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24 Feb 2010

Violence and discrimination a hot topic for Victorians

Thousands of Victorians will get together today to spice it up and share an Indian meal as an expression of concern about recent violent attacks in the state’s capital.

Reducing race discrimination

15 Nov 2012

Majority of Aboriginal Victorians are targets of racism: survey

A survey of 755 Aboriginal people in four Victorian localities has found they experience extraordinarily high levels of racism, with at least 97 per cent having been targets of verbal or physical abuse, or discriminatory behaviour in the past 12 months.

Reducing race discrimination

11 Mar 2010

Whittlesea leads on diversity

The City of Whittlesea has been awarded a major new program by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) aimed at improving community acceptance of cultural diversity.

Reducing race discrimination

12 Jun 2014

Racism in healthcare linked to poor mental health

Experiencing racism in health settings may have a stronger negative influence on the mental health of Aboriginal Australians than experiencing racism anywhere else, a survey led by the University of Melbourne has found.

Reducing race discrimination

27 Jun 2014

Benchmarking study reveals benefits of cultural diversity programs

A benchmarking University of Melbourne survey funded by VicHealth as part of a trial community intervention has found that one in five primary and high school students said they were targets of racism at school on a daily basis.

Reducing race discrimination

01 May 2008

Refugee Resettlement in Regional and Rural Victoria

This report documents contemporary trends in rural and regional settlement, looks at the findings of recent evaluations of national and international experience, and proposes some key policy directions for the future.

Reducing race discrimination

18 Nov 2009

Building on our strengths

This evidence informed framework was developed to guide future practice, programs and policies to address race-based discrimination and promote diversity.

Reducing race discrimination

01 Mar 2005

Building Indigenous Leadership: Promoting the Emotional and Spiritual Wellbeing of Koori Communities through the Koori Communities Leadership Program

This report records the experience and key learnings of five Koori community-based indigenous leadership projects and the statewide leadership network.

Reducing race discrimination

01 Sep 2007

More than Tolerance: Embracing diversity for health

Discrimination affecting migrant and refugee communities in Victoria, its health consequences, community attitudes and solutions.

Reducing race discrimination

18 Nov 2009

Promoting Diversity through the Arts

VicHealth has recently funded 16 projects under the Promoting Diversity through the Arts program. This publication provides further information about the program and the funded projects.

Reducing race discrimination

01 Jun 2003

Promoting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of New Arrival Communities

This publication illustrates a range of strategies for promoting mental health and wellbeing in new arrival communities from research and community strengthening through to advocacy and social marketing.

Reducing race discrimination

01 Sep 2007

Ethnic and race-based discrimination as a determinant of mental health and wellbeing

Mental Health and Wellbeing Research Summary Sheet: Ethnic and race-based discrimination as a determinant of mental health and wellbeing.

Reducing race discrimination