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Kooya IntroductionKooya Consultancy is an Aboriginal owned consultancy firm that offers comprehensive and professional Aboriginal education, training and consultancy services to the business and industry sector, community, private, government and non-government sectors.Kooya Consultancy was establshed in 2004 and prides itself on the 3 Q policy which is:Quality PeopleQuality ProductsQuality OutcomesKooya VisionThe pursuit of inter-culural learning informed by the Aboriginal community based education and training processes towards the enactment of social justice and equity.Kooya PhilosophyKooya Consultancy seeks opportunities to work creatively and innovatively in cultural and business environments that can produce geniuine and meaningful intercultural dialogue.We possess the necessary skills and knowledge to work with these opportunities to create a site of connection, celebration and affirmation, as well as build cross sector commitments to achieve an improved Aboriginal share of the national economic resources, social justice and cultural development opportunities available to all.The specialised business expertise that make Kooya Consultancy's business platform are focused on working across two major client and cultural groups:Firstly, the Aboriginal community sector and its servicing agencies. Kooya Consultancy is committed to cultural reclamation, strengthening and development. Our corporate philosophy involves both finding sustainable futures for contemporary communities in conjunction with culturally reclaiming 'old ways' of language, song, dance and ceremony. Kooya Consultancy is committed to the development of sustainable Aboriginal futures and custodial protection of 'Mother Earth' and the cultural diversity of her people's.Secondly, from a range of sectors (community, private, government and non- government agencies) that have a significant community, commercial and governing interest assoiated to Aboriginal people's. Kooya Consultancy's corporate philosophy is grounded in faciltating cross-cultural developmental processes that lead to transformative, equitable, social, economic, cultural and sustainable practices.Our PrinciplesIn all aspects of Kooya Consultancy's operation we will enact the following principles:Inter-cultural learning-learning with and from each other;Aboriginal control and delivery;Holistic learning processes;Community in the training environment, training in the training environment;Participant centred learning processes;Privileging Aboriginal knowledges;Educational rigour and integrity; and People oriented.

ABOUT Our TeamKim Collard (B AppSci / MA Health Econ) - DirectorSharna Collard - Office Manager / Training FacilitatorIngrid Cumming - FacilitatorLee Harper Penman- FacilitatorGordon Cole - FacilitatorMarianne McLaughlin (BSc Hons Dip Ed) - FacilitatorOur AssociatesSouth West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council (SWALSC)BHP Billiton Iron OreBHP Billiton Nickel WestWoodside EnergyChevronLandcorpHorizon PowerCommonwealth BankWesfarmers/ColesDepartment of the Attorney General (DOTAG)Bansia Hill Detention CentreRoyal Perth HospitalFremantle HospitalPeel Health CampusSir Charles Gardiner HospitalGnulla Marman Moorit BoodjarHassellPritchard FrancisHistory of Kooya / KweryahKooya (Kweryah) is the name for the frog in the Balladong dialect (moonogal mi - sound of the Eastern People) and is also the totem of the Bennell Family Clan. The Bennell family can trace it's links back to Meenial and Bennial who were the two old man and women of the Bennell Moorit (family). Hence the name Bennell is an anglicised version of the original Benniel.Gnitj Benniel a kulungah, gnuny kwell Collard moorit (The Collard family are descedents of these two old people Meenial and Benniel and we can trace our links back long before the tall ships arrived on the shores of the Derbarl Yerrigan - the Swan River).The Bennell family are a large family group that belong to the Balladong Clan of the Nyoongar Nation of the South West of Western Australia.Kweryah the Frog is a 'Healer or Walbraniny' and many of the Bennell clan are good speakers of the Nyoongar language. This frog has got special power to heal and harm and he is the barometer of the ecology (noonook Kweryah wangkiny, noonook boodjar mooditjil). If you hear the from talking you know the land is in balance and healthy.
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Nyoongar Language Ambassador

Kim Collard is a fluent speaker of the Balladong people and has been given permission by the Nyoongar People to perform the following services:

Welcome to Country Ceremonies;

Smoking Ceremonies;

Naming Ceremonies.

A boriginal Cultural Awareness Training Program

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Intermediate

Advanced

These programs are designed in 3 staged modules to give participants/practitioners a greater awareness and understanding of Aboriginal culture. They can be designed and tailored to suite the specific clients needs and requirement.

Cross-Cultural Awareness Training Program

Basic

Intermediate

Advanced

These programs are designed in 3 staged modules to give participants a greater awareness and understanding of working in a cross-cultural context. They can be designed and tailored to suite the specific clients needs and requirement.

Third Space Training

This program is designed for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal participants and practitioners to provide them with the necessary skills, tools and knowledege to work in the 'Third Space'. The Third space can be best described as the space at the interface between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal worlds.

SERVICES

Juvenile Rehabilitation Program

Kooya Consultancy run a seven (7) week program within Banksia Hill Detention Centre designed specifically for young Nyoongar youth to provide them with the necessary tools and skills to deal with their identity issues and instil pride and dignity back into their culture as proud young Nyoongar men.

Reconciliation Action Plan

Kooya Consultancy has been involved in the participation and development of the following company RAP Plans:

Woodside

Wesfarmers/Coles

SKM

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Cultural Events Planning

Kooya has organised cultural events as follows:

An Evening Under the Stars - A collaboration between Lamont Winery, SciTech and Kooya Consultancy. This event was held at Lamont Winery in 2009 and coincided with the International Year of Astronomy and celebrated the Aboriginal interpretation of the constellations.

Other Consultancy Services

Master of Ceremony Services

Workshop Facilitation

Community Consultaion - SWALSC (South West Aboriginal Land & Sea Council) - A New Dreaming: Nyoongar Dialogues

Avon Catchment Council

RESOURCES Aboriginal Movies/DVDRabbit Proof FenceTrackerExile in the KingdomBarbeque AreaThe Fringe DwellersA Dying ShameAboriginal RulesBackroadsBenny and The DreamersBlack and WhiteBlackfellasBush MechanicsDead HeartHow the West was LostLiyarn NgarnSeptemberSisters, Pearls and Mission GirlsTen CanoesThe Naked CountryWalkaboutWrong Side of the RoadAunty ConnieBlack Chicks TalkingCrocodile DreamingDays Like TheseSamson and DelilahTwo Big BoysVote Yes for Aborigines
Aboriginal BooksKyong & Me Kim Scott, Hazel Brown & Michael GallagherMy Place Sally MorganNo Free Kicks Eric Hedley HaywardWhen the Pelican Laughed Alice NannupA Story to Tell Laurel NannupThe Story of our Mob Sally DingoFor Their Own Good Anna HaebichBroken Circles Anna HaebichBenang: From the Heart Kim ScottNo Options, No Choice Rosemary Van den BergNoongyar Perspectives of Racism Rosemary Van den BergNoonkanbah: Whos Land, Whos Law Steven Hawke & Michael GallagherEchoes of the Past Sister Kates Home revisited Centre for Indigenous History & the Arts School of Indigenous Studies UWA Sally MorganWandering Girls Glenyse WardMission Girls: Aboriginal Women on Catholic Missions in the Kimberley, WA 1900 - 1950Many Vices: Reflections or Experiences of Indigenous Child Separation Doreen Mellor & Anna HaesbichHealth Care and Indigenous Australians: Cultural Safety in Practice Kerry Taylor, 2010 available from RPH LibraryThe Health of Indigenous Australians, edited by Justin Healey, 2010 available from RPH LibraryFirst Australians: An illustrated history Rachel Perkins and Marcia LangtonHey Mum, Whats a Half-Caste? Lorraine McGee-SippelAboriginal Business Kimberly ChristenThe Legend of the Seven Sisters May OBrien and Sue WyattBinan Goonj: bridging cultures in Aboriginal health, Anne-Katrin Eckermann - available from RPH Library

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TESTIMONIALS Hi Kim,Just a short note to say how much I enjoyed youre cultural awareness training last Thursday at Chevron.Having lived in South Africa during the post apartheid years I have been sent on many but they tend to harp on about revenge, guilt, and reverse discrimination, with no third space option for a way forward. Your course on the other hand genuinely opened my eyes to the history and culture of the aboriginal peoples, and I left with a greater understanding and focus for a bright and truly cultural diverse workplace, and community.Many thanks.Warm Regards,Neil HowieUpstream Commissioning SuperintendentGorgon DevelopmentChevron Australia Pty LtdTel +61 8 63156582______________________________________________________Hi KimThe staff loved the program - The feedback for both sessions was super positive.Josephine LeeHR Officer Horizon Power______________________________________________________KimI hope that all is going well for you and the team at Kooya. As you may already be aware SKM will cease delivery of the BHPBIO – ADP HSEC Leaders Program on Friday 18th March. The Community and Heritage presentation has added great value to the overall Leadership Program and has successfully provided the participants with a deeper understanding of Indigenous Australian culture and the issues that they face. The insights gained by the participants during these sessions would greatly assist them to develop and promote positive relationships in the work environment and beyond.Feedback received from participants has consistently demonstrated that the presentation has been a highlight of the Leadership Program. This feedback is a credit to Kooya and your presenters. I would like to sincerely thank you and all at Kooya for the friendly, flexible and professional service that SKM has been afforded during the time we have worked together. We look forward to working with you again in the future.RegardsSimon MatonSKM______________________________________________________KimBrilliant, congratulations to the team KimGloria M Daniels CNC Diabetes/Credentials ______________________________________________________Thanks Kim It is clear that the participants enjoyed the workshop and got a lot of value from it.Commonwealth BankPhil LockyerManager, Indigenous Employment Banking Team______________________________________________________Kim,Many thanks! I really appreciated the extra ordinary efforts you went to.Donna BrownTraining Systems OfficerBHP Nickel West ______________________________________________________Hi Kim,I was really impressed with the fantastic feedback that was given by the attendee's.Janine Lane Human Resources Officer'Landcorp_______________________________________________________

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PHONE: (08) 9296 0477

FAX: (08) 0296 0488

ADDRESS: 8991 West Swan Road Henley Brook 6055

E-MAIL: sharna_kooya.com.au

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