Community of practices and decolonising the curriculum

Decolonising psychology & the role of the AIPEP

Ngara. Deep listening. Seeing ‘two ways’. What can Indigenous knowledge, mindfulness and observational skills training bring to medical practice?

What can Indigenous knowledge, mindfulness and observational skills training bring to medical practice? This third Slice of LIME Seminar took place on Friday, 12 September 2014 at Flinders University South Australia, facilitated by Prof Dennis McDermott from the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and Well-Being, Flinders University, South Australia, as part of the A.K.A. (Aboriginal […]
Slice of LIME Seminar 2: Having the Hard Conversations

This second Slice of LIME Seminar took place on Tuesday 12 August 2014 at the University of Melbourne, presented by Professor Dennis McDermott and Mr Dave Sjoberg from the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and Well-Being, Flinders University, South Australia. This video recording shows the presentations, along with PowerPoint slides and the chat function used […]
Cultural Determinants of Health (CDoH) Webcast Series

The Cultural Determinants of Health (CDoH) Webcast Series will explore a holistic definition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health as encompassing the wellbeing of the whole community. The key to this holistic conception is social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB): a positive state of mental health and happiness associated with a strong and sustaining cultural […]
Aboriginal Cultural Safety: How to be an Ally

Aboriginal Cultural Safety: How to be an Ally
Keeping Our Kids Safe: Understanding Cultural Safety in Child Safe Organisations

Keeping Our Kids Safe: Understanding Cultural Safety in Child Safe Organisations
Conversations about Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) – VCE Psychology

Conversations about Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) – VCE Psychology
Q&A on Cultural Responsiveness

Q&A on Cultural Responsiveness
Cultural safety and Aboriginal health in mainstream health organisations

Cultural safety and Aboriginal health in mainstream health organisations
Power of the Ngangkari – Ngankari’s Traditional Healers Practices

Challenging the Hegemony: Decolonising Neuropsychology
Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) Gathering 3 / Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country, Canberra, ACT

Webinar: Decolonising Mental Health Systems – Global Experiences of Wellbeing

What does decolonisation within psychology mean for me?

Overview This panel discussion will explore the definitions and application of decolonisation in Australia. Specifically, it asks: What role can psychology and psychologists carry out within a decolonisation agenda?What does it look like for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples & for non-Indigenous Australians? What actions/attitudes/behaviours are involved?, and What can the discipline do to […]
Cultural safety in Trauma-Informed Practice: What’s culture got to do with it?

Overview This webinar explores the importance of culture in therapeutic practice, and will cover: concepts of cultural awareness levels cultural protects holistic client conceptualization cultural worldviews the journey from unconscious incompetence through to unconscious competence taking a systems approach historical trauma 6 guiding principles of Trauma-Informed Practice the 5R’s of Trauma-Informed approach cultural practices of […]
Understanding the Frontier Wars

This resource accompanies the SBS documentary The Australian Wars (produced by Blackfella Films) about the Frontier Wars – Australia’s longest war fought on home soil between 1790 and the 1940s. SBS Learn strongly advises completing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols Guide – for Teachers before engaging with this teaching resource. This is essential […]
We Were Just Little Boys

Viewpoint: Professor Jeffrey Ansloos on the importance of Indigenous content in Canadian classrooms

Decolonising higher education: First Nations student perspectives in Australia

First Nations students at RMIT shared their perspectives on how universities can promote inclusion and Indigenous perspectives at the recent UNESCO World Higher Education Conference in Barcelona, Spain.
Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices)

Wiyi Yani U Thangani (Women’s Voices) project builds on the legacy of the 1986 Women’s Business Report. The Australian Human Rights Commission (the ‘Commission’) and the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) have partnered on a national conversation to elevate the voices of Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander women and girls. Led by the Aboriginal and Torres […]
Decolonising psychology and the transformative role of the AIPEP

Webinar 45 | Using online resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health & wellbeing

Our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have always adapted to new technologies and are finding creative ways to maintain their health and wellbeing in the digital world. There are a range of websites, apps, videos and other online resources that our health and community workforce can use with their Indigenous clients to help them […]
Webinar 44 | Supporting Indigenous wellbeing through digital resources: an introduction for clinicians

The use of digital mental health resources has steadily gained traction. With the advent of Covid-19, the relevance and application of digital mental health is now at the forefront of treatment options. However, for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, mainstream digital mental health platforms lack cultural appropriateness and engagement. In this webinar we […]
This New Short Film Details The Horrors Of Indigenous Displacement & Incarceration First-Hand

With NAIDOC Week observances ongoing for 2021, important spotlights are being placed on the issues and systemic under-privileges that face First Nations people from the moment they are born. And thanks to a brand new short film, the first-hand horrors of displacement and a youth spent slipping through the cracks have been laid bare.