Indigenous leadership in disaster resilience
This year's NAIDOC theme is "50 Years of Deadly". The theme invites all Australians to reflect on the strengths of Indigenous communities, and their sustained history of activism and advocacy. Reflecting on this year's theme, the Annual NAIDOC Webinar will consider early advocacy by Indigenous groups to draw attention to the distinct impacts of disasters on communities, culture and Country, and consider recent progress to recognise and value Indigenous leadership within emergency response and longer-term recovery efforts.
The Annual NAIDOC Webinar continues the partnership between the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience and National Indigenous Disaster Resilience to shine a light on Indigenous leadership in disaster resilience and platform leading Indigenous organisations and initiatives.
Presenter
Dr Bhiamie Williamson
Dr Bhiamie Williamson is a Euahlayi man from north-west NSW with familial ties to north-west Queensland. He has led research into the impacts of disasters on Indigenous communities including examining the effects of the 2019–20 bushfires and 2022 Northern Rivers floods.
He is a graduate of the Australian National University and the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Bhiamie leads the National Indigenous Disaster Resilience project within the Fire to Flourish program at Monash University.
Host
John Richardson
Executive Director, Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience
Webinar resources
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