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Front line community work in Redfern, NSW is a training ground for the uninitiated. Cultures clash and boundary lines are constantly redrawn – often documented in the national media. It is a space where morality is tested and, for better or worse, personal qualities are revealed. It is also a place where human restoration, reconstruction […]

GUIR a proud sponsor of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Healing Organisation NACCHOs, AGM and members meeting held this month in Cairns. This key event which gathers board members, CEO’s and administrative staff from Aboriginal community controlled health organisations around the country is a key strategic meeting for the organisation. Fostering cooperative partnerships and working […]

GUIR & ANZ Association for Contextual Behavioural Science (ANZ ACBS) Cultural supervision and training for mainstream mental health practitioners was the topic of a workshop delivered by GUIR to clinical psychologists at the annual ANZ ACBS conference. Guir’s Ken Zulumovski opened the conference held on Kabbi Kabbi country, Sunshine Coast with a ‘Welcome to Country’ […]

The Gamarada Men’s Healing and Life Skills Program has won a NSW Premier’s Award for leadership in Aboriginal communities.

Indigenous Mens Access to Justice Project: Gamarada Men’s Healing Program The Gamarada Men’s Healing Program(GMHP) was established in Redfern in 2007 by local volunteer Aboriginal leaders. This was partly in response to increased recognition of the need for healing and life skills programs for Aboriginal men and the links between poor mental health and interaction […]

Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Social Justice Report 2008, Chapter 4: Beyond the Apology – an agenda for healing On 13 February 2008 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, on behalf of the Australian Parliament, made a historic and long overdue national Apology to the Stolen Generations. With eloquence and emotion, Prime Minister Rudd […]