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Sports Biomechanics:
Colleen B. Kelly is a prominent Adjunct Professor, keynote speaker and advocate for employee rights and individuals with disabilities. Her diverse career highlights significant contributions to sports biomechanics, disability advocacy, and social justice, reflecting her dedication to equitable labor practices and community development. More

Animal Behaviour:
From the time her mother trained her how to train trick cats at the age of about 3 or 4, Colleen has spent a lifetime training and performing with dogs and horses, and, famously cats as well. In fact, that’s her “go to” test…if ever you’re in doubt if your technique is too harsh…ash. yourself – could you teach a cat that way? Colleen of course is famous for the budle of fun Tutu the Trickster. However Tutu and Alex the Alley Cat have a far more important job – working within the local community helping support people are are too nervous to come out of their homes, or they are having major dog behaviour problems, where Tutu being fully trained can calm down even the most excited dog, and she literally can make friends of every savage guard dog we pass in the street! She is the most social dog I have ever met! However, Alex is the opposite. To be honest, he’s a royal snob! He walks into a strange home like he owns the place, and plonks down and glares “do not touch me”. (Alex was a severely beaten cat with 3 broken legs and a broken tail). I only FOSTERED Alex. Alex was never met to be here. LOL. Yah right. I thought “I’ll teach him a few tricks and he’ll be so cute that someone will adopt him”. Firstly, I didn’t realise there’s hundreds of Alexes in the shelters, and secondly, Alex was, honestly, the worst cat I’d ever come across. He bit and scratched and you could not touch him in any way. He’s lucky to be alive. Had he arrived healthy with that behaviour, and a 30%increase in euthenasia in our area – Alex would never had stood a chance, but he arrived so broken, he went into surgery immediately, and they never realised, this cat was either severely severely abused, or totally wild. Oh boy. There is no prong collar, no e-collar no dog whip they sell at Woolworths. There’s no “hanging” technique that’s going to get eye drops into a cat that’s wild. That’s when you know if your training works. When the literally wild horse comes in, cut to pieces from the truck, and you have to figure out how to get penicillin in it’s neck when it has never seen a human, never seen a fence, never seen a bucket of water, and spends a good hour just shoulder smashing into the fence. You can’t lunge the horse, you have to find a technique to bring that wild horse to you. To bring that cat to sit in your lap that normally attacks people. Alex, honesltly is a star. Her “rudeness” has had people on the spectrum fascinated! She walks in and ignors them, and people very rarely do that. People walk in, and they’re loud, and they start asking how you are and how’s your day, and the person with autism wants to hide udner the couch. And, no-one is ever rude to them. Like who is rude to people like that. Sure you’ll see outrageous beahviour on the internet, but because no-one is ever rude to them….Alex walking in with his bent talk curled up high and strutting like he’s walking in Schiaparelli. Plonks himself down as far away from everyone as he possibly can. That’s the second interest. First interest is the rude walk in. second interest is why are you so far away from me. Third interest is – why aren’t. you asking anything of me. Why are you so quiet. I have had people get up and walk out. Ten minutes later, without any discussion, walk right back in and pat his head (like I softly guide them). I’ve had a couple of people stand dead still in fear for a while, or perhaps more like an “daydream like” state, or a “staring state” where they just stare at a spot on the floor for probably about a minute, maybe a touch more, and then sort of “come to”.

Disability & Senior Support Programs
As the previous Spokeswoman for the WorkCover Authority of NSW, Colleen was extensively trained in workplace safety. Colleen continued her studies to this day in the fields of safety, risk assessment Ai integration into disability support, and after 40+ years of working with people with autism and many physical, mental and intellectual disabilities, Colleen is looking further, extending her studies in the fields of autism, dementia, and cognition in the elderly. After decades of teaching athletes with disabilities, and receiving five awards for her work with athletes with disabilities, Colleen uses uses her skills to develop programs and help people with disabilities and seniors keep their pets in their homes safely and contribute to their social particpation. More

CHARITY: International Anti-Slavery Commission: Colleen’s charity has always been the International Anti-Slavery Commission, and her pioneering research: “The Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste Transnational Seasonal Employment Study“ of the many worker programs that cover the Pacific and Timor-Leste, such as the Australia Labor Mobility (PALM) Program, the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) in the USA, the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) in Canada, the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) in Canada, and the Seasonal Workers Directive and the Intra-Corporate Transfer (ICT) Directive in the European Union and similar seasonal and temporary worker programs that operate specifically in the Pacific and Timor Leste. This research initiative is recognised as the largest community science, data-driven initiative of its kind in the Pacific region and Timor-Leste. More

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The Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste Transnational Seasonal Employment Study

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Researcher: Adj. Prof. Colleen B. Kelly Start Date: February, 2025Completion Date: March, 2027 Follow-Up: A comprehensive final report will be submitted upon project completion, with recommended follow-up studies at 12 and 24 months to assess long-term impacts. 1. Introduction The Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste face urgent socio-economic challenges, such as high unemployment and limited educational … Continue reading The Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste Transnational Seasonal Employment Study

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