Willara Cultural Services

Projects

Partnerships and consultancy experience

Willara Cultural Services has engaged in a range of consultancies with Aboriginal organisations, universities, professional bodies, and not-for-profit organisations, including the following:

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Strategic development

ACCHO sector - Pika Wiya Health Service, Wirraka Maya Health Service, Urupunja Health Service, Aboriginal Health Council of SA, Tauondi College, Marra Dreaming, SA ACCHO Sector Strategic Plan, Royal Australasian College of General Physicians.

"We would like to acknowledge the invaluable contribution made by Associate Professor Wendy Edmondson to both the consultation process and the drafting of this document. Her advice, insights and strategic approach provided a robust, constructive and meaningful foundation to this work."
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Policy development, research and evaluation

Flinders University; Lowitja Institute (social and emotional wellbeing and training and development sub-programs); Otitis media in Aboriginal communities’ project, University of Adelaide; Principal Investigator, Co-operative Research Centre for Research Excellence (Chronic Conditions), NH&MRC; Statement on renal care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Māori, Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrologists.

Cultural safety curriculum development and facilitation

Australian Indigenous Doctors Association; Royal Australasian College of Physicians; (cultural safety for Basic Trainees) University of Queensland; UniSA; Flinders University; Adelaide University, RACP, A foundational cultural safety guide for accredited ACSEP training sites, Australasian College for Sports and Exercise Physicians; Indigenous peoples, exercise and cultural safety - Moving Medicine project, cultural safety, Asthma Australia.

"Thank you, Aunty Wendy, for sharing all your knowledge and wisdom on this project. You should be very proud of what we achieved. The resources are tailored and informative and I hope they go towards further educating health professionals."
– Malika, Moving Medicine

Conference presentation and workshop facilitation

Workshop facilitator - on NDIS with Aboriginal communities, Mission Australia; AIDA workshops (resilience, and community engagement with Aboriginal health professionals) on behalf of the RACP; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health Curriculum Framework – Teaching Masterclass for Optometry Academics, OCANZ.

Cultural awareness training

Stroke Foundation, University of Melbourne, SA police, SA Education Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre, WA Country Health Service, NT Health, Group 4 Security, Edith Cowan University, WA, Royal Australasian College of GPs (basic trainees).

Cultural immersion

Art, bush tucker, basket weaving & silk painting, silk screen printing, large mural painting for health clinic, cultural trip to the Coorong – Starlight Foundation, SA Corrections, Department for Child Protection, Marra Dreaming, Nepabunna Aboriginal community, domestic violence organisation, Point Pearce Aboriginal community.

We acknowledge the unceded sovereign Nations of Aboriginal peoples on whose land we live and work, and we honour our Elders—past and present. Living on colonised land, we recognise the strength and resilience of Aboriginal peoples, as well as the ongoing spiritual and cultural importance of the earth, oceans, stars, skies and all living beings central to our creation stories. Our ancestors continue to guide us as we navigate living between two worlds.

CONTACT US

Phone: 0428 664 338

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