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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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Enabling and hearing the 'voice' vital for Indigenous research 

Published on 26 November, 2009 

Participants in this week's (Nov 26) Indigenous Research Showcase at CQUniversity Rockhampton discussed the need to enable and hear the 'voice' of Indigenous people, working within their own terms of reference and maintaining the integrity of their world view.

The event was hosted by Nulloo Yumbah, CQUniversity's Indigenous Learning, Spirituality and Research Centre.

PhotoID:8083, Presenters included L-R Wayne Ah-Wong, Ros Dunphy, Denise Tomlin, Cheri Yavu-Kama-Harathunian, Robina Mann, Vicki Pascoe and Kylie Radel
Presenters included L-R Wayne Ah-Wong, Ros Dunphy, Denise Tomlin, Cheri Yavu-Kama-Harathunian, Robina Mann, Vicki Pascoe and Kylie Radel

Presenters covered a range of topics including:

- Supporting Indigenous Students in the Transition from the Known to the Unknown: Asking the Questions

- ‘Bringing It Home' An Indigenous Research Model that Supports Indigenous Researcher's Aspirations'

- Living between cultures: Reflections of three Mackay Elders: Aboriginal,  Torres Strait Island and South Sea Island residents in Mackay from the 1930s to 2000.

- "What are Nice Guys Like them doing in a Place Like that?": Education Journeys from Australian Indigenous Students in Custody.

Watch this space next week for an interview with some of the key presenters ...