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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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Unique mental health teaching tool available for sale 

A unique mental health teaching tool - on DVD - is available for sale via CQUniversity Bookshop ... with enquiries via bookshop@cqu.edu.au .

Belinda McCormack has bravely laid bare her experiences as a mental health client.  Belinda takes us though a part of her journey from diagnosis to recovery including her initial misdiagnosis, the impact of her medication and how mental health services both provided and shattered her sense of hope.

Her life journey expressed on a new DVD documentary provides a powerful teaching tool for nursing students and those in other education programs. It also includes worthwhile insights for the mental health sector and the wider community, enhancing engagement on the issue.

More details are available via these LINKs:

Mental health client's story becomes  authentic teaching tool 

Belinda praised for DVD initiative