Sharlene Leroy-Dyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4250344 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharlene Leroy-Dyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharlene |
| FAMILY NAME | Leroy-Dyer |
| SIGNATURE | LEROY-DYER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3755-0837 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Taking the long view: Indigenous employment 1981–2021
This paper presents an analysis of Indigenous employment trends in Australia from 1981 to 2021, using nine iterations of 5-yearly Census data. It offers the most consistent long-term estimates available and situates these trends within broader shifts in the Australian labour market. Three key findings emerge. First, the overall increase in Indigenous employment over the 40-year period is primarily driven by the substantial rise in employment amon…
Who and what counts? Understanding work and workers that matter dialogically
In their essay ‘Indefinite Detention’, Judith Butler (p. 100) made the point that ‘the question of who will be treated humanely presupposes that we have first settled the question of who does and does not count ’ (Butler: 91, emphasis added ). This paper considers this vital issue in the format of a discussion between us as co-authors whose work speaks to the concerns of this special issue – precarity, mattering and marginalization. The paper for…
The rise of virtual yarning: An Indigenist research method
Social media is of growing interest as a platform for post-COVID research, providing ungated platforms for minority groups and activists that may struggle to have their messages and voices heard in other media. In First Nations communities around Australia there is a higher-than-average uptake of social media platforms, particularly Facebook. Based on a qualitative research project with a First Nations group in Southeast Queensland targeting know…
Actu Congress Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Forum 2024
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the peak body for Australian unions, which is made up of 38 affiliated unions, who together represent approximately 1.8 million workers, their families and their communities. Every three years the ACTU holds its congress. Congress is ‘effectively a parliament for working people, where delegates debate and vote on policies regarding the workplace, rights, and campaigns to improve wages, conditions a…
Breaking the hierarchy: Exploring intersectional employment strategies in the Australian mining industry for Indigenous women
The Australian mining industry is male and non-Indigenous dominated. • Indigenous employment data is not typically disaggregated by gender. • Indigenous women face additional challenges and risks at work. • An intersectional lens highlights policy gaps. • Understanding the local context and structural change is also required. The Australian mining industry is male and non-Indigenous dominated. Indigenous women continue to perceive themselves as o…
De-othering: Indigenous Perspectives on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share two Indigenous perspectives on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). It is grounded in aspirations for de-othering and de-colonisation. De-othering is the unpicking of the status of “other” bestowed upon us by the dominant culture, and de-colonisation involves the deconstruction of the ways the settler states in which we live have defined and oppressed us. Design/methodology/approach The methodology …
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Inclusion in the Workplace
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are currently the most disadvantaged group in the Australian community, in education and employment, and policies to redress this disadvantage, such as the Closing the Gap Strategy (CTG), have done little to address the disadvantage. This can partly be attributed to the government ignoring the dominant political philosophy of self-determination held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment provisions within enterprise agreements in Australian universities, the role of the National Tertiary Education Union and collective bargaining
Collective bargaining is the foundation for democracy in the workplace, and a mechanism for ensuring workers in Australia have improved working conditions whilst striving to reduce inequality. Collective bargaining offers potential to improve democratic workplace participation and socio-economic status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, however, if done ineffectively can further entrench inequality. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isl…
Intersectional theory and disadvantage: A tool for decolonisation
It is widely recognised that First Nations peoples in Australia (also known as Aboriginal Australians) have some of the poorest health and social outcomes of any other group. This is evidenced in a number of areas including the disproportionately high rates of disability for First Nations peoples in Australia. This paper explores how the intersection of race and disability compounds disadvantage for First Nations peoples with disability in Austra…
A brief history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander involvement in the Australian labour market
Understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander involvement in the labour market across Australia's history can be a complicated challenge.This challenge includes the examination of cultural and social factors specific to Indigenous peoples in Australia.These specific cultural and social factors relate, in part, to the combining of traditional and contemporary aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' lives together.This paper…
Intersectional theory and disadvantage: A tool for decolonisation
It is widely recognised that First Nations peoples in Australia (also known as Aboriginal Australians) have some of the poorest health and social outcomes of any other group. This is evidenced in a number of areas including the disproportionately high rates of disability for First Nations peoples in Australia. This paper explores how the intersection of race and disability compounds disadvantage for First Nations peoples with disability in Austra…
De-othering: Indigenous Perspectives on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share two Indigenous perspectives on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). It is grounded in aspirations for de-othering and de-colonisation. De-othering is the unpicking of the status of “other” bestowed upon us by the dominant culture, and de-colonisation involves the deconstruction of the ways the settler states in which we live have defined and oppressed us. Design/methodology/approach The methodology …
The rise of virtual yarning: An Indigenist research method
Social media is of growing interest as a platform for post-COVID research, providing ungated platforms for minority groups and activists that may struggle to have their messages and voices heard in other media. In First Nations communities around Australia there is a higher-than-average uptake of social media platforms, particularly Facebook. Based on a qualitative research project with a First Nations group in Southeast Queensland targeting know…
Breaking the hierarchy: Exploring intersectional employment strategies in the Australian mining industry for Indigenous women
The Australian mining industry is male and non-Indigenous dominated. • Indigenous employment data is not typically disaggregated by gender. • Indigenous women face additional challenges and risks at work. • An intersectional lens highlights policy gaps. • Understanding the local context and structural change is also required. The Australian mining industry is male and non-Indigenous dominated. Indigenous women continue to perceive themselves as o…
A brief history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander involvement in the Australian labour market
Understanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander involvement in the labour market across Australia's history can be a complicated challenge.This challenge includes the examination of cultural and social factors specific to Indigenous peoples in Australia.These specific cultural and social factors relate, in part, to the combining of traditional and contemporary aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' lives together.This paper…
Intersectional theory and disadvantage: A tool for decolonisation
It is widely recognised that First Nations peoples in Australia (also known as Aboriginal Australians) have some of the poorest health and social outcomes of any other group. This is evidenced in a number of areas including the disproportionately high rates of disability for First Nations peoples in Australia. This paper explores how the intersection of race and disability compounds disadvantage for First Nations peoples with disability in Austra…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Inclusion in the Workplace
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are currently the most disadvantaged group in the Australian community, in education and employment, and policies to redress this disadvantage, such as the Closing the Gap Strategy (CTG), have done little to address the disadvantage. This can partly be attributed to the government ignoring the dominant political philosophy of self-determination held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment provisions within enterprise agreements in Australian universities, the role of the National Tertiary Education Union and collective bargaining
Collective bargaining is the foundation for democracy in the workplace, and a mechanism for ensuring workers in Australia have improved working conditions whilst striving to reduce inequality. Collective bargaining offers potential to improve democratic workplace participation and socio-economic status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, however, if done ineffectively can further entrench inequality. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isl…
Actu Congress Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Forum 2024
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the peak body for Australian unions, which is made up of 38 affiliated unions, who together represent approximately 1.8 million workers, their families and their communities. Every three years the ACTU holds its congress. Congress is ‘effectively a parliament for working people, where delegates debate and vote on policies regarding the workplace, rights, and campaigns to improve wages, conditions a…
Breaking the hierarchy: Exploring intersectional employment strategies in the Australian mining industry for Indigenous women
The Australian mining industry is male and non-Indigenous dominated. • Indigenous employment data is not typically disaggregated by gender. • Indigenous women face additional challenges and risks at work. • An intersectional lens highlights policy gaps. • Understanding the local context and structural change is also required. The Australian mining industry is male and non-Indigenous dominated. Indigenous women continue to perceive themselves as o…
De-othering: Indigenous Perspectives on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share two Indigenous perspectives on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). It is grounded in aspirations for de-othering and de-colonisation. De-othering is the unpicking of the status of “other” bestowed upon us by the dominant culture, and de-colonisation involves the deconstruction of the ways the settler states in which we live have defined and oppressed us. Design/methodology/approach The methodology …
The rise of virtual yarning: An Indigenist research method
Social media is of growing interest as a platform for post-COVID research, providing ungated platforms for minority groups and activists that may struggle to have their messages and voices heard in other media. In First Nations communities around Australia there is a higher-than-average uptake of social media platforms, particularly Facebook. Based on a qualitative research project with a First Nations group in Southeast Queensland targeting know…
Taking the long view: Indigenous employment 1981–2021
This paper presents an analysis of Indigenous employment trends in Australia from 1981 to 2021, using nine iterations of 5-yearly Census data. It offers the most consistent long-term estimates available and situates these trends within broader shifts in the Australian labour market. Three key findings emerge. First, the overall increase in Indigenous employment over the 40-year period is primarily driven by the substantial rise in employment amon…
Who and what counts? Understanding work and workers that matter dialogically
In their essay ‘Indefinite Detention’, Judith Butler (p. 100) made the point that ‘the question of who will be treated humanely presupposes that we have first settled the question of who does and does not count ’ (Butler: 91, emphasis added ). This paper considers this vital issue in the format of a discussion between us as co-authors whose work speaks to the concerns of this special issue – precarity, mattering and marginalization. The paper for…
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (4 works) · Education Systems and Policy (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Intersectionality (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works)