An Aboriginal Australian lawyer, academic, land rights activist and founder of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership
Pearson came to prominence as an advocate for Indigenous peoples' rights to land - a position he maintains. Since the end of the 1990s his focus has encompassed a range of additional issues: he has strongly argued that Indigenous policy needs to change direction, notably in relation to welfare, substance abuse, child protection, and economic development. Pearson criticises approaches to these problems which, while claiming to be "progressive," in his opinion merely keep Indigenous people dependent on welfare and out of the "real economy." He outlined this position in 2000 in his speech, The light on the hill.
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The Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership was launched in July 2004 and is based in Cairns. We are a partnership between the people of Cape York, the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments, and Griffith University. We are funded by a core grant from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and the Department of Communities, and supplement that core grant with fee-for-research and private and corporate philanthropy.
We have a board chaired by Mr. Danny Gilbert. Click here to see the profiles of our board.
The staff at the Institute come from a range of backgrounds including community development, academia, corporate business and law. Click here to see profiles of our core and project staff.
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