Professor Sandra Creamer

Adjunct Professor

School of Public Health

s.creamer@uq.edu.au

Adjunct Professor Sandra Creamer AM is a lawyer who engages on climate change in her work at the United Nations on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and has been recognised with an Order of Australia for her leadership for First Nations women on issues of health, rights and self-determination. Sandra Creamer is the former CEO of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance (NATSIWA) and Adjunct Professor of Public Health at the University of Queensland. She worked closely with the former UN Special Rapporteur for Indigenous Peoples, is the Chair of the Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), is an advisor to the Seventh Generation Fund and a Board member of the International Indigenous Women's Forum (FIMI).

Publications

Book Chapters (2)

Journal Articles (5)

Research Report (1)

Newspaper Article (1)

Book Chapters

Creamer, Sandra, Toombs, Maree, Tarrago, Avelina, Williams, Renee, Fraser, Jed, Curtis, Caitlin and Brolan, Claire E. (2023). More than black printed words on white paper: intergenerational health justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Australian public health law: contemporary issues and challenges. (pp. 153-178) edited by Belinda Bennett and Ian Freckelton. Alexandria, NSW Australia: The Federation Press.

Hall, Nina L. and Creamer, Sandra (2022). Menstrual health and hygiene in sustainable development goal 6. Clean water and sanitation. (pp. 413-421) edited by Walter Leal Filho, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Brandli, Amanda Lange Salvia and Tony Wall. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-95846-0_170

Journal Articles

Creamer, Sandra, Blair, Suzi, Toombs, Maree and Brolan, Claire E. (2022). Indigenous services leading the way for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care. Social Work Education. doi: 10.1080/02615479.2022.2155129

Hall, Nina Lansbury, Lee, Amanda, Hoy, Wendy and Creamer, Sandra (2021). Five enablers to deliver safe water and effective sewage treatment to remote Indigenous communities in Australia . Rural and Remote Health, 21 (3) 6565, 6565-7. doi: 10.22605/RRH6565

Hall, Nina Lansbury, Creamer, Sandra, Anders, Wendy, Slatyer, Anthony and Hill, Peter S. (2020). Water and health interlinkages of the sustainable development goals in remote Indigenous Australia. npj Clean Water, 3 (1) 10. doi: 10.1038/s41545-020-0060-z

Creamer, S. and Hall, N. L. (2019). Receiving essential health services on country: Indigenous Australians, native title and the United Nations Declaration. Public Health, 176, 15-20. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.08.024

Brolan, Claire E., Hall, Nina L., Creamer, Sandra, Johnston, Ingrid and Dantas, Jaya (2019). Health’s role in achieving Australia’s Sustainable Development Goal commitments. Medical Journal of Australia, 210 (5) doi: 10.5694/mja2.50040, 204-206.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50040

Research Report

Lansbury, N., Moggridge, B., Creamer, S., Ireland, L., Buckley, L., Evans, G., Milsom, O., Pecl, G. and Mosby, V. (2023). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ voices and engagement in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Advice to inform the Australian Government towards IPCC Assessment Report 7. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Government (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water).

Newspaper Article

Moggridge, Bradley, Pecl, Gretta, Lansbury, Nina, Creamer, Sandra and Mosby, Vinnitta (2022, 03 04). IPCC reports still exclude Indigenous voices. Come join us at our sacred fires to find answers to climate change The Conversation