David Vadiveloo
David Selvarajah Vadiveloo is an Australian lawyer, education reformer and cultural safety consultant. Vadiveloo received the 2005 Australian Human Rights Commission Award for Individual Community Achievement and was the youngest person to be Highly Commended for the Australian Human Rights Medal, recognising lifelong commitment and achievements in human rights. Vadiveloo is currently the Superintendent of Schools for the North Slope Borough School District. Vadiveloo was the Founder and Executive Director of the social justice, media and education agency Community Prophets. He led the cultural safety and culturally responsive practice reform in schools in Victoria's juvenile justice system and previously consulted to high-profile First Nations community and commercial organisations in Australia and North America, including the Mirarr Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation and the Inupiat Education Department in Alaska. Vadiveloo's social justice films have been nominated for Australian Film Institute Awards in both the drama and documentary categories. Vadiveloo is married to Inupiat screen producer, education consultant and cultural broker Rachel Naŋinaaq Edwardson. Early life and education Vadiveloo was born in Wagga Wagga, Australia, to a Tamil father and Anglo-Celtic mother. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and a Graduate Diploma in Film and