About me
Nicole Tujague
Bachelor of Indigenous Studies (Trauma and Healing/Managing Organisations)
1st Class Honours, Indigenous Research
PhD in Indigenous-led Evaluation, Gnibi College, Southern Cross University
Nicole is a descendant of the Kabi Kabi nation from Mt Bauple, Queensland and the South Sea Islander people from Vanuatu. She grew up on the Queensland Aboriginal communities of Bamaga, Kowanyama, Woorabinda and Yarrabah.
Nicole has participated in multiple research and evaluation projects throughout Australia and is particularly interested in co-creation and culturally safe and Indigenous-led evaluation. She has facilitated training for community, government, corporate and private sectors in Culturally safe Trauma Informed Practice. She and her sister Kelleigh Ryan have just published their book, Cultural Safety in Trauma-Informed Practice from a First Nations Perspective - Billabongs of Knowledge.
Nicole’s area of research for her PhD thesis was Indigenous Evaluation, that is, understanding what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples feel is important when evaluating projects that affect their lives.