Visual Dreaming, a First Nations tech platform drawing on cultural practices and storytelling to support Indigenous youth, has acquired 'tech for good' organisation @HITnet_au – but the process was far from traditional. @LeanneSandersVD#IndigBizMonth
https://t.co/nZxKeI9Tgh
Read the story of how Thoughtworks partnered with @HITnet_au to deliver vital health information and services to First Nations communities during the Covid-19 pandemic: https://t.co/w6kO8epm9V
It's the start of our panel, 'Who’s missing out in our digital nation?'
featuring Wendy Field, Sandra Elhelw-Wright, Dr Wayne Hawkins, Dennis Stokes
#DigitalNation21
Wonderful to be acknowledged for our Hitnet mobile app. Big thanks to our technology partner @thoughtworks. Check it out https://t.co/siLD5w3vNV #iawards2021
Aboriginal Australians are twice as likely to have a disability as non-Aboriginal Australians, but information about the NDIS can be hard to access because of language and cultural barriers. This free app helps bridge the knowledge gap. @ninti_one@NDIS https://t.co/CmrOdqH0Wx
See our latest newsletter, 'bridging the digital divide during times of crisis' - https://t.co/HopRxZW1Kr. As remote Indigenous communities are going into lock down we have a unique channel available to distribute vital #COVID-19 information to the #HitnetHubs. #digitalinclusion
Calling Aboriginal entrepreneurs, female founders, and migrant or refugee business starters!
The City of Melbourne is sponsoring five founders into the upcoming The Hacker Exchange Global Innovation Program in Melbourne, 25 May - 5 June.
EOI's now open: https://t.co/yErHZEN71O
"Jump in the passenger seat, and let us drive for a change". Indigenous fire practitioner Victor Steffensen argues for all Australians to pay closer attention to Indigenous land management practices. #QandA
So wonderful to read this story of community revival in #Manoora, Cairns. We’ve been proud to have a Hitnet Hub at the Community Centre since its opening. (You can see in one of the final photos!)
https://t.co/aplc6enSmz
#techforgood
It’s time to change the culture of software & platform development from “moving fast & breaking things” to putting safety, ethics & human rights at the core of tech design, development of deployment. Retrospective safety protections do not prevent online harms! #SafetybyDesign