{"results":[{"title":"Cultural safety isn't just a buzzword - it's a vital part of First Nations health care and healing","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation_culturally-safe-healthcare_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/cultural-safety-isnt-just-a-buzzword","publisheddate":"2026-07-07","summary":"
First Nations people in Australia have worse health and a lower life expectancy than other Australians. An important part of the picture is how people experience the health system, especially whether care is culturally safe.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"50 Years of Deadly: Daniel Hunt's NAIDOC reflections","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/card-image-944x522-daniel.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/50-years-of-deadly-daniel-hunt-naidoc-reflections","publisheddate":"2026-07-07","summary":"
As part of NAIDOC Week, we’re privileged to share insights from some UWA Indigenous Alumni on this year’s NAIDOC them, ‘50 Years of Deadly’, and what it means to them. Daniel Hunt is a Jaru and Indijibarndi man and is the Homeless Medicine Consultant at Royal Perth Hospital, Medical Advisor at the Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia, ForHealth Urgent Care Clinician and Chair of the Blood Borne Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections Advisory Committee in Western Australia","sxaTags":[{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"}]},{"title":"50 Years of Deadly: Sophie Coffin's NAIDOC reflections","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/card-image-944x522-sophie.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/50-years-of-deadly-sophie-coffin-naidoc-reflections","publisheddate":"2026-07-07","summary":"
As part of NAIDOC Week, we’re privileged to share insights from some UWA Indigenous Alumni on this year’s NAIDOC them, ‘50 Years of Deadly’, and what it means to them. Sophie Coffin is a proud Palyku and Ngangumarta woman with connections to Njamal and Yindibarndi Country. Sophie started at UWA in 2015.
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As part of NAIDOC Week, we’re privileged to share insights from some UWA Indigenous Alumni on this year’s NAIDOC them, ‘50 Years of Deadly’, and what it means to them. Anika Gosling is a Whadjuk Noongar woman, with family ties to Ballardong and Minang country who completed her Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) in 2020 and Honours in 2021. She is an APHRA certified registered psychologist.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"}]},{"title":"50 Years of Deadly: Nola Earnshaw's NAIDOC reflections","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/card-image-944x522-nola.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/50-years-of-deadly-nola-earnshaw-naidoc-reflections","publisheddate":"2026-07-07","summary":"
As part of NAIDOC Week, we’re privileged to share insights from some UWA Indigenous Alumni on this year’s NAIDOC them, ‘50 Years of Deadly’, and what it means to them. Nola Earnshaw is a Wardandi, Ballardong Noongar woman with a teaching background and completed her Master of Social Work in 2010.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"}]},{"title":"Visiting scholars to share 'Sweetgrass' approach to mental health","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/sweetgrass-method_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/june/visiting-scholars-to-share-sweetgrass-approach-to-mental-health","publisheddate":"2026-06-30","summary":"
A groundbreaking culturally responsive approach to mental health care used by North American native peoples will be the subject of a special lecture at The University of Western Australia in July.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"}]},{"title":"Aboriginal mental health workers central to patient care","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/mental-health-care-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/may/aboriginal-mental-health-workers-central-to-patient-care","publisheddate":"2026-05-26","summary":"
A new study has revealed Aboriginal people in the psychiatric care system do not receive culturally safe care, which is contributing to persistent health disparities.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Psychiatry"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Landmark partnership to restore country and build career pathways","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/nature-academy_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/landmark-partnership-to-restore-country-and-build-career-pathways","publisheddate":"2026-03-16","summary":"
A landmark partnership between Winjan Aboriginal Corporation and The University of Western Australia will blend Noongar ecological knowledge with world-class science to restore 924 hectares of degraded farmland at Keralup, near Mandurah.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"How AI has powerful uses for First Nations oral cultural knowledge","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/kimberley-rock-art-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/how-ai-has-powerful-uses-for-first-nations-oral-cultural-knowledge","publisheddate":"2026-03-04","summary":"
Indigenous cultures are not only capable of adapting to AI – the way they have always held and transmitted knowledge may make them natural users of it.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Discussion celebrates women working to improve lives of women","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/international-wmons-day-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/march/discussion-celebrates-women-working-to-improve-lives-of-women","publisheddate":"2026-03-03","summary":"
Research by women and for the benefit of women will be the subject of a panel discussion next week at The University of Western Australia to celebrate International Women’s Day.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Graduate School of Education"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]}]}