About the Institute for Cultural Diversity website

Cultural Diversity plays a central role in defining modern Australia. As members of a society built by immigrants from over 200 national and ethnic origins, and by Indigenous Australians, we have a strong interest in ensuring Australia is an inclusive society. 

The Institute for Cultural Diversity was established to help this process along, by opening up conversations about the many dimensions of our lives in which cultural diversity plays a part. Whether we are working to advance human rights for all Australians, ensuring the arts and public culture reflect our diversity, or working to ensure our justice system treats us equally before the law, we recognise that people will bring different values and experiences to these situations. These differences contribute to a productive, innovative and democratic society.

How the site works

The content in this site is accessible both by one of our 5 themes;

and by content types (usually categorised by theme) including;

Register for extra features!

By registering as a site user you can also access a range additional features while logged in, including an online community and content authoring tools as detailed below.  These features are accessible from a Users' Menu on the left while you are logged in.

Content Types

News

News items are short updates on matters of interest to the institute. You can also find media coverage on cultural diversity issues. You can view news items collectively or by theme. 

Articles

Academic articles include detailed papers on cultural diversity published by academics or other notable authors. They may be published in full as webpages or in part (as summary or abstract) with a link to a file or alternate publishing location. 

Consultations

Current and upcoming government, academic or research consultations on issues relating to cultural diversity  are posted here collectively.  This gives you the opportunity to participate as appropriate. If you have a consultation you would like to include here please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Blogs

Look for opinion pieces and thought starters on cultural diversity issues in our cultural diversity blogs. Registered users can make comments to blog posts and other site content. If you would like to blog here on a regular basis please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  

Comments

Registered users can make comments to news, articles consultations and blog posts. You can track your comment from the User menu.

Events

The many workshops, conferences, public meetings and festivals celebrating cultural diversity are published in our cultural diversity events area. Events can be viewed collectively or by theme. Registered users can also add events to the site. Otherwise please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to add your event to the site.

Forums

For ongoing discussions on cultural diversity issues please come to our cultural diversity forums. Most forums are publicly accessible but only registered users can post to the forums. Closed member group forums can also be requested. 

Community

We want you to talk, network and collaborate on cultural diversity projects. Logged in registered users can do this and more from our community area. If you are planning on becoming a regular site user and contributor, please fill out your community profile. You can use this tool to keep up with all your content contributions in the site and then collaborate and communicate with friends and colleagues via user groups.

Organisations

There are hundreds of cultural diversity organisations in Australia. Many of them are listed in on our Organisations Directory.  Registered users can also list their own cultural diversity organisation for free.

Documents

Various documents, articles, papers, submissions and reports on cultural diversity issues can be found in our cultural diversity documents library. Registered users can also upload load their own documents into the system to share with site users.  You can also request group only accessible folders to help invited users collaborate on documents.

Links

Off site cultural diversity links can be found in our links section. 

 

 

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