Claire Rafferty is currently writing her thesis: ‘Yaka Gäna, Always Together: An intergenerational approach to collaborative learning’. She has worked as an educator in remote Northern Territory communities for many years and is passionate about intergenerational community-based learning. Whilst working in the NT she has collaborated with teachers, rangers and community members to develop contextual bicultural programs for both adult and student learners that are grounded in place and relationships. Claire is interested in how collaboration in intercultural spaces can be enriched when we value multiple perspectives, recognise power imbalances, create space for honest dialogue and cultivate humility. She is committed to a strengths-based approach that recognises local ways of being, knowing and doing and believes this is integral to the lifelong learning process.