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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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Winners announced for Harmony Day speech competition 

Published on 22 March, 2005 

The winners have been announced for the Harmony Day speech competition coordinated by CQU.

Students from seven high schools participated in the competition. The winner was Amanda Acutt from the Girls Grammar School and the runner-up was Georgene Jeffreys from St Ursulas College.

The winner and runner-up received trophies and a cash prize with certificate. Their speech will be broadcasted on ABC Radio.

The adjudicators were Professor Elizabeth Taylor, AO, Mark Ross and Gina Yarrow.

Harmony Day is the time when Australians come together to rejoice in the many cultures that make up our country and to demonstrate their rejection of discrimination and racism.

For more information about the speech competition, please contact Rema from CQU Engineering & Physical systems on 4930 9672 or Siva from Information Technology Division on 4923 2333.