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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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Over a decade of domestic violence research presented at statewide event 

Published on 06 April, 2004 

Thirteen years of domestic violence research will be broadcast throughout Queensland from Central Queensland University Mackay on April 13.

Leading domestic violence Canadian researcher and expert witness Jane Ursel will present results of data collected from Canada’s Winnipeg Family Violence Court.

PhotoID:1291 Queensland Centre for Domestic & Family Violence Research director Heather Nancarrow said Associate Professor Ursel’s findings make a significant contribution to the development of specialised family violence courts, which have only recently emerged in Australia.

“The research has been generated from proceedings in the Family Violence Court, which is a criminal court responding to spouse abuse, child abuse and elder abuse,” she said.

“This research is quite unique because of the period of time over which the data has been collected and the nature of the court.”.

“Her research and expertise adds a valuable international perspective to discussions relating to domestic and family violence and criminal justice responses.”.

Upon completing her doctoral work, Associate Professor Ursel published the results in a book entitled Private Lives, Public Policy: 100 Years of State Intervention in Family. Most of her career has been spent at University of Manitoba, including five years with the provincial government, addressing violence and abuse in society.

In 1990 Associate Professor Ursel was founder and co-director of Family Violence and Violence Against Women. She expanded this research centre to become Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse (RESOLVE) and is the centre’s director. Associate Professor Ursel has served on the board of community-based child and family support services, served on various domestic violence review committees and serves as an expert witness in inquests and inquiries dealing with domestic homicides.

The statewide seminar will be broadcast via video-conferencing links from CQU Mackay at building 6/G.03 from 11am to 1pm on April 13.. Picture caption: Queensland Centre for Domestic & Family Violence Research director Heather Nancarrow