Aboriginal: Latin for ‘original’, the term is used to refer to any Indigenous person around the world but in Australia it is used solely to refer to the Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland only and not to the Torres…

(The meaning of family in an Australian Aboriginal context) While the trendy slang expression ‘Who’s your daddy?’ takes the form of a rhetorical question, it is commonly used as a boastful claim to assert dominance over the listener. ‘Who’s your…

By: Peggy McIntosh Key Points: White privilege is “an invisible package of unearned assets’ that white people can cash in on a daily basis to their advantage. Privilege is “a favored state, whether earned or conferred by birth or luck.…

Did you know that individuals and not just nations states can become allies to each other? Here at Evolve, we’ve adopted the Allies model of Re-evaluation Counselling (RC) to encourage individuals to become allies to Australia’s Indigenous peoples as part…

This year’s NAIDOC theme is ‘Because of her, we can!’ NAIDOC Week 2018 will be held nationally from Sunday 8 July and continue through to Sunday 15 July. This year’s theme celebrates the important role that Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

Indigenous cultural protocols but most people are only familiar with that surrounding land, which in Aboriginal or Torres Strait English is simply referred to as ‘country’. Country is significant because people’s cultural identity is tied to the land i.e. to…

It is one thing to have heard of someone, another to be standing on their Country and land of birth, reading their life story. The sun bounced off the ocean, on a crisp autumn day as I stood on what…

Munya Andrews People who know me know how passionate I am about language hacks and sociolinguistics. Once a strict disciplinarian for correct spelling and pronunciation, I have now shifted my focus toward the way in which we are linguistically programmed…

While most angles of the debate have been covered, people are often curious about Evolve’s take on marriage equality through a ‘cultural’ lens. When we say cultural lens, we mean through the eyes of our Indigenous and non-Indigenous team members…

Wednesday 13th December 2017, 1:30 – 2:30 pm EST Don’t miss out on our upcoming webinar ‘Journey Into the Dreamtime – Part 2’. The first 2 webinar sessions in this eight-part series are FREE. Places are capped, so will be allocated…