Building Cultural Consideration for workplaces

Building Cultural Consideration is a one-hour, online course that guides your staff through the key things they need to understand to meaningfully engage with First Nations peoples, cultures and histories through the workplace.

  • Covers the five key areas of understanding your staff need for respectful engagement with First Nations people and cultures, based on the Australians Together Learning Framework.

  • Puts First Nations voices front and centre, making history real and personal.

  • Has been developed with Indigenous Cultural Collaborators and Academics from across the country.

  • Provides the foundations to build cultural competence and awareness, cultural safety and trauma-informed leadership.

  • Access online or facilitate in a group setting.

This course is for workplaces that...

  • Want to start (or have started) a Reconciliation Action Plan

  • Need to develop cultural competence or awareness, or introduce cultural safety training

  • Work directly with First Nations people, or would like to connect with local Indigenous leaders

  • Want their staff to learn more about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories, perspectives and cultures

  • Are looking for an effective, on-demand onboarding program for new staff

Your presenters

Stewart Bogle

Executive Director of Australians Together

Seeing people thrive is what drives me in life, and I'm passionate about getting to the heart of injustice and the systems and beliefs that are behind it. It's why I began my professional career as a teacher, and what led me to begin Australians Together. At Australians Together, we want to see Australian kids taught about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in a way that will change the narrative in our nation for the better. I invite you to join us on this mission.

Mark Yettica-Paulson

A First Nations leader from the south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales regions, Mark Yettica-Paulson has advised organisations such as NAB, the AFL, Medibank Australia and Australia Post. He was Joint Campaign Director for Recognise (the recent campaign for a National Referendum to amend the Australian Constitution to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples), CEO of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre and was a Senior Leader at the Office of the Registrar of Aboriginal Corporations.
Mark Yettica-Paulson

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to Building Cultural Awareness

    • Welcome

    • Pre-course survey
  • 2

    Chapter 1 - Let's start with culture

    • Introduction to Chapter 1

    • Video 1 - Our Cultures

    • Introduction to the Culture and Identity Activity

    • Culture and Identity Activity

    • Video 2 - The Culture and Identity Activity and its impact

    • Reflection: Culture and Identity Activity
  • 3

    Chapter 2 - Understanding Our History and its impact today

    • Introduction to Chapter 2

    • Video 3 - A shared history and different worldviews

    • Reflection: Our Shared History

    • Video 4 - The Wound and ongoing impact of Our History

    • Reflection: Some of the impacts of the Wound
  • 4

    Chapter 3 - Finding and playing our part

    • Introduction to Chapter 3

    • Video 5 - Why Me?

    • Video 6 - Making a difference with My Response

    • Activity: Starting locally

    • Activity: What can I do?
  • 5

    Course completed

    • Congratulations!

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