Sedran C1, Taitingfong R2, Fox K3, Russo Carroll S4, Hudson M5
1University of Sydney, Lismore , Australia, 2Indigenous Data Alliance, , United States, 3University of California, San Diego, United States, 4University of Arizona, , United States, 5University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Biography:
Cas Sedran-Price is a proud Muruwari/Gangugari woman and Senior Research Fellow at the University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney. An interdisciplinary researcher, her work centres on the relationships between Country, culture and health, with a particular focus on Indigenous-led environmental and public health research.
Cas is an internationally recognised leader in Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance. She is the founder and Director of the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance Australia and co-leads national and international initiatives to strengthen Indigenous governance of data and policy — including operationalising the CARE Principles and the Maiam nayri Wingara Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles.
Cas co-chairs the NHMRC-funded Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) Network Indigenous Steering Committee and serves as an Executive Member of the Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA). Her international contributions include membership of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Indigenous Data Governance Task Force and leadership roles in the development of the CARE Data Maturity Model and Indigenous data standards — work that collectively advances self-determined and equitable data systems for Indigenous peoples globally.
Abstract:
This full-day, invitation-only workshop is designed for NEESFF Learning Partners participating in Indigenous Data Foundations: A Learning Partnership. The workshop will provide a practical and collaborative space for partner organisations to build shared understanding of Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Indigenous Data Governance, Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property, and the application of CARE and Maiam nayri Wingara principles within national research data infrastructures.
The workshop responds to a key challenge across earth, environmental, biodiversity and related data systems: many organisations hold, manage or enable access to Indigenous data, but are still developing the policies, metadata, workflows and governance arrangements needed to recognise Indigenous rights and interests in those data. Indigenous Data Sovereignty affirms the rights of Indigenous Peoples to govern the collection, ownership, access, use, interpretation, sharing and reuse of data about them, their knowledges, lands, waters, cultures and more-than-human relations. The day will support Learning Partners to move from principles to practical organisational action.
Participants will be introduced to core concepts, emerging standards and practical tools being developed through the Learning Partnership, including metadata guidance and approaches to identifying Indigenous data within existing systems. Topics will include best practice for Indigenous metadata; provenance and disclosure of Indigenous Peoples’ relationships to data; IEEE 2890-2025; genomics and biodiversity metadata standards; Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property considerations; and strengthening data repository practices in alignment with the CARE Principles.
The workshop will also provide time for discussion, reflection and shared learning, supporting partners to strengthen organisational capability, accountability and readiness for Indigenous-led data governance.