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This is Part II of a two-part webinar series on Cultural Awareness & Cultural Safety' for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people. It is highly recommended that Part I: Cultural Awareness was attended prior attending Part II: Cultural Safety.

Due to the sensitive nature of the topics discussed a recording of the webinar WILL NOT be made available afterwards.

CONTENT

Following the Skills Ministers’ announcement on October 1, 2024, regarding the revised Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs), the Training Accreditation Council (TAC) has developed new webinars to address topics under key Quality Areas. TAC has engaged Aboriginal owned and operated provider, Kambarang Services, to develop and deliver a series of workshops addressing cultural awareness and cultural safety.

In this webinar Danny Ford, OAM, a Noongar man and a senior traditional custodian of Whadjuk Country, from Kambarang Services, will cover CULTURAL SAFETY for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people. This includes:

A short reflection on key learnings from Part 1: Cultural Awareness
What is Cultural Safety and why is it important in the VET sector?
Current and topical issues on Cultural Safety eg Uluru statement, Voice referendum
Supports, barriers and challenges for Aboriginal and Torres Strait (First Nations) people in VET learning environments
Effective practices and tools that can be implemented in VET workplaces and applied in VET classrooms
Short overview of cultural competency - applicable legislative/policy frameworks, governmental priority reforms
Questions, discussion, reflections, where to from here for RTOs.

We wish to respectfully advise our visitors to this site and webinar, that there may be images, references, names, voices and other recordings of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) persons.

This webinar is recommended for RTOs registered with TAC to help prepare for the revised Standards for RTOs.