S2 Ep7 - Building Aboriginal cultural competency

The Colour Cycle Podcast by Diversity Arts Australia

First aired: 24 April 2020

Diversity and inclusion employment practices are often focused on recruitment, but not on retention. Promoting cultural competency in the creative sector is a step towards creating safe spaces that foster and encourage equity. In his keynote at the Fair Play symposium, Rob Hyatt from the Koorie Heritage Trust talks about the importance of identity in workplaces and specifically addresses the arts sector in his keynote about cultural safety and inclusion.

Rob Hyatt is an Aboriginal man with ties to the Lake Tyers community and the Wotjobaluk in Western Victoria. He is the education manager of the Koorie Heritage Trust and works to foster an understanding of contemporary Aboriginal communities through an awareness of the past.

Rob explains the importance of identity and connection to Aboriginality through heart and mind.