Koora, yeye, boorda - a conversation with Michael Wright

Michael Wright is a Yuat Noongar man who holds an Early Career Research Fellowship with the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University and is an Honorary Research Fellow with the Telethon Kids Institute. In this short film (14 minutes) the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Alcohol and other Drugs Knowledge Centre asks Michael about his career journey; the milestones, the challenges and what gave him inspiration. He talks about his research findings on kinship and caring for people with mental illness, which led him to promote an Indigenous framework for delivering mental health services. Michael describes the work he has done in partnership with Elders and community services through the Looking Forward Project part 1 and 2 to change the way mental health and alcohol and other drug services interact with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
Community services involved in research for the Looking Forward project include:
Ruah Community Services
Hope Community Services
MercyCare
Palmerston Association
Richmond Wellbeing
St John of God Health Care, Midland
WA Association for Mental Health Services
WA Council of Community and Social Services
WA Network of Alcohol and Drug Agencies
WA Mental Health Commission
Koora, yeye, boorda are Noongar words for past, present and future.