Tuesday, 2 July, 2019 - 10:07
Glass Jar more than half full for multi-skilled Kickett
SPECIAL REPORT: Among her many talents, Glenda Kickett is drawing on her sports experience to boost school attendance rates for indigenous girls.
Glenda Kickett
Senior Lecturer / The University of Western Australia
In her career working with Aboriginal people in Western Australia, Glenda Kickett has played a vital role in developing social work practice and policy to benefit the various Aboriginal sectors with which she has worked with. Her work has been recognised by awards and scholarships with achievements including academic success in social work and history research, undertaken alongside her work and other commitments.
In 2013, as executive manager Djooraminda at Centrecare, Ms Kickett was a winner of the Chief Executive Women (CEW), Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) Scholarship for her attendance at AGSM’s Women in Leadership program which aims to give women with significant managerial experience access to executive-level training and education, and the necessary skills and encouragement to overcome some of the barriers that have been found to prevent women from reaching the top in their organisations.
She is also a published author.
Ms Kickett has been chair of the National Aboriginal and Islander Observance Day Committee (NAIDOC Perth) since 2008 and, along with the Committee, has built up NAIDOC Perth as a renowned cultural festival including the revival of the Miss NAIDOC Perth presentation from 2011.
Ms Kickett is a finalist in the Aboriginal Award category of the 2019 Western Australian Of The Year Awards.
