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Indigenous Higher Education Curriculum Conference 2024

Acknowledgement of Country

UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.

About the Conference

The Indigenous Higher Education Curriculum Conference will be a three-day conference held at the University of Canberra from Monday 25 to Wednesday 27 November 2024. There will be a unique On-Country Experience on Monday 25 November, and optional specialised and applied professional development workshops on Thursday 28 November.

The Indigenous Higher Education Curriculum Conference was started by UTS in 2022 and is now supported by an International Indigenous Curriculum Community of Practice. The purpose of the conference is to highlight that Australian universities are progressively embedding Indigenous perspectives into higher education curriculum to provide students with Indigenous graduate attributes to work with and for Indigenous Australians across their chosen professions.

Australia's universities have a responsibility to be the beacons of light in delivering social justice agendas across its many curriculums and courses. 

– Professor Juanita Sherwood, Universities Australia, Indigenous Strategy 2022-2027, p.48

The Indigenous Higher Education Curriculum Conference will continue to foster the international community of practice forum to promote the ethical embedding of Indigenous perspectives across higher education curriculum and provide a setting for university academics to share their examples of design, development and delivery of Indigenous curriculum.

Venue: University of Canberra, Bruce ACT 2617 Directions

Conference Program:

Day 1

Monday 25thNovember 2024

Half day ‘On Country’ Experience (with Ngunnawal Traditional Owners): from 1pm, will include activities and tour Ngunnawal site, and late afternoon meal on site.

Day 2

Tuesday 26th November 2024

Conference: location is University of Canberra (UC). Includes coffee, tea, morning and afternoon tea and lunch. Call for papers in early 2024.

Conference dinner. Venue TBD.

Day 3

Wednesday 27th November 2024

Conference: location is University of Canberra (UC). Includes coffee, tea, morning and afternoon tea and lunch. Call for papers in early 2024.

Afternoon - Gathering and networking session. Venue TBD.

Day 4

Thursday 28th November 2024

OPTIONAL: workshop day (additional cost at registration) – multiple workshops giving participants opportunities to engage in practical workshops that will assist with Indigenising curriculum. Venue - TBD

To register your interest or find out further information: email IHECC@canberra.edu.au.