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Indigenous Language Interpreter Training Calendar

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IIP Online Training Opportunities Toward CPI Certification

Date	Type of Training	Details
9 – 11 September 2020	Ethical Competency (EC) 3-day Online Workshop For screened candidates	2.5 hours each day via Microsoft Teams Testing afterwards by appointment
23 – 25 September 2020	Intercultural Competency (IC) 3-day Online Workshop New candidates	2.5 hours each day via Microsoft Teams Testing afterwards by appointment
7 – 9 and 14 – 16 October 2020	CPI Preparation Series For candidates who have already passed EC and IC tests	6 x 1.5hr sessions

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Resources For Organisations Working With Indigenous Language Speakers

Aboriginal Interpreter Service (AIS) Northern Territory Government
Aboriginal Interpreter Service (AIS) – You understand don’t you ? (Darwin: Part 1)
Aboriginal Interpreter Service (AIS) – You understand don’t you? (Part 1: Pintupi Luritja)
Aboriginal Interpreter Service (AIS) – You understand don’t you? (Part 2: Yolgnu Matha)
Aboriginal Resource & Development Services, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) & AIS – The Plain English Legal Dictionary (Northern Territory Criminal Law): A resource for Judicial Officers, Aboriginal interpreters and legal professions working with speakers of Aboriginal languages (2015)
Australian Government – Protocol on Indigenous Language Interpreting (2017)
Charles Darwin University – Sharing the true stories: Improving communication in Indigenous health care
Commonwealth Ombudsman – Talking in Language: Indigenous language interpreters and government communication (2011)
Commonwealth Ombudsman – Accessibility of Indigenous Language Interpreters
David Moore – Unfriendly terms in Court: Aboriginal languages and interpreting in the Northern Territory (2014)
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Affairs (HoRSCATSIA) – Our Land Our Languages (2012) (see Chapter 6: Interpreting and translating Indigenous languages)
Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity – Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals Addendum (2019)
The Law Society of South Australia – Lawyers’ protocols for dealing with Aboriginal clients in South Australia (2010)
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory- Language and the Law III Conference Papers & Presentations (2019)
Michael Cooke – Indigenous Interpreting Issues for Courts (2001 )
Michael Cooke – Caught in the middle: Indigenous interpreters and customary law (2006)
Queensland Indigenous Languages Advisory Committee
Supreme Court of the Northern Territory – Interpreter protocols
Supreme Court of Queensland – Equal Treatment Benchbook (2005)

Resources About Indigenous Languages

Aboriginal Interpreter Service (AIS) Northern Territory Government
Australian Bureau of Statistics – Census of Population & Housing: Characteristics of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Australians (2016)
Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) & Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages – National Indigenous Languages Survey Report
Greg Dickson – Explainer: the largest language spoken exclusively in Australia (2016)
Our Languages
Queensland Government – Preserving Aboriginal Languages
State Library of Queensland – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages
Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) – Indigenous Australian Languages

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