2021 Indigenous Research Symposium

This symposium showcased research undertaken by UC Researchers on matters important to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

For those of you who attended our event, Thank you for listening!

Video recording of the presentation for those who were unable to attend or want to hear a presentation again.

Program


9:05am	Introduction by Event Host	Wendy Somerville, Sessional and PhD Student, Faculty of Arts and Design
9:10am	Welcome to Country	Aunty Roslyn Brown, Ngunnawal Elder/ UC Elder in Residence
9:15am	Welcome by the Chancellor	Prof Tom Calma AO, Chancellor, University of Canberra
9:20am	Welcome by the DVC Research and Enterprise	Prof Mick Cardew-Hall, DVC R&E, University of Canberra
9:30am	‘'Ngura’ – belonging. The decolonising power of Restorative Practice to connect and heal	Dr Holly Northam, Snr Lecturer, Faculty of Health Dr Wayne Applebee, Lecturer, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Specialisation, Faculty of Health
10:00am	Being Aboriginal Online	Dr Wayne Applebee, Lecturer, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Specialisation, Faculty of Health
10:30am	Story Grounds	Dr Paul Collis, Project Co-Lead, Faculty of Arts and Design Andi Stapp-Gaunt, Project Col-Lead, Faculty of Arts and Design
11:00am	Break
12:00pm	Indigenous Water Science	Bradley Moggridge, Associate Professor, Indigenous Water Science, Faculty of Science and Technology
12:30pm	Exploring staff capability to embed Indigenous perspectives and pedagogies into the health curricula	Dr Rachel Bacon, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health
1:00pm	An Informed Rejection (aka Stepping Lightly: one Indigenous researcher/ creator, her community, and the academy)	Lisa Fuller, Sessional & PhD Student, Faculty of Arts and Design
1:30pm	Break
2:00pm	Indigenous and Western peoples engaging in two-way learning about natural and social disasters: Rebirthing our internal power	Dr Petra Buergelt. Associate Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Health Adj/Prof Läwurrpa Maypilama, Yalu Aboriginal Corporation Yuŋgirriŋa Dorothy Bukulatjpi, Yalu Aboriginal Corporation Rosemary Gundjarranbuy, Yalu Aboriginal Corporation Stephen Dhamarrandji, Yalu Aboriginal Corporation Prof Douglas Paton, Charles Darwin University Prof James Smith, Menzies School of Health Research Tahir Ali, Charles Darwin University
2:30pm	Increasing participation rates of Indigenous University Students: The Indigenous Taskforce	Prof Raechel Johns, Head of School, Canberra Business School, Faculty of Business, Government and Law
3:00pm	Teaching for Country: Exploring transformative opportunities in initial teacher education through enacting Indigenous ways of knowing being and doing	Benny Wilson, Assistant Professor, Education, Faculty of Education
3:30pm	Event End	Wendy Somerville, Sessional and PhD Student, Faculty of Arts and Design