Given the large amount of taxpayer dollars invested to address youth violence by incarcerating young people — and its lack of success — another less punitive option could be beneficial for everyone.
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Ontario’s changed university funding formula, which forces institutions to rely on high student tuition for niche programs, is putting some northern institutions in precarious financial situations.
The investigations of the deaths of three young Indigenous people in northern British Columbia had been inadequate. Justice demands fair and supportive death investigation procedures for all.
Our study of Indigenous young people leaving out-of-home care has identified major deficits in programs designed to help them transition to adulthood.
A group of school students have just shown what real leadership looks like on Indigenous issues – and you’ll hear more about their ideas in coming months at your local school, childcare centre or uni.
A review of 20 studies shows that sport can improve outcomes for Indigenous youth in education and culture, but the evidence on longer-lasting impacts is lacking.
Poverty and social exclusion play a big role in Indigenous child suicide. The causes are complex but we know enough to act now to reduce the number of deaths in our communities.
Indigenous entrepreneurship is growing at a rate six times faster than the general Canadian population and it is 10 years younger. Culturally relevant financial literacy is critical to its success.
Aboriginal children are rarely named in the colonial archive. But the remarkable story of Dirimera and Conaci reveals two boys who, while removed from their land, had a keen sense of sovereignty.
Flexischools appear to be doing Indigenous education better than mainstream schooling. To close the gap in education, we should look at what these schools are doing and apply it in the mainstream.
Cyberbullying has become destructive and feels unstoppable. Here is a five-step technique for dealing with it.
A greater focus on education in all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander life would advance tangible and sustainable change.
The Don Dale royal commission’s capacity to make lasting change lies with the government implementing its recommendations.
Children as young as ten have been targeted for intensive policing under the NSW Police’s secretive Suspect Targeting Management Plan.
Indigenous youth are over-representation in juvenile detention centres, and excluding them from education could make this worse.
We need to shift the focus of equity programs to nurturing the already strong aspirations Indigenous children have from primary school.
Research shows that the Globe and Mail has created a script in which marginalized youth can only be dealt with as failures or criminals, impacting the way they are perceived in society.
Cape York Partnership founder Noel Pearson told Q&A that Indigenous Australians were ‘the most incarcerated people on the planet Earth’. Is that right?
A strengthening movement of Indigenous designers and developers is working to show Indigenous cultures, teachings, languages and ways of knowing through video games.
Teachers – get to really know your kids, their families, their community and its history, and what’s going on at home. While school policies are important, relationships are the real keys to success.
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Professor, Principal Research Fellow & Deputy Head of School, School of Education, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Law, UNSW
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Professor of Indigenous Research, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Art and Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, School of Art, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Director, Arney Chong Consulting and Positive Futures Research, Adelaide University
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Deputy Head of School, School of Rural Medicine, University of New England
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Vice President Victorian Aboriginal Education Assoc Inc & Exec Director Indigenous Strategy and Education, La Trobe University
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The University of Melbourne
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Laureate Professor of Education, Director Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Education, La Trobe University
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Chair of Indigenous Health, The University of Melbourne