Creative Equity Toolkit

Creative Connections: Balancing responsibility and innovation in volatile times

A panel from Australia Council for the Arts featuring Ananth Gopal and Tom Henderson from Polykala & Polykala.

It asks: What forms of formal and informal authority do we have in our contexts? How do we feel about providing strong guidance, clear communication and directives? Who’s going to be hurting most in your sphere — what plans do we have in place to mitigate harm, reassure them or at least acknowledge their hardship?

2022 Australian Publishing Industry Workforce Survey on Diversity and Inclusion

The Australian Publishing Industry Workforce Survey on Diversity and Inclusion reflects the views and responses of 989 staff and contractors surveyed in March and April 2022. The full report includes the methodology and sections on mental health and inclusion and belonging.

"The survey sets a baseline to track the demographic makeup of staff in Australian publishing; the high level of engagement with the survey indicates a strong desire for greater industry diversity and inclusion."

Better Indigenous policies: an Aotearoa New Zealand perspective on the role of evaluation

This paper questions the idea of evaluation, arguing that conventional evaluation methodologies fail to comprehensively understand the full range of factors that contribute to the successful delivery of services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. Consequently, there is a failure to understand how programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities can be delivered and evaluated in a framework of self-determination.

Diversity & Inclusion on Boards

Sue Woodford-Hollick OBE talks talks about her own personal experiences as a trustee and Chair of numerous volunteer boards and as a director in the arts and cultural sector.

Diversity in governance – from good intentions to action and impact

A blog post by Hilary Carty, who is the Director at Clore Leadership for the Calouste Gublenkian Foundation. Hilary cover ways to promote change, engage, audit, reach out and recruit in a more diverse and inclusive way.