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Engaging Indigenous people within Higher Ed

CQUniversity's Office of Indigenous Engagement recently hosted a visit from the Oodgeroo Unit of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), at Rockhampton Campus.

Professor Anita Lee Hong, Director of the Oodgeroo Unit, and Lone Pearce, Project Officer, met with Office of Indigenous Engagement staff to discuss employment issues and best practice models for engaging Indigenous people within the higher education sector, including governance matters.

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Uni joins with Darumbal to help youth find their way 

Published on 19 July, 2010 

CQUniversity has formed a partnership with Darumbal Community Youth Service Inc to help provide services for troubled children and their families...

The organisations recently formalised their relationship with the signing of an MOU in Rockhampton.

PhotoID:9214, Professor Kevin Ronan signs an MOU with Margaret Hornagold from the Darumbal Youth Services Inc.
Professor Kevin Ronan signs an MOU with Margaret Hornagold from the Darumbal Youth Services Inc.CQUniversity's Professor of Psychology Kevin Ronan said the partnership agreement comes from a shared concern about youth who are highly disruptive, who may be offending, and who may have a number of other needs.

Darumbal Community Youth Services Chief Executive Officer, Margaret Hornagold said Darumbal was looking forward to working closely with Professor Ronan and the CQUniversity Conduct Disorder Treatment Evaluation Project and Psychology Wellness Centre.

Mrs Hornagold said the MOU was another step for Darumbal in its endeavours to provide a collaborative approach to helping Indigenous Youth and their families in times of need.

Darumbal provides a number of community services including  a supervised medium-term accommodation and support service at their Budaroo shelter for youth and adolescents in crises; an Eaglehawk Family Support Program; a Youth Support Coordinator who works with Indigenous and non-Indigenous adolescents in State high schools; a Physical Activity Program that delivers local physical activities, including traditional games, focused on primary prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities; a Volatile Substance Misuse Program which offers support and therapeutic diversionary programs for youth on volatile substances and other substances; outreach workers who look out for youth who are on the streets at night; and a Youth Justice Program for youth engaged in the statutory systems.

PhotoID:9215, CQUniversity's Dr Will Reimer and Professor Kevin Ronan join with Margaret Hornagold in a joint endeavour to help troubled youths
CQUniversity's Dr Will Reimer and Professor Kevin Ronan join with Margaret Hornagold in a joint endeavour to help troubled youths

As concern in the Central Queensland  community regarding the high rate of youth crime is increasing, this MOU between CQUniversity and Darumbal is an example of a collaborative approach being adopted to combat this trend.