We are partnering with community-led organisations in Logan, particularly across Indigenous, Māori, and Pasifika communities. We are co-creating resources to promote cultural reform, community empowerment, and inclusive practice across the service sector, and developing research and evaluation frameworks consistent with self-determination and data sovereignty.
Logan is a bold, vibrant community home to people from more than 200 cultures and nationalities, including the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters of this area – the Yuggera, Turrbal, Yugarabul, Jagera and Yugambeh peoples.
Our vision
Pathways in Place–Griffith University is working closely with the community to promote capacity, reform, and cultural leadership within the Logan services sector, with a particular focus on early years development (0–5). This approach involves two major strands: providing direct support to help strengthen community-led organisations; and collaborating with other partners to provide longitudinal research and evaluation.
Specifically, the elements of this approach include the following.
First Nations first
Prioritising First Nations individuals and groups in Logan consistent with Queensland Government priorities and acknowledged community need.
Direct support
Consistent with our community dialogue findings, as well as national and international best practice (including the national agreement on Closing the Gap), provide direct support to community-led organisations (CLOs).
Inclusive practice
Working with CLOs, service providers, and Griffith University academics to co-create resources, tools, and guides that promote cultural reform and inclusive practice across the mainstream service sector in Logan in order to improve access to and quality of services.
Development and language
Prioritising early childhood education and care as a critical area for support and reform, as confirmed by our community dialogue process. Additionally, promoting the teaching and use of community languages, which has been identified by community-led organisations as central to empowerment and self-determination.
Systems reform
Collaborating with other organisations (e.g. Metro South Primary Health Network, Logan Together, Thriving Kids Queensland, and Communities for Children) on broader ECEC reform in Logan as a trusted research and evaluation partner.
Griffith University, Logan
Knowledge exchange
Together with CLOs and other partners, developing evaluation frameworks and research outputs that are consistent with methodologies of self-determination and data sovereignty.
Griffith's Logan campus has been embedded in the local community for more than 20 years. Over this time, it has established a reputation for innovative partnerships, industry engagement, and degree pathways, with a strong focus on community health, education, and local business.
In 2002, Logan campus was acknowledged in a federal government report as an exemplar of national best practice in facilitating local student access to higher education.
Through its work in Logan, Griffith has built a diverse network of partnerships with community service providers, organisations, and movements. Pathways in Place is leveraging these partnerships, and developing new ones, to co-create community-focused solutions that will support children, young people, and families in Logan to flourish.
