NAIDOC Week is a highlight for Indigenous peoples. It’s a celebration of Black excellence, culture, and survival. However, it’s important to recognise it’s very different from Reconciliation Week.
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The launch of the National Centre for Reconciliation Practice brings the question; what are reconciliation action plans, and do they work?
Learning about First Nations people and their histories can make some feel awkward or uncomfortable at times. However, being willing to embrace that discomfort is vital to learning.
Many formal sector jobs are increasingly precarious and poorly paid, meaning that formal work is not an avenue to greater social equality for many people.
The theme for National Reconciliation Week 2021 is ‘More than a word: reconciliation takes action’. Engaging with Aboriginal knowledges is a way to pursue reconciliation as more than a buzzword.
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research, Australian Catholic University
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Research associate, Charles Darwin University
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Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Critical Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University
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Director, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
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Senior lecturer, University of Edinburgh
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Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Reconciliation; Co-Chair Reconciliation Victoria, Federation University Australia
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2024 ACSES First Nations Fellow, Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor & Associate Dean (Indigenous), Monash University, Swinburne University of Technology
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Indigenous Research Fellow, National Centre for Reconciliation Practice, Swinburne University of Technology
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Academic Director (Indigenous Research); Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Senior Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, Charles Darwin University