Developing a community-led Victorian language health check survey

Year granted: 2020
Organisation location: Brunswick, VIC
Themes: Self-determination, culture for health and wellbeing

Project summary: The project builds on current First Nations language policies and revitalisation projects and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health measures (for example, NHMRC) to develop a community-led Victorian language health check survey. Language revitalisation programs nationally and internationally claim health and well-being benefits, the aim of this health check is to provide evidence, sovereign Victorian specific data to support this theory. Our seed project will ask the ‘right questions’ built around culturally safe and ethical frameworks of multi-generational community members to gain a deeper understanding of: the status of Victorian Language revitalisation practices, how knowledge is produced and how access to Mother Tongue has health and well-being benefits.