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Cultural competence articles, book chapters and online tools
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This is a selection of articles and book chapters that continue to inform and shape the discourse of cultural competence nationally and internationally. This curated group of resources will be updated as as we encounter new ideas and publications.
- Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: Australian Perspectives, Policies and Practice
by Frawley, J., Russell, G. & Sherwood J., (Eds.), (2020). Singapore: Springer Open - An Indigenous Australian Cultural Competence Course: Talking Culture, Race and Power
by Fredericks, F. and Bargallie, D. (2020) in Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector: Australian Perspectives, Policies and Practice by J.Frawley, G. Russell, & J. Sherwood (Eds.), (2020). Singapore: Springer - Reflecting as a Way of Being: anchor principles of cultural competence
by Russell, G. (2020) In Frawley et al. (eds). in J Frawley, J Sherwood and G Russell (eds). ‘Cultural Competence in Higher Education: Perspectives, Policies and Practices’, Singapore: Springer - Gari Yala (Speak the Truth): Centreing the Work Experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Australians
research project in Sydney from the Diversity Council Australia and Jumbunna Institute, (2020). Brown, C., D’Almada-Remedios, R., Gilbert, J. O’Leary, J. and Young, N. - How we do business: Setting the agenda for cultural competence at the University of Sydney (Chapter 9) by Sherwood, J. & Russell-Mundine, G. (2017) in Indigenous Pathways, Transitions and Participation in Higher Education: From Policy to Practice (Eds. Frawley, J., Larkin, S., & Smith, J.A.).
- Cultural Competence - Transforming Policy, Services, Programs and Practice (Chapter 12) by Walker, R., Schultz,C., & Sonn,C. (2014) in Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice (eds Dudgeon, P., Milroy, H. & Walker, R.).
- What does Australia need to do for cultural competence to flourish? by Tom Calma (2006).
- Towards a Culturally Competent System of Care by Terry L. Cross, Barbara J. Bazron, Karl W. Dennis, Mareasa R. Isaacs (1989)