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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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Writers gather for annual workshop on North Keppel Island  

Published on 17 May, 2012 

Writers gathered over the weekend for the popular Idiom 23 Magazine Writers' Workshop on North Keppel Island.

The theme of this year's workshop was Stories of the Sea. The event focused on visual narrative storytelling - telling stories through words and imagery.

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PhotoID:12383, L-R Professor Bronwyn Fredericks, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), Workshop Coordinator Dr Lynda Hawryluk, a special guest who provided a moving Welcome to Country, Woppaburra woman Angela Leitch, and her son, emerging writer Adam Leitch
L-R Professor Bronwyn Fredericks, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), Workshop Coordinator Dr Lynda Hawryluk, a special guest who provided a moving Welcome to Country, Woppaburra woman Angela Leitch, and her son, emerging writer Adam Leitch

Workshop organisers arranged involvement by CQUniversity multimedia lecturer Brendan Murphy, along with local singer-songwriter Nicole Leah. Woppaburra woman Ms Angela Leitch's contribution, as a representative of North Keppel's Traditional Owners, was organised jointly through Idiom 23 and the office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement).

Workshops encouraged participants to write about the sea and our connection to it. All kinds of writers were welcome, as were artists and photographers.

Writers may also be interested in the Facebook group: Writing@CQUniversity

PhotoID:12407, CQUniversity multimedia lecturer Brendan Murphy had the chance to be creative with North Keppel's sunsets
CQUniversity multimedia lecturer Brendan Murphy had the chance to be creative with North Keppel's sunsets