Yarning to meet Professor Lorraine Chantrill.

Madison Shakespeare; Luke Shakespeare

Yarning to meet Professor Lorraine Chantrill.

Madison Shakespeare
, Luke Shakespeare (Photographer)

School of Arts

Research output: Creative Works › Audio or Visual recording

Abstract

Building trust with healthcare clinicians is a process that requires time, yet there is often very little time between diagnosis and the start of treatment. In this yarn, Madison Shakespeare engages in conversation with Professor Lorraine Chantrill, Chair of the Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (AGITG) and GI Cancer Institute, Senior Staff Specialist Medical Oncologist, Head of Service for Medical Oncology across the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD), and Area Clinical Director of Clinical Trials.

While this yarn highlights Professor Chantrill’s unwavering commitment to finding the best treatment options for all cancer patients, it particularly evidences how her research and clinical practice are founded on deep cultural mindfulness, respectful listening, and humanitarianism for First Nations patients.

Demonstrating a culturally proficient approach in cancer research and clinical practice, this yarn also serves as an important resource for other researchers and healthcare clinicians seeking to enhance culturally safe engagement and improve outcomes for Indigenous cancer patients.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	online
Publisher	GI Cancer Institute AGITG
Edition	1
Media of output	Film
Size	8 min 26 sec
Publication status	Published - Mar 2025

Bibliographical note

Seedpod of Yarns: Yarning to Meet Professor Lorraine Chantrill is part of the Seedpod of Yarns video series produced by Indigenous academic and filmmaker Madison Shakespeare. The series was commissioned and published by the GI Cancer Institute and the Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (AGITG) in 2024–2025. This particular yarn features Madison Shakespeare in dialogue with Professor Lorraine Chantrill, Chair of AGITG and GI Cancer Institute, and Senior Staff Specialist Medical Oncologist. The work addresses the importance of cultural mindfulness, respectful listening, and humanitarianism in cancer care, especially for First Nations patients. This series is a significant resource in culturally proficient cancer research and clinical practice, aimed at improving outcomes for Indigenous Australians. The Seedpod of Yarns series is grounded in Indigenous research methodologies and has been widely disseminated through exhibitions and digital platforms across Australia.

Research Statement

This short film, produced by Indigenous academic Madison Shakespeare and published by the GI Cancer Institute and Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group (AGITG), stands as a powerful entry in the Seedpod of Yarns series—an exemplar of audio-visual storytelling as a robust digital communication strategy within translational medicine. By deploying film as a research-driven medium, this work bridges the divide between medical science and the lived realities of Australian communities, delivering complex health information in ways that are accessible, culturally grounded, and deeply resonant.

A defining strength of Seedpod of Yarns lies in its foundation upon Indigenous research methodologies, which harness Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing. The series centres First Nations perspectives and knowledge-sharing practices, ensuring both artistic process and research outcomes advance self-determination, community leadership, and culturally ethical research. Through privileging Indigenous voices in every aspect of production, the project emerges as a transformative intervention in health equity—actively addressing the social determinants underpinning health disparities among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

As part of a larger corpus comprising 14 interlinked works, this short film—commissioned by leading research institutions, published by AGITG, and broadly disseminated digitally—qualifies as a Standard output: a focused, short-format work embedded in ongoing public health advocacy. Collectively, the series may also be considered an Extended film/video production due to its sustained conceptual inquiry, significant reach, and institutional recognition.

This film as part of Seedpod of Yarns exemplifies a model Non-Traditional Research Output (NTRO), illustrating how Indigenous-led creative practice simultaneously serves as cultural expression and methodological innovation. It validates film as a rigorous research form that honours Indigenous worldviews, catalyses systemic change, and supports closing the gap in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Indigenous and non-Indigenous relations
Cancer diagnosis
self determination
quality of life measures
cultural protocol

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Yarning to meet Professor Lorraine Chantrill.

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