projects
Yirramboi
Development of a five-year strategy transitioning to a yearly offering.
Shifting Ground was engaged by YIRRAMBOI to develop a five-year strategy for transitioning the biennial First Nations festival into an annual program, and its legacy in continuing to grow and strengthen First Nations leadership, the sustainability of First Nations creativity, and facilitating collaboration locally, nationally and internationally.
social enterprise Australia
First Nations Social Enterprise Circle.
Facilitated by Genevieve Grieves, the First Nations Social Enterprise Circle is a two-day gathering in 2026 for First Nations social enterprises to collaborate, exchange knowledge, and strengthen one another and the sector. The gathering will critically examine the challenges created by systems that have excluded First Nations voices and grow new ways of being recognised and understood in the work that First Nations enterprises do to create impact. The insights and knowledge shared are intended to contribute to wider systemic change through the creation of a First Nations Values Framework and Values Map, transforming recognition and increasing participation for the work First Nations businesses are leading across the sector, and strengthening pathways toward economic justice and self-determination.
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First Nations Module
Workshop series: Weaving Culturally Safe HDR Supervision Practices
Centre For Stories: Evaluation
Shifting Ground created a four hour First Nations online learning module for public sector executives, designed to embed values of self-determination and cultural integrity at the highest levels of government leadership. The program develops contextual knowledge of how colonisation’s enduring impacts are perpetuated through policy, equipping leaders with the insight to make informed, ethical decisions that advance social justice and systemic change. Developed in collaboration with Māori partners who weaved in perspectives of Aotearoa, the module forms part of an executive education program that prepares public servants to shape a future grounded in justice and reconciliation.
Drawing on the principles of Shifting Ground’s core pathway offering, this workshop series was developed by Shifting Ground facilitators Palawa woman Dr Michelle Webb and Bard, Wardandi woman Amanda Sibosado. The workshop series is interactive and relationally centered aiming to enhance support for First Nations Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students and their supervisors. Applying culturally safe and strengths-based approaches, the series explores strategies for culturally safe supervision, respectful engagement, and navigation of the academic journey.
We wish to acknowledge RMIT's School of Graduate Research for supporting the development of this workshop series
Shifting Ground has partnered with Walk Through Walls to evaluate Centre for Stories’ projects “First Stories” and “Solid Connection”. First Stories is a two-year creative development and storytelling project led by Centre for Stories, designed to amplify First Nations voices across Western Australia. Solid Connections sits within First Stories to honour the importance of non-Indigenous people safely and responsibly sharing stories that will build a more inclusive Australia. The process and outcomes evaluation by Shifting Ground and Walk Through Walls takes a circular, collaborative and responsive approach to evaluation methods and data gathering that enables communities to communicate impact in ways that are most meaningful to them. This may involve adapting data gathering methods as the program progresses in response to experience and feedback. Our process centres principles of self-determination, trauma-informed practise and ethical relationship building.