Weaving Insights Ltd

04/11/2025

ISSOTL 2025 Thank you to my co-presenters Paul Martin and Carolyn Ives.

03/11/2025

Day 1 of the ISSOTL conference. Presentation and workshop on “Getting to greater equity through shifted power: A workshop for SoTLers examining implementation” with Carolyn Ives and Paul Martin from Canada. Missing Carolyn Hoessler, Catherine Dishke Hondzel and Shaun Longstreet. Know you are here in spirit.

29/10/2025

What an amazing school. Visiting for the Healthy Families Evaluation.

30/09/2025

Hawai'i - Pacific Evaluation Association. Caught up with Peter Mataira Professor Social Work at Hawaii Pacific University. I think it’s been over 10 years since we last met f2f.
An interesting Sense Maker applied practice presentation. Honest about the benefits and challenges. And they’re all young - just what the field needs.

30/09/2025

Hawai'i - Pacific Evaluation Association.
Keynote presentation complete.
The book is now 10 years old. So surprised and flattered to be asked for signature - and that they brought the book to the conference.🤗

30/09/2025

Hawai'i - Pacific Evaluation Association. Keynote presentation complete. A follow up Q&A session after lunch. Then a workshop tomorrow. I was reading some of Kathy Tibbetts work and it was lovely to catch up with her. I think it’s been over 10 (?) years.

24/09/2025

Presentation was well-received. Audience engaged with thoughtful questions.

23/09/2025

Getting oriented to the campus with a visit yesterday. A Q&A session in advance of the paper presentation today. Weaving Systems: indigenous knowledge and engineering in conversation.

16/09/2025

Before Hawai'i, Nan's heading to Sydney to the UNSW’s Diversity Festival, taking place from 22 to 26 September on Gadigal Land. Nan's contributing to a curated session centred on Indigenous knowledges and systems change.
Nan's also presenting to the Engineering Faculty! Weaving Systems: Indigenous Knowledge and Engineering in Conversation.
The Diversity Festival is a week-long series of free events hosted by the Division of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI), where students and staff co-design and lead programs that explore human diversity and promote belonging.

The Australian Human Rights Institute at UNSW launches the festival program with a provocative discussion asking: does the purge of diversity and inclusion initiatives in the US and tectonic shifts in global politics signal the death knell for dreams of a more equal society here in Australia?

16/09/2025

Nan’s heading to Hawai‘i! 🌺
Honoured to be a keynote speaker at the 2025 H-PEA Conference, sharing kaupapa Māori evaluation on the Pacific stage. ✨

09/09/2025

Presented our findings to the Wellington Council and Downtown Community Ministry. Understanding Homelessness: Wāhine Māori Experiences of Rough Sleeping in Wellington City and their Safety Needs. Special research project made possible by the support of Te Whare Nukunoa and DCM and the wahine they supported through the research.
Link https://archivesonline.wcc.govt.nz/nodes/view/938736