Wella bugrabula mariwari bugra (When power and hate collide): Decolonising Racism and Bullying from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Standpoints
Seminar
Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews and Shannon Foster, Centre for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges, University of Technology Sydney There is a substantial base of national and international research literature exploring the prevalence and impact of racism and bullying across a wide diversity of…
Looking at the Australian Social Security System through a Trauma-Informed Lens - CANCELLED
Seminar
Thanks to the rapidly advancing field of neuroscience, there is compelling evidence that overwhelming, life-threating experiences can have lasting effects on the functioning of the human brain. Traumatic events can powerfully shape behaviour many decades later. Various interventions have been…
The implications of the 2018/19 Federal Budget for Indigenous Australians
Seminar
This seminar will present an overview of the implications for Indigenous Australians of the 2018/19 Federal Budget, focusing on Indigenous-specific budget announcements but also including general measures that have particular relevance for Indigenous Australians. We will also discuss key policy…
Launch of the DGRNET
Activity
Invitation to the launch of DGRNET We are pleased to invite you to the launch of the ANU Development and Governance Research Network (DGRNET) to be held on Wednesday May 2 from 2pm to 4pm in room 2.02 of the Sir Roland Wilson Building. Emeritus Professor Jim Ife from Western Sydney University and…
Working with the Semai, indigenous people of Malaysia: Collaborative Research Projects between CAEPR and UTP
Seminar
In this presentation Dr Sumathi Renganathan and Dr Inge Kral will talk on the various projects between CAEPR and University Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) in Malaysia, describing their collaborative work with Semai-speaking Orang Asli in Malaysia. Their collaborative work started in 2009. Since then they…
Indigenous employment outcomes from the 2016 Census
Seminar
The employment rate of Indigenous Australians has remained largely unchanged in recent years and it seems unlikely that the Closing the Gap target of halving the employment gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians by 2018 will be met. This seminar will present data from the 2016 Census…
Legal ‘personhood’ for rivers versus Aboriginal ‘caring for country’
Seminar
There is an emerging dialogue in various national and international forums which contends that giving ‘legal personhood’ to rivers is the best way to protect them, with the promotion of this concept in New Zealand, India and Bolivia. The assumption in the ‘rights of nature’ paradigm is that all ‘…