An Indigenous Cultural Competency Pilot Activity
University: Edith Cowan University
Project Leader: Mr Graeme Gower, Centre for Indigenous Australian Education & Research
Project Summary: This project will continue Edith Cowan University's commitment to cultural competency through the following activities:
- delivery of cultural competency workshops to university staff;
- offering a cultural competency unit to law & physiotherapy students during 2010, together with negotiating to include cultural competency in public health courses;
- inclusion of cultural competency in university corporate statements, core values, student attributes, procedures and practices;
- making cultural competency a standing item in all university reporting mechanisms; and
- establishing guidelines for curriculum writers on culturally competent pedagogy, content and assessment.
