepted for presentation at the 2025 National Suicide Prevention Conference (NSPC) , right here in my beloved home city of Perth . This is more than an acceptance - it’s the culmination of a deeply personal journey. Mental health was rarely sp

Award-winning social worker, national advisor, and PhD researcher Michael Elwan reflects on his WAPSN Conference 2024 presentation on lived experience leadership and peer workforce reform.