Health and Justice
Title: Health and Justice
Summary: Led by Eddie Cubillo (Associate Dean and Senior Research Fellow (Indigenous Programs), Melbourne Law School) and Shawana Andrews (Associate Director, Melbourne Poche Centre for Indigenous Health - Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences), this theme aims to examine the intersection of the health and justice systems to articulate how Indigenous knowledges are recasting deficit-based, siloed health and justice practice models and championing innovative approaches and outcomes.
This research will build an evidence-based foundation for the work occurring in and through Indigenous organisations. Drawing from initiatives in the Aboriginal community-controlled health sector and the Yoo-rrook Commission, it will show how Indigenous knowledges inform the development of strengths-based and future-oriented health justice practice models for the benefit of Indigenous people and the broader Australian community.
Investigators: | Dr Eddie Cubillo (Co-Theme leader) |
Organisations: | The University of Melbourne |
Media
Warwick Padgham, Eddie Cubillo, and Jaynaya Dwyer: "Employing Indigenous Knowledges to Understand the Intersection Between Health and Justice"
This panel examines the intersection of the health and justice systems to show how Indigenous knowledge can challenge deficit-based health and justice models and champion innovative approaches and outcomes. The panel will discuss how Indigenous knowledge can inform the development of strengths-based and future-oriented health justice practice models for the benefit of Indigenous people and the broader Australian community. Health and Justice is a Research Theme program funded by the Indigenous Knowledge Institute at the University of Melbourne.
The presentation was part of the 2022 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Symposium.