Building capacity and collaboration in Aboriginal health
research: Parliamentary launch of new resource
March 12 2008
An innovative new guide aimed at assisting supervisors of emerging Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander health researchers will be launched by a mystery
senior Government member in Canberra next week as part of Science Meets
Parliament.
The Supporting Indigenous Researchers: A Practical Guide for Supervisors
was produced to help experienced health researchers supervise, train and
support emerging Indigenous researchers. It is a plain words guide featuring
stories, quotes and practical examples from experienced research supervisors
and researchers around Australia.
The guide’s publication is a key part of CRC for Aboriginal Health efforts to build
the capacity of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research
workforce as a critical component of closing the life expectancy gap between
Indigenous and other Australians.
The guide will be formally launched at 10.40 am in the Senate Courtyard,
Parliament House, Canberra.
A report on successful research collaboration between university researchers
and local Aboriginal health workers at the Gurriny Yealamucka Aboriginal Health
Service in Queensland’s largest Aboriginal community of Yarrabah will also be
launched.
Launch of Supporting Indigenous Researchers: A Practical Guide for
Supervisors and Research Dancing: Reflections of the Relationships
between University-based Researchers and Community-based Researchers
at Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services Aboriginal Corporation, Yarrabah.
Where: Senate Courtyard, Parliament House, Canberra
When: 10.30.am Wednesday March 18
For further information:
Alastair Harris CRCAH Communications – 0409 658 177
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