Shakara Liddelow-Hunt
Research Assistant; PhD Candidate
BPhil(Hons)
shakara.liddelow-hunt@telethonkids.org.au
+61 8 6219 1062
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Shakara is a Research Assistant on the Walkern Katatdjin (Rainbow Knowledge) project, which aims to explore the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ young people. She is a Wajarri Yamatji woman who grew up on Noongar country.
Shakara holds a Bachelor of Philosophy with First Class Honours in Anthropology and Sociology from the University of Western Australia.
Projects
Rainbow Knowledge: Broome & Kununurra
Rainbow Knowledge: Broome & Kununurra is a First Nations led research project that aims to explore the perspectives, social emotional wellbeing (SEWB) and mental health experiences of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Asexual (LGBTQA+) or other sexually
December 2022
Training Service Providers to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ youth
Walkern Katatdjin (Rainbow Knowledge)
Published research
Conceptualising Wellbeing for Australian Aboriginal LGBTQA+ Young People
It is likely that young people who are both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTQA+ would be at increased risk for poor mental health outcomes due to the layered impacts of discrimination they experience; however, there is very little empirical evidence focused on the mental health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ young people. The current study represents a qualitative exploration of wellbeing among Aboriginal LGBTQA+ young people.