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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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Visitor from Irish Institute eyes a fresh perspective on diversity 

Published on 30 May, 2012 

Staff, students and community members recently tuned in from a range of different campus videoconference sites to witness a presentation on ‘LGBT Minds: Issues in Mental Health' by Postdoctoral Research Fellow Eddie McCann from Trinity College in Dublin.

This event was scheduled to help illuminate the diverse issues facing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in Central Queensland.

PhotoID:12533, Professor Brenda Happell welcomes Eddie McCann from Ireland
Professor Brenda Happell welcomes Eddie McCann from Ireland

Mr McCann has been in Australia as a a visiting academic from the Irish Institute of Mental Health Nursing. His visit to CQUniversity was hosted by the Institute for Health and Social Science Research (IHSSR).

LINK HERE to access video streaming files from the presentation

The visitor was welcomed by Professor Brenda Happell in her capacity as CQUniversity's Engaged Research Chair for Mental Health Nursing and Director of the IHSSR.