Ep. 49 Professor Colleen Hayward AM

When I asked an indigenous CEO of a company in WA if she knew Professor Hayward, she replied, 'Aunty Colleen? Yeah, she's a legend.' And she was right. She is.

Professor Hayward is a senior Noongar woman with extensive family links throughout the south-west of Western Australia.

For more than 35 years, she has provided significant input to policies and programs on a wide range of issues, reflecting the needs of minority groups at community, state and national levels.

She has an extensive background in a range of areas including health, education, training, employment, housing, child protection and law & justice as well as significant experience in policy and management. So her breadth of knowledge and understanding is extraordinary.

Among her many achievements, she has been recognised for her long-standing work for and on behalf of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia by winning the 2008 National NAIDOC Aboriginal Person of the Year Award.

I'm always learning and never more so than on this episode. So many things explained in a manner that's understandable but with a an overlay of academia and a generous serving of kindness. 

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