Cultural Awareness Training with Karen Milward

Name: Cultural Awareness Training with Karen Milward
Start: 2025-07-03T13:00:00+10:00
End: 2025-07-03T13:00:00+10:00
Location: RMIT Training Room at QV

Date

Thursday 3 July 2025 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (UTC+10)

About

Cultural Awareness Training is a key part of practice and ongoing professional development for those in the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) space.

However, for many practitioners access to in person cultural awareness training is limited. Depending on a range of factors training may not be provided by the employer. For independent practitioners public programs are limited with no network offering you the training, or just the basic cost being beyond what you can afford.

EEON (Equal Employment Opportunity Network) is a Victorian based network and not-for-profit who have seen this Gap. To support practitioners and contribute to building further awareness of First Nations culture and our shared history we are pleased to offer a half day training session at a subsidised price of $75 per person.

It is anticipated participation in the training program, will strengthen the confidence and capacity of staff in working with Aboriginal people, organisations, and their communities.

About Karen Milward

Karen is a Yorta Yorta woman who was born and raised in Melbourne. She is a strong advocate for developing culturally appropriate solutions to the issues confronting First Nations peoples that empower individuals and communities to effectively move forward. Karen has had a varied professional career over 35 years. After a long career in the public sector, in January 2004, Karen decided to expand her horizons and take on new challenges to establish Karen Milward Consulting Services which she owns and has operated for 21 years.

Karen brings a range of complementary skills to all projects she works on, especially in those areas where she works with First Nations communities, government, community organisations and the private sector. Karen has successfully undertaken many complex projects and extensive consultations with First Nations and non-Aboriginal people and organisations to determine ways forward to introduce culturally competent practices and measures that meet the self-determination needs and aspirations of First Nations people and their families across Australia.

Karen has worked on 72 RAPs with corporates, government, local government and the non for profit sectors.

Karen is a highly experienced consultant delivering and providing advice to projects across First Nations economic and business sectors, capital works projects, health, family violence, justice, education, housing, employment, community strengthening fields, Traditional Owner engagement and Reconciliation initiatives and plans. Karen has also delivered over 7,500 Aboriginal Cultural safety and competency training programs and worked in over 200 First Nations Communities across Australia.

Karen is a founding member of Kinaway, the Chair of Mullum Mullum Indigenous Gathering Place, Community First Development, a Director on the board of Yarra Valley Water and is a member of the Victorian Aboriginal Employment and Economic Council.

Karen has won a couple of NAIDOC Awards and was inducted into the Victorian Women’s Honour Roll in 2022.