CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability

Cultural Intelligence and Capability explores important issues related to living, studying and working as a professional in the diverse social and cultural environments of contemporary society. The unit examines broad interactions between culture, knowledge experience and behaviour and the way in which these interactions and our perceptions of culture shape our interactions at a personal, […]
APP2101 Intercultural and Developmental Issues in Psychology

Consists of two components: intercultural psychology and developmental psychology. The intercultural psychology component aims to develop a critical awareness of, and appreciate for cultural, social and psychological diversity. Psychological perspectives related to cultural diversity, individual and group identities and Indigenous and dominant communities is introduced Learning outcomes: On the successful completion of this unit, students […]
Bringing Them Home Oral history interviews

In December 1997, in response to the first recommendation of Bringing Them Home: Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families, the Commonwealth Government announced the National Library would be funded to develop and manage an oral history project. The Bringing Them Home Oral History […]
Footprints in time: the longitudinal study of Indigenous children

This website provides information on the Footprints in Time study and links to its publications. Footprints in Time is the name given to the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC), an initiative of the Australian Government. Footprints in Time is conducted by the Department of Social Services (DSS) under the guidance of the Footprints in […]
Addictions – Violence and Spirituality

We Al-li community and workplace workshops are an Indigenous therapeutic response to individual, family and community pain that many people carry as part of their life experience. For Aboriginal peoples this pain is more specifically defined as the traumatic impacts of the multiple intergenerational experiences of colonisation resulting in ill-health, individual, family and community dysfunction […]
Trauma and Recovery

We Al-li community and workplace workshops are an Indigenous therapeutic response to individual, family and community pain that many people carry as part of their life experience. For Aboriginal peoples this pain is more specifically defined as the traumatic impacts of the multiple intergenerational experiences of colonisation resulting in ill-health, individual, family and community dysfunction […]
Children at risk: Developmental trauma within a complex trauma environment

Patron of We Al-li, Judy Atkinson’s presentation on the multiple and complex experiences of trauma and loss that impact on Indigenous children and families and how to start healing.
Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network – Indigenous children and families

When an Indigenous child or adolescent experiences trauma, loss or grief, there can be extra complexities that need to be taken into account. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians’ experiences of loss are multifaceted and complex, and involve the ‘normal’ losses that people experience as well as the other losses that are specific to Indigenous […]
The Lowitja Institute – Literature Search

This search tool provides easy access to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health literature on the PubMed database You can choose to look at all literature or one of 27 search topics. You can refine each choice by entering keywords, filter options and published dates.
Analysis & Policy Observatory – Indigenous