The Our Mob and Cancer website is a safe place for you and our mob to belong.

Created by our mob, for our mob, in collaboration with Cancer Australia, this is a place that respects and upholds Culture, Country and Community.

Our Mob and Cancer is designed to become a part of our knowledge systems about cancer.

Filled with important information about cancer from trusted sources, it is impartial, non-commercial, evidence-based and respects culture and traditions.

Using a strength-based approach to reflect our resilience and values, the website embodies the views, history and cultural traditions of the communities it serves.

Cancer Australia Artwork: ‘Hope & Healing for Country’

This artwork is based on looking at Country and Culture on a cellular level and how when we Listen to Country and when we look after Country, we in turn are Healed.

We are all connected through Country, Culture, Community and one another.

Riki Salam

Born and raised in Cairns on Yidindji land, Riki has connections to Muralag, Kala Lagaw Ya, Meriam Mer, Kuku Yalanji peoples on his father’s side and the Ngai Tahu people in the South Island of New Zealand on his mother’s side. Riki is an artist and graphic designer and is the digital designer of the Our Mob and Cancer website.

Jordan Lovegrove

Jordan Lovegrove is a Ngarrindjeri artist who creates artworks for Dreamtime Creative’s clients https://dreamtimecreative.com.au/artwork/

He created the beautiful and symbolic ‘Our Journeys’ artwork for Cancer Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander brand, and has illustrated a number of Cancer Australia’s resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about cancer.