Rhys Callaghan is an Aboriginal man belonging to Worimi country, coastal NSW Australia. He is from the small community of Karuah, NSW, is a father of five and a partner to Alice.

Rhys has extensive frontline experience in the community sector, including out of home care, youth, community development and mental health. For the past five years, he has been a consultant, facilitator, researcher and teacher, looking at ways to improve the way agencies and organisations can improve the way they work with Aboriginal communities.

He has qualifications in community services, training and assessment and social science, as well as a Master of Philosophy (MPhil). His most important learning, however, has been through going bush with Elders since he was a young boy.

Rhys is passionate about creating better futures for our children, and their children’s children through social justice and encouraging the western world to embrace Aboriginal ontology, epistemology, pedagogy and axiology.