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Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet- Seedpod of Yarns

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Description

 “Seedpod of Yarns” is a video series developed by Madison Shakespeare (GI Cancer, 2025) that shares stories and insights gathered through yarning with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across Australia. The series focuses on lived experiences of gastrointestinal cancers and presents knowledge grounded in resilience, honesty, and cultural understanding. It is featured on the website of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet and is used nationally to support culturally safe cancer care resources.

Subject

The series centres on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer experiences and the importance of self-determined cancer journeys. It is designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, families, and communities, as well as non-Indigenous carers, researchers, and healthcare professionals. Key themes include cultural safety in cancer care and research, strengthening relationships between patients and clinicians, and improving healthcare workers’ understanding of how to provide respectful, culturally safe, and person-centred cancer care.

Period17 Jun 2025

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  • TitleAustralian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - Seedpod of yarns
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletAustralian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
    Media typeWebsite
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date17/06/25
    DescriptionThis video series was developed by Madison Shakespeare, a proud Gadigal saltwater woman, who travelled Australia over the course of a year to yarn with others on what a self-determined cancer journey could look like for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

    With a focus on gastrointestinal cancers, the videos present a seedpod of human experience and resilience, containing honest, actionable and culturally specific advice on cancer. They aim to develop culturally safe relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, carers, kin and community to ensure their awareness of treatment options and to facilitate their realisation of their self-determined cancer journeys.

    Videos have been developed for:
    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, kin and community
    non-Indigenous patients, carers or loved ones
    cancer researchers, clinicians and healthcare professionals.
    Some topics covered include:
    cultural safety in cancer research
    experiences of cancer and cancer care
    how to build culturally safe relationships with patients, for those working in the sector.
    URLhttps://healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/key-resources/resources/51190/?title=Seedpod+of+yarns&contenttypeid=1&contentid=51190_1
    PersonsMadison Shakespeare
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Keywords

  • Indigenous cancer journeys
  • self-determined cancer journey
  • holistic wellbeing
  • Yarning about Cancer