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Webinar 8

Cultural Safety: Embedding the Universal Principle into leadership, decision-making & organisational environments 

In this Bright Futures webinar, Dunghutti woman, public policy specialist and Murawin co-founder Carol Vale will explore how the Universal Principle can be embedded across leadership, policy, decision-making and everyday practice to strengthen culturally safe environments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families and communities. 

Drawing on almost four decades of experience across government, Aboriginal affairs, education, housing, child protection and community services, Carol will explore the important role leaders and organisations play in creating the conditions for cultural safety. 

But cultural safety is not achieved through organisational systems or compliance alone. Bringing the Universal Principle to life is a shared responsibility. It requires each of us to consider how our decisions, behaviours, relationships and ways of working contribute to culturally safe and responsive environments. 

Carol will invite participants to consider how we can move from policy and commitment to meaningful action, embedding cultural safety throughout organisational systems while also enacting it in everyday practice. 

About the Presenter

Carol Vale is a Dunghutti woman, entrepreneur, Co-founder of Murawin, with a career spanning almost four decades. Carol brings extensive experience in intercultural consultation, facilitation, participatory engagement, social research and policy. She has led and supported significant work across Aboriginal affairs, education, housing and child protection, combining cultural knowledge with professional expertise to support culturally responsive and meaningful engagement. 

An empathetic and visionary leader, Carol is also the founder of Tiddas in Business, which brings Indigenous and non-Indigenous women together to share knowledge, experience and insights into building businesses for impact. 

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