The Victorian Bicultural Workers Network (VBCWN), facilitated by cohealth’s Bicultural Program, has launched a new podcast series, Listening Across Cultures: Bicultural Perspectives on Mental Health.
The podcast creates space for Bicultural Workers (BCWs) to share knowledge and insights from their communities about mental health, wellbeing and experiences navigating mainstream services. Through these conversations, the series explores how culture, migration experiences, language and community connection shape understandings of distress, healing and recovery, while also highlighting shared experiences and strengths across diverse cultural communities.
In this presentation, podcast host and cohealth's Bicultural Program Lead Jasmine Phillips will share emerging themes from the interviews — including the strengths and leadership within communities, common challenges when engaging with mainstream systems, and BCW reflections on what more culturally safe, community-led responses can look like.
VTMH webinars are open to individuals, from all disciplines and working in all sectors, who are based in Australia and interested in diversity and mental health.
- Where: Online via Microsoft Teams Townhall — details to be sent to registrants in advance
- Cost: Free
- Bookings: essential. Spaces are limited. To secure a place, please register early online via VTMH
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Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH)
Address: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Level 1, Bolte Wing, 14 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Address: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Level 1, Bolte Wing, 14 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Tel: (03) 9231 3300
VTMH acknowledges it is located on the traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation. We know this land has history, custodians and stories spanning tens of thousands of years. We celebrate and recognise the First Peoples’ continuing connection to the land and water, and pay our respects to their Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.
In a spirit of reconciliation, we commit to walking the journey of learning and healing together.