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Cultural Skills Workshops

This workshop series supports organisation to be culturally safe for local First Nations people.

Our inital workshop series has been delivered. If you are interested in this program for your business or organisation in the future please register your interest.

If you’re looking for ways to be support First Nations people in your community, here’s your opportunity.

Come have a yarn about First Nations people’s social and emotional wellbeing.

Together, we will:

  • Understand the landscape for First Nations peoples in our region
  • Uncover ways to best support social and emotional wellbeing for First Nations peoples in our region
  • Work collaboratively to create a more inclusive community
  • Advocate for appropriate services in our region
  • Create a community event commemorating The National Sorry Day
  • Integrate knowledge into Workplace Policies, Procedures and Practices.

These workshops are best suited for:

Mental Health and Medical Services and Providers, Businesses, Schools, Regional Council and NGO’s.

Workshop 1: Cultural skills frameworks

The session will include a screening of Incarceration Nation and an opportunity to be a part of in-depth question and answer sessions.

When:

Date: TBC
Time: TBC

Where:

PCYC Bowen
Corner of Hay St & Queens Rd
Bowen Qld 4805

Facilitated by:

Aunty Dorothy Savage and Alfred Henaway

This workshop will be facilitated by Bindal Community Elder and Traditional Owner, Aunty Dorothy. Aunty Dorothy heads up the JCU Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Skills and Frameworks for Practice subject. We will also be joined by First Nations man, Alfred Henaway.

Workshop 2: How to integrate knowledge into Workplace Policies, Procedures and Practices

When:

Date: TBC
Time: TBC

Where:

PCYC Bowen
Corner of Hay St & Queens Rd
Bowen Qld 4805

Facilitated by:

Lalania Tusa

Lalania Tusa is a contemporary Aboriginal Artist & Cultural Facilitator of the Kuku Yalanji Tribe of Far North Queensland.

Growing up on Country, Lalania has always felt a strong connection to the land and enjoys translating traditional customs and knowledge through a variety of techniques and art mediums facilitating cultural knowledge, awareness, appreciation and connection to land and sea in order to create a better understanding of First Nations Cultural Practices.

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