After a brief Acknowledgement of Country, this page offers 7 videos on initiatives in Reconciliation from the last two decades.  For most of the people interviewed, on the left you can click through to the full interview (longer); and on the right, click through to a shorter version with key excerpts.

For those who don’t know the Australian context, Reconciliation to its supporters refers to the journey to improve relations between settler Australians and Indigenous Australians: dispelling ignorance, reducing prejudices, eliminating discrimination, increasing empowerment, and working towards equality and sovereignty.  There is an organisation called Reconciliation Australia (link to https://www.reconciliation.org.au/) and in 2023 their annual National Reconciliation Week campaign was called Voices for Reconciliation Through the Generations.  Some of us were inspired to try to bring together interviews with psychologists about projects, initiatives, and lessons from the journey through many decades in Australia.

Do you know more?  We'd love to be able to document some of the initiatives from earlier in psychology or at UQ, whether with interviews or in text form, as well as to recognise our first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates from the honours program, as well as our masters and PhD programmes.  Please reach out if you're interested in contributing to this history of our discipline, to [email protected] .

Scroll down to see links to each video, or if you like, you can jump to watch the whole playlists:

• all of the short versions [~72 mins total running time, 9 videos];
• or the full interviews [~291 mins total running time 9 videos].

2023 – Acknowledgement of Country

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2023 – Support Group

2023 to Present – ​A support group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait students in Psychology to be mentored by two Aboriginal psychologists who are staff at UQ.  Hayley Williams interviewed by Winnifred Louis about her work with Steve Munns.  Key excerpts: 7:03 mins.

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2015 - 2019 - Building relationships to share cultural knowledge.

2015 - 2019 (Recorded 2023 October) –  A conversation between Nancy A. Pachana, Winnifred Louis, Nicole Tujague & Kelleigh Ryan on Cultural Safety in Trauma-Informed Practice from a First Nations Perspective. Full interview, left, 39:34 mins; key excerpts, right, 12:15 mins.

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2014 – Courting Blakness

2014 – Courting Blakness, Fiona Foley and Fiona Nicoll talk about their ground-breaking exhibit of Indigenous Art at UQ and its lasting benefits.  Full interview, left, 33:02 mins; key excerpts, right, 5:04 mins.

https://www.uqp.com.au/books/courting-blakness-recalibrating-knowledge-in-the-sandstone-university
https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/10043258

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2008 – The School of Psychology RAP

2008 to ​2012 – The School of Psychology Reconciliation Action Plan – Paul Harnett, Valerie Stone, and Winnifred Louis talk about the first RAP at the School of Psychology, UQ.  Full interview, left, 21:48 mins; key excerpts, right, 3:47 mins.

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2006 – Indigenous Mental Health Day and the Indigenous Mental Health course

2006 to ​2019 – Indigenous Mental Health Day and course – Paul Harnett, Valerie Stone and Winnifred Louis talk about the Indigenous Mental Health Day initiative (2006 to 2009) with Michael Williams and colleagues, and the course that Paul developed with Stephen Corporal and others (2008-2019).  Full interview, left, 11:09 mins; key excerpts, right, 3:53 mins.

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2007 – curriculum reform in psychology

2007 to ​2013 – Support for curriculum changes to integrate Indigenous Knowledge and research about Indigenous Australians. Katherine Greenway and Winnifred Louis talk about their initiative with Blake McKimmie.  Full interview, left, 12:15 mins; key excerpts, right, 3:11 mins.

https://indigenouspsyched.org.au/
https://www.telethonkids.org.au/globalassets/media/documents/aboriginal-health/working-together-second-edition/working-together-aboriginal-and-wellbeing-2014.pdf

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Prof. Tracey Bunda interviewed by Winnifred Louis

Full interview, left, 1hour 08min; key excerpts, right, 18min.

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From the 1980s to the 2020s - Reflections of Prof. Pat Dudgeon

From the 1980s to the 2020s – Prof. Pat Dudgeon reflects on her journey in psychology from the perspective of the first Aboriginal Australian psychologist: racism and the need for decolonisation; early research interests; Reconciliation initiatives with the Australian Psychological Society; the foundation of the Australian Indigenous Psychologists' Association, and more.  Full interview, left, 1:39:44; key excerpts, right, 19:31.

See also:

https://indigenouspsyched.org.au/
https://www.telethonkids.org.au/globalassets/media/documents/aboriginal-health/working-together-second-edition/working-together-aboriginal-and-wellbeing-2014.pdf

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And earlier ...

1966 : Dr Margaret Valadian, the first Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student awarded a Bachelor’s degree at UQ, graduated from the university.

Do you know more?  We'd love to be able to document some of the initiatives from earlier in psychology or at UQ, whether with interviews or in text form, as well as to recognise our first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates from the honours program, as well as our masters and PhD programmes.  Please reach out if you're interested in contributing to this history of our discipline, to [email protected] .  More broadly, all feedback welcome!

Thanks to Milo Holmes for assisting in creating this page, and with the video edits!