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Jason is a Noongar man with extensive family ties throughout the
south-west of Western Australia and a proud husband and a father of
one. Jason is employed at the Telethon Institute for Child Health
Research and based within the Kulunga Research Network at the
Institute. His role is as the Coordinator of the Indigenous
Capacity Building Grant (ICBG) – Not Just Scholars But
Leaders, and is responsible for forging and maintaining the
close supportive links and where necessary advocating on behalf of
the Indigenous Team Investigators (TIs) during the life of the
ICBG. Given the wide spread of locations covered by the TIs (WA, NT
& Qld), Jason is also able to assist the Kulunga team with
various projects whilst maintaining ties with each of the TIs in a
face to face fashion.
Jason was recruited from the WA Department of Conservation and
Land Management (CALM) in 2005, where he was the Education
Coordinator for the Sawn Coastal District. Jason has an extensive
background and first hand working knowledge of the principles and
practices of Aboriginal Cultural and Environmental Tourism
practices at work in the protection and conservation of our natural
estates in WA. During his time with the Dept of CALM Jason over saw
and managed several major natural resource destinations including
Yanchep National Park and Penguin Island in the Shoalwater Islands
Marine Park.
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