Dr. Gilbert Mak

@brittanylralph Congratulations so proud of you!!

If you need me, I’ll be over here basking in the hot pink glory of my first book! Flicking through it, taking it for leisurely strolls, giving it some of my kit kat - that’s how much it means to me. Please read, share, engage, critique & cite. It loves the attention, and so do I.

@LalSouvik @KParanage @arielyap_ @lakshmin_m @goshtefera @TrangDo88 @brittanylralph @gayatriveda 🎉👏🏼Congratulations my dear friend!! well-deserved and testament to your brilliance and hard work 🙌🏻 Own your achievements!

I dedicate my thesis to my Father whom I lost four months before my submission. I wish he was physically here to see this. This journey wouldn't have been possible without @KParanage @arielyap_ @lakshmin_m @goshtefera @TrangDo88 @GilbertMak @brittanylralph @gayatriveda

So, this happened yesterday! I think I will need more time to process this news. This wouldn't have been possible without the help and support of my supervisors Dr. Julian Yates and Assoc. Prof. Wendy Stubbs.

@MigrationMonash Thanks for the amazing opportunity and network!

Our NextGenNetwork feature for this month was recently conferred Monash PhD @GilbertMak! Check out our interview with Gilbert to learn more about his research on refugee settlement in Australia and what he's doing next! Read the interview here: bit.ly/3xTcq4r

Best 30th bday gift! I finally got conferred today! It has been tough, to say the least, completing this journey throughout the pandemic. But I wasn’t alone: couldn’t have done it without the support of many, whom I am eternally indebted to ❤️ esp @NarelleWarren & Dr Sara Niner

@HsiehWing Thanks Wing! Hope you’re doing well there

@GilbertMak @Monash_Arts @arielyap_ @LalSouvik @brittanylralph @PrabhaBogoda1 @lakshmin_m @TrangDo88 Congratulations!

Still haven’t fully grasped the reality that I’ve just submitted my @Monash_Arts #PhD thesis 😭 Woke up feeling SURREAL! Much ❤️ from our beloved cohort @arielyap_ @LalSouvik @brittanylralph @PrabhaBogoda1 @lakshmin_m & others. CONGRATS to @TrangDo88 for submitting today!! 🎉🥳

@goshtefera Tq gosh hope you’re doing well!

@GilbertMak @Monash_Arts @arielyap_ @LalSouvik @brittanylralph @PrabhaBogoda1 @lakshmin_m @TrangDo88 Congratulations, mate!

@benlyal Thanks Ben!!

@GilbertMak @Monash_Arts @arielyap_ @LalSouvik @brittanylralph @PrabhaBogoda1 @lakshmin_m @TrangDo88 Amazing! Congratulations Gilbert! 🌟

@polpolsci Thanks M8! Hope you’re doing well haven’t seen you for ages office roomie

@chloekeel_ Thx Chloe!!

@Anna_Molas Thx Anna we miss u!!

@PrabhaBogoda1 @GilbertMak @Monash_Arts @arielyap_ @LalSouvik @brittanylralph @lakshmin_m @TrangDo88 Congratulations Gilbert, this is amazing!!!❤️❤️

@goshtefera Thanks Gosh!!

@Monash_Arts @arielyap_ @LalSouvik @brittanylralph @PrabhaBogoda1 @lakshmin_m @TrangDo88 Special thanks to my supervisors Sara Niner & @NarelleWarren, who bought a book, printed articles and HAND DELIVERED them to me during lockdown. The walks in the park & frequent check-ins got me through the Pandemic. I miss my home. Couldn’t have done any of it without them ❤️

@NarelleWarren Thank YOU Narelle for your caring throughout this journey ❤️

Congratulations @GilbertMak on submitting your PhD thesis today!!!

Twenty years ago this very week, my family and I were on a small wooden fishing boat in the Indian Ocean, having fled the barbarism of the #Taliban. We were rescued by the Norwegian containership, the MV Tampa, and denied entry to Australia at the point of a gun.

@joshuabadge While ALSO denying Afghan refugees on TPV in Australia with a pathway to permanent residency

The picture does not only show the risk of oxygen shortages. It also shows the latest North/South divide in global health politics - and possibly global politics in general!

I love freedom. Who doesn't love freedom? I want freedom from being amongst the over 4 million official (and likely 10 million actual) COVID deaths globally. And freedom from being amongst the over 13 million current active cases. Or millions of current Long COVID cases. 1/

The Hon Robert French: Save Social Sciences at UWA - Sign the Petition! chng.it/szJfyqTh via @ChangeAUS

@MikeCarlton01 What verb would you substitute for “saved”?