Year | Citation |
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2023 |
Balla, P., Jackson, K., Price, R., Quayle, A. F., & Sonn, C. C. (230101). Blak Women s Healing: Cocreating Decolonial Praxis Through Research Yarns. Peace and Conflict, 29(1), (21-30). doi: 10.1037/pac0000637 |
2022 |
Balla, P., Jackson, K., Quayle, A. F., Sonn, C. C., & Price, R. K. (221201). Don't let anybody ever put you down culturally. it's not good : Creating spaces for Blak women's healing. American Journal of Community Psychology, 70(3-4), (352-364). doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12607 |
2021 | Jackson, K. (210701). A Yorta Yorta Fire. The Lifted Brow - Blak Brow,(40), (54-56). |
2018 | Kruger, K., Balla, P., Jackson, K., Whyman, P., & Caldwell, B. (181201). Editorial: The Blak Women's Brow Collective. The Lifted Brow,(40), (2-3). |
Key details
Areas of expertise
- Aboriginal community development
- Indigenous methodologies
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
About Karen Jackson
I am Yorta Yorta – and so very proud of my Ancestors and Elders. For more than 20 years I have been involved in building relationships and communities with Aboriginal community members and service providers in the western suburbs of Melbourne. I lead and co-chair organisations and programs that create a culturally safe, fair and opportunity-based environment for our community that is embedded in relationships to land, culture, law and Elders.
As Executive Director, Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Unit at Victoria University, I help develop the University Strategic Plan and the Bathelmun Yalingwa plan to grow the numbers of Aboriginal community engaging and partnering with us, sharing knowledge through teaching, learning and research and connecting the physical environment to Aboriginal spaces and to Melbourne’s West to help epistemic justice.
I oversee a team that includes Aboriginal academic staff to deliver the Aboriginal Education Kyinandoo (AEK) units in Diploma, undergraduate and Master programs. My role also includes supporting and caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students across the university, engaging with Aboriginal community and service providers in Melbourne’s west including Wyndham, Melton and Footscray to improve services. I also work on designing and undertaking collaborative research projects.
I am a member of the Western Metropolitan Partnership, part of the Metropolitan Partnerships, a significant State Government initiative aimed at listening to the voices of the west, in order to inform policy and outcomes deliver specific services that can assist communities. I am also co-chair of Koling wada-ngal Aboriginal Corporation located within the Wunggurrwil Dhurrung Centre, in Wyndham.
I believe all Australians benefit if we respect and recognise Aboriginal People as Sovereign Peoples, understand terra nullius is a lie and we begin serious work towards a treaty and truth telling.
Qualifications
- Grad Cert in Communications, Victoria University, Australia, 2005
Key publications
Book chapter (showing 1)
Year | Citation |
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2018 | Sonn, C. C., Jackson, K., & Rebecca, L. (180703). Exploring Meanings and Practices of Indigenous Placemaking in Melbourne s West (pp. 87-103). BRILL. |
Journal article (showing 4 of 4)
Research funding for the past 5 years
Please note:
- Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
- Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
- The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.
2023
Vingrys - VicHealth
Impact Research Grant: Aboriginal Australian dietary practices and place-making
in public health equity
From: Vic Health Impact Research Grants, Victoria University
Other investigators: Aspr Alison Baker, Dr Megan O'shea, Prof Christopher Sonn, Dr Kristina Vingrys
For period: 2023-2025
|
$296,943 |
2021
Koori Cultural Club Research Project
From: Nano Nagle Network
Other investigators: Dr Karen Hart
For period: 2021-2022
|
Not disclosed |
Next Generation Water Management in the Werribee River Catchment
From: Victorian Higher Education Strategic Investment Fund
Other investigators: Ms Rowena Price, Aspr Shobha Muthukumaran, Dr Ashok Sharma, Dr Dimuth Navaratna, Prof Mikel Duke, Dr Daniel Ooi, Mr Nitin Muttil
For period: 2021-2022
|
$500,000 |
Stronger Communities Innovation Hub: Addressing Aboriginal Disadvantage in the West of Melbourne
From: Victorian Higher Education Strategic Investment Fund
For period: 2021-2022
|
$740,000 |
Resilience: Regenerative City Living Lab
From: Victorian Higher Education Strategic Investment Fund
Other investigators: Dr Jean Hopman, Prof Debra Smith, Aspr Alison Baker, Dr Amy Quayle, Dr Daniel Ooi, Dr Thinh Nguyen
For period: 2021-2022
|
$590,000 |
Blak Women's Healing
From: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Other investigators: Ms Paola Balla, Ms Rowena Price, Prof Christopher Sonn, Dr Amy Quayle
For period: 2021-2023
|
$164,610 |
Supervision of research students at VU
Available to supervise research students
Available for media queries
Key academic roles
Dates | Role | Department / Organisation |
---|---|---|
Apr 2008 - Present |
Executive Director, Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Unit
|
Victoria University |
Apr 2010 - Present |
Member
|
Indigenous Advisory Group - Footscray Community Arts Centre |
Apr 2019 - Present |
Member
|
Western Metropolitan Partnerships - Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions |
Sep 2000 - Feb 2008 |
Indigenous Services Coordinator
|
Victoria University |
Feb 2017 - Present |
Co Chair
|
Koling wada-ngal Committee - Wunggurrwil Dhurrung Centre |
Apr 2016 - Present |
Co Chair
|
Footprints for Success - Early Years DHHS Koolin Balit Project |
Feb 2016 - Present |
Koori Caucus Member
|
Western Metropolitan Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee |
Dates | Role & Department/Organisation |
---|---|
Apr 2008 -
Present
|
Executive Director, Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Unit
Victoria University |
Apr 2010 -
Present
|
Member
Indigenous Advisory Group - Footscray Community Arts Centre |
Apr 2019 -
Present
|
Member
Western Metropolitan Partnerships - Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions |
Sep 2000 -
Feb 2008
|
Indigenous Services Coordinator
Victoria University |
Feb 2017 -
Present
|
Co Chair
Koling wada-ngal Committee - Wunggurrwil Dhurrung Centre |
Apr 2016 -
Present
|
Co Chair
Footprints for Success - Early Years DHHS Koolin Balit Project |
Feb 2016 -
Present
|
Koori Caucus Member
Western Metropolitan Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee |
Key industry, community & government roles
Dates | Role | Department/Organisation |
---|---|---|
Apr 2008 - Jan 2017 |
Committee Member
|
Western Metropolitan Indigenous Family Violence Regional Action Group |
Apr 2008 - Apr 2012 |
Member
|
Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council |
Mar 2003 - Apr 2005 |
Board Member - Treasurer & Chair
|
ILBIJERRI Theatre Company |
Dates | Role & Department/Organisation |
---|---|
Apr 2008 - Jan 2017 |
Committee Member
Western Metropolitan Indigenous Family Violence Regional Action Group |
Apr 2008 - Apr 2012 |
Member
Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council |
Mar 2003 - Apr 2005 |
Board Member - Treasurer & Chair
ILBIJERRI Theatre Company |
Awards
Year | Award |
---|---|
2020 |
Community Engagement Award - Association for Tertiary Education Management |
2020 |
Excellence Awards Finalist - Engagement Australia |
Keynote and invited speeches
Year | Title/Description |
---|---|
2022 |
Who's New Reality is it? Blak Lives Matter & Local Aboriginal Community VU Student Leadership Conference 2022 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) |