Uncle Wayne Yarns About Sleep

Uncle Wayne yarns with Mina Kinghorn about the connections between sleep, culture, and Country.

Uncle Wayne Williams works alongside the Let’s Yarn About Sleep program as a cultural mentor. He is a proud Wakka Wakka man and is an expert in incorporating First Nations perspectives and methodologies into health research. His work primarily involves integrating First Nations worldviews, ways of knowing, and evaluative frameworks into studies on First Nations health and well-being. Mr Williams is the academic lead for Indigenous Health Education at the Rural Clinical School in Toowoomba. His efforts are centred on embedding First Nations knowledge as a vital part of higher education sector and promoting constructive relationships between First Nations communities and the medical profession.

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