connect

our structure

our diverse backbone team is here to support the wider collective to achieve real change across FNQ communities.

We don’t have the solutions and we’re not here to ‘fix’ problems. As connectors of people however, we’re here to bring communities and service providers together so that locals can decide what needs to be improved, and how. 

FNQ Connect’s backbone team is here to support you to make long-term, sustainable change for a better tomorrow.

Prof. Phil Flint
Director
Prof. Ruth Barker
Research Lead
Christopher Rouen
Health Economist
Jessie Barnes-Hill
Senior Research Officer
Tahlani Scanlan
Senior Research Officer
Nicole Ramsamy
Principal Research Officer
Justine Bracegirdle
Communications Advisor
Katrina Bird
Advisor
Nicole Goodwin
Administration Assistant

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We’re a community-led movement with a vision to improve disability, rehabilitation & lifestyle services right across Far North Queensland.

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acknowledgement 
of country

FNQ Connect acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands and waters on which we live and work. We recognise the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which FNQ Connect is housed (within the Smithfield campus of James Cook University).


We pay our respects to Elders past and present and extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Far North Queensland, including the Torres Strait Islands.

acknowledge