Course information
| Dates | 10 - 12 July |
|---|---|
| Time | 10 am - 2 pm |
| Cost | Free |
| Delivery | UC Campus |
| Commitment | 3 days (12 hours) |
| Enrolments close | 8 July 2024 |
About the course
Interested in telling your story? This short course will allow students the opportunity to be mentored by Dr. Paul Collis and Ms Andi Stapp-Gaunt in the creation of works that reflect their engagement with Aboriginal ways of thinking, knowing, being and valuing.
All students are welcome, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are encouraged to attend. The course offers a safe and supportive environment for the creation of new ideas and works.
Students will be guided by Dr Paul Collis, author of Dancing Home (a novel) and Nightmares Run Like Mercury (poetry), to understand how Aboriginal ways of knowing, being and valuing are connected to story. Students may choose to work with story in a variety of ways, through oral, written or visual modes.
Course requirements
Open to all students in Years 10, 11 & 12.
Upcoming sessions
Session 1
April school holidays
Date
18 - 19 April 2024
Time
9.30 am – 1.30 pm
Session 2
July school holidays
Date
10 - 12 July 2024
Time
10 am – 2 pm
Session 3
October school holidays
Date
2 - 4 October 2024
Time
10 am – 2 pm
Session 4
December school holidays
Date
2 - 4 December 2024
Time
10 am – 2 pm
Attendees are required to attend all sessions associated with the school holiday they book. All participants will receive a certificate of participation on completion.
Course presenters
Learn from industry experts
Dr Paul Collis
Dr Paul Collis is a Barkindji traditional owner who lives and works on Ngunnawal Country. He is an experienced senior cultural leader and mentor, and an award-winning creative practitioner and academic. Paul’s published creative work has included the novel Dancing Home (UQP 2017) which won the ACT Book of the Year Award and the David Unaipon Award, and the poetry collection Nightmares Run Like Mercury (Recent Work Press, 2021). He is Director of Indigenous Engagement in the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra, where he lectures and tutors in Creative Writing and Indigenous Studies.
Ms Andraya Stapp-Gaunt
Andi is the Academy Leader for English, Humanities and Languages at Erindale College. She is also a PhD student in creative writing within the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra. Andi’s PhD utilises Indigenous research methodologies to support practice-led research. Andi has worked at the Education Directorate (ED) in a number of roles including as the programs manager for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education and as a Literacy Advisor at the National Capital Centre for Literacy Research, U-CAN Read program. Andi’s passion is in the alignment of creative and innovative programs that benefit the needs of students. She provides an essential link between the university and schools systems and communities that allows the Story Ground project to extend its work into schools outreach.
