Candice Butler is a proud Aboriginal woman with strong family connections to Yarrabah in Far North Queensland and currently works as a Research Associate with Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research. Candice is a Social Worker with over 20 years’ experience working across government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs. As the inaugural Director of the Centre of Excellence at the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak Ltd (QATSICPP), Candice has provided significant leadership in the design, delivery, management, and evaluation of projects to improve child and family wellbeing across Queensland. This has included co-author of research and leading of the evaluation and action research agenda.

The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures is supported by its partners and funded by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council.
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures acknowledges and honours the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our Centre operates. We acknowledge Elders past, present, and emerging and recognise this was always a place of learning, teaching, and research, and that Sovereignty was never ceded.
Email: indigenousfutures@uq.edu.au
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