Creative Equity Toolkit

Jack Callil and Bec Kavanagh Letter of Resignation

Jack Callil and Bec Kavanagh resigned as emerging book critics for Australia's Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers 'in opposition to the lack of diversity in the selection, which resulted in an all-white group of peers.'

'The selection fails to reflect Australia's diverse literary community, and is a missed opportunity to support non-white voices in arts criticism in Australia.'

‘Journey without maps’: unsettling curatorship in cross-cultural contexts

An essay on the disjunction between ideals for incorporating diversity and dialogue into museum curation, and their practice. Examines the Queensland Art Gallery as a case, arguing that there is a need to rethink expectations of curatorial coherence and closure.

Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality, More than Two Decades Later

In this article Kimberle Crenshaw explains and discusses intersectionality; the term she coined 28 years ago.

Leading for Change

Influential report which found that 95% of senior leaders in Australia have an Anglo-Celtic or European background. Although those who have non-European and Indigenous backgrounds make up an estimated 24% of the population, they account for only 5% of senior leaders. Cultural diversity is particularly low within the senior leadership of Australian government departments and Australian universities.