statUS Report: A case for First Nations LGBTIQA+SB Self-Determination
Embracing Queer Indigenous Australia
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
ANZMHA Podcast: Pat Dudgeon
“Treasure your difference and your local connectedness. Serve your community in a way that makes your heart happy.” Today we have the trail blazing Pat Dudgeon on the podcast. We discuss with Pat how she started out in her studies, her motivations and the projects she’s been a part of. We discuss the big events […]
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 […]
Heal Our Way
Heal Our Way is a NSW Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Campaign funded by NSW Ministry of Health under the Towards Zero Suicides (TZS), and is led by Cox Inall Ridgeway in partnership with Aboriginal Communities within NSW. The aim of this campaign is to raise awareness of suicide within Aboriginal communities in […]
Young, Indigenous, LGBTIQ+: Understanding and Promoting Social and Emotional Wellbeing
The following resource contains journal articles related to a special edition section in the Social Inclusion Journal entitled: Young, Indigenous, LGBTIQ+: Understanding and Promoting Social and Emotional Wellbeing.
Indigenous community psychologies, decolonization, and radical imagination within ecologies of knowledges.
As the American Psychological Association Taskforce on Indigenous Psychology acknowledges, fidelity to the inalienable right to self-determination is the ethical foundation of Indigenous psychology. The task of decolonizing psychology is not only about divesting from Eurocentric paradigms that have controlled and limited Indigenous wellbeing, but producing new paradigms founded on Indigenous knowledges. The Indigenous paradigm […]
Decolonising Australian Psychology: The Influences of Aboriginal Psychologists
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia have been profoundly impacted by colonisation and continue to counter its affects by rebuilding language, regaining access to lands and living culture, and enhancing social and emotional wellbeing. The discipline of psychology has played a major role in perpetuating harm towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples […]
Developing cultural responsiveness
How do higher education providers introduce an understanding of cultural responsiveness to psychology students? We’re joined by three academics from the University of Western Australia to discuss the issues. Professor Pat Dudgeon is Australia’s first identified Indigenous psychologist. Dr Joanna Alexi is a research associate. And Professor Romola Bucks is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Health and Medical […]
Australia needs to decolonise its mental health system and empower more Indigenous psychologists
Solutions that Work: What the Evidence of our People Tell Us: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Report.
Cultural Safety in Trauma-Informed Practice from a First Nations Perspective: Billabongs of Knowledge
We Were Just Little Boys
Significance of Culture to Wellbeing, Healing and Rehabilitation
The Bugmy Bar Book is pleased to announce the publication of Significance of Culture to Wellbeing, Healing and Rehabilitation, a report by Vanessa Edwige, registered psychologist, and Dr Paul Gray, Associate Professor, UTS Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research. Both of the authors are Directors of the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (AIPA). This report […]
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.
(Re)Claiming Health: The Human Rights of Young LGBTIQ+ Indigenous People in Australia
The human rights of both LGBTIQ+ and Indigenous peoples are far from realized. When conjoined, intersecting identities reveal how racism and queer phobia affect well-being, negating the right to health and resulting in devastating impacts on people’s social, cultural, and emotional well-being. This paper documents the lived experiences of a sample of young gender- and […]
Building Indigenous health workforce capacity and capability through leadership – the Miwatj health leadership model
Aim: In the crowded field of leadership research, Indigenous leadership remains under-researched. This article explores the Leadership Model of an Aboriginal Community Controlled Primary Health Care Organisation providing services to the Yolngu people of remote northern Australia: the Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation (Miwatj). Background: The limited research which does exist on Indigenous leadership points to […]
Collaborative practices and partnerships to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
Griffith University has one of the largest cohorts of Indigenous students, with 815 enrolments to date. The Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) and Bachelor of Psychological Science programs attract a high number of students from around the country each year. Of the 295 students enrolled in health-related degrees, 70 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students are […]
Australia needs to decolonise its mental health system and empower more Indigenous psychologists
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 […]