Experiences of Australian Indigenous People During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic

Project: A study into the experiences of Australian Indigenous people during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic

This research project is conducted by researchers at Charles Darwin University in the College of Indigenous Futures, Education & Arts:

A/Professor Linda Ford, Senior Research Fellow
Dr Tracy Woodroofe, Lecturer
Dr Kathy Guthadjaka, Senior Researcher
Ms Emily Ford, Honorary Research Associate
Dr Adriana Ticoalu, Researcher
Dr David Karacsonyi, PhD Student
Ms Pawinee Yuhun, Research Associate
Mr Colin Baker, Research Associate

This project aims to investigate the experiences of Indigenous people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We would like to ask you questions about how COVID-19 pandemic has impacted your life and livelihood and what your COVID-19 experiences have been. This will help us to identify various impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on Indigenous people.

The information you provide will be used as documented datasets about Australian Indigenous people’s experiences living in Greater Darwin region during COVID-19 pandemic. The research results will be published in a final project report and will be distributed to you.

This research project is led by A/Prof Linda Ford, Dr Tracy Woodroffe and Dr Kathy Guthadjaka, and conducted with assistance from Ms Emily Ford, Mr Colin Baker, Ms Pawinee Yuhun, Dr David Karacsonyi and Dr Adriana Ticoalu. All the researchers are from Charles Darwin University (CDU). The project is funded through the Australian Research Council Special Initiatives grant scheme - National Indigenous Research Knowledge Network (NIRAKN).

You do not have to complete the survey and can exit at any time. Participation is voluntary. However, we would be grateful if you would please spare a few minutes to complete the COVID-19 pandemic online survey. This is an anonymous survey. Your information will be recorded and kept confidential in storage and/or may be used by CDU, NIRAKN, and ARC media and communication.

There is no physical risk to your participation. The questions might cause you to think about your COVID-19 pandemic experiences in depth, which could possibly cause you some minor distress, but this is unlikely. The survey should take no more than 3 minutes (on average) to complete. By continuing with and completing this survey you acknowledge your consent for your response to be collected. Please download this page for your reference.

If you have any questions or queries about this survey please contact A/Prof Linda Ford via email: linda.ford@cdu.edu.au or phone 08 8946 7203.

Thank you for your valuable input.

A/Prof Linda Ford, Dr Tracy Woodroffe, Dr Kathy Guthadjaka, Ms Emily Ford, Mr Colin Baker, Ms Pawinee Yuhun, Dr David Karacsonyi and Dr Adriana Ticoalu.