About the Whole of Community Engagement Initiative

Who are we?

The Whole of Community Engagement team is made up of a group of people who are passionate about Indigenous education, leadership and aspirations. The team consists of 30 Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers, professionals and academics, based either on CDU campuses or in remote communities.

What is the aim of the initiative?

The Whole of Community Engagement initiative is working with 6 remote Indigenous communities across the Northern Territory to find ways that strengthen  pathways into higher education.The intent is to promote long term social, economic and educational benefits through meaningful, bottom-up community engagement. These communities are:

• Galiwin’ku
• Gunbalanya
• Maningrida
• Tennant Creek
• Yirrkala
• Yuendumu

What are the objectives of the Whole of Community Engagement initiative?

The Whole of Community Engagement initiative objectives are to:

Using whole-of-community engagement strategies, inspire six targeted remote and very remote Indigenous communities to include higher education among their normal expectations, by: 

• Exploring current community perspectives of higher education, and linking with existing strategies to improve quality of life;
• Co-creating mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships with relevant partners and stakeholders; and
• Identifying means for making education relevant and culturally and physically accessible

with a view to establishing strong and sustainable educational pathways from early childhood to lifelong post-secondary education.