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To honour and celebrate National Reconciliation Week this year, members of the ANU community will pledge their personal commitment to Reconciliation with our First Nations people. What can you do over the next 12 months to listen, learn and understand the issues of our First Nations people?
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Resources to help you make a meaningful commitment
I commit to searching for deeper understanding & recognition of Australia's indigenous people and to lead my family on the same path.
Christina Gilmour
ANU Advancement
I commit to supporting the development of HDR supervisors for Indigenous candidates.
Ann Evans
Research and Innovation Portfolio
I commit to understanding and incorporating First Nations knowledge of trading and business for people, plant, culture and future wellbeing
Irene Lemon
CASS Business Development
I commit to developing a deeper understanding of our First Nations People, their experiences, their knowledge and their wisdom of the land.
Emma Richardson
ANU College of Law
I commit to learning more about the history and culture of First Nations people and challenging the way I think.
Dianna Smith
CMHR, CHM
I commit to elevating First Nations voices in my work area to ensure these perspectives are heard and considered at all stages of projects.
Ebe Ganon
Equity and Belonging, DVC SUE Portfolio
I commit to learn and respect First Nations peoples language, history and culture and how it affects current work practices in ANU.
Jerry Francis
ANU Communications & Engagement
I commit to do my best to enable early career success for Indigenous academics at ANU.
Sophie Baker
NECTAR
I commit, with an unwavering respect of Indigenous voice and perspectives to embed my own and others cultural learnings into campus life.
Matt Talbot
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
I commit to learning more about the history and culture of Australia's First Nations people.
Victor Rivera
CECS, School of Computing
I commit to working with Indigenous HDR candidates to enhance and support their experience at ANU.
Ann Evans
Dean, Higher Degree Research
I commit to working to embed Indigenous knowledges and perspectives in the curriculum.
Carmel O'Shannessy
CASS/SLLL
I commit to learning more about the history and culture of our First Nations people and challenging the way i think.
Jo James
Development Manger, College of Law
I commit to reading at least one book each month that has been written by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Zoe Bowman
CHM Advancement
My commitment is to continue on my personal learning journey about the experiences of First Australians; and to activate what I learn.
Elanor Huntington
ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
I commit to learning more about Indigenous histories and cultures and listen deeply to the voices and insights of Indigenous people.
Angie Bennett-Schafer
ANU Advancement
I commit to raising awareness of the Uluru Statement From the Heart, and promoting staff participation in on Country learning.
Susan Helyar
Residential Experience Division
I commit to supporting First Nations people's voices to be amplified, businesses purchased from and scholarship funds donated to
Jess Cronin
Alumni Relations
I commit to listening to and learning from the stories of our First Nations people.
Kay Connell
ANU Advancement
I commit to learning more about First Nations people's spiritual connection to land and law.
Pauline Ridge
ANU College of Law
I commit to listening to & recognising experiences & stories of our First Nations peoples & to have equality central to my work & actions.
Megan Steele-Ferguson
ANU Advancement
Learn how to support scholarly research initiatives led by, and for the benefit of, Indigenous communities
Matt Tomlinson
CAP Anthropology
I commit to helping people understand the importance of enshrining a First Nations voice to Parliament in our Constitution.
Dominique Dalla-Pozza
ANU College of Law
I commit to deep listening and humble learning of Indigenous knowledge about land, law, connection and the cosmos
Cassandra Steer
College of Law and Institute of Space
I commit to removing the colonial lens I have been taught to see through.
Bianca Brownlow
ANU Advancement
I commit to learning more about Indigenous experiences and perspectives and to make space for Indigenous voices and perspectives.
Belinda Bergin
Center for Teaching and Learning
I commit to working with our First Nations’ leaders to develop and deliver the Indigenous Engineering Design Studio.
Chris Kellett
Director, School of Engineering
I commit to listening to First Nations voices, and helping share the insights & lessons their enduring culture offers about us & this land.
Adam Spence
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
I commit to learning more about the First Nations heritage, appreciating and incorporating the wisdom in my research.
Roshen Fernando
Crawford School of Public Policy
I commit to learning more about the First Nations people and their culture and speak out against racism.
Françoise Muller
Centre for Learning and Teaching
Organise a national webinar through ALIA to support national discussion on copyright in particular Indigenous rights (date 14 July 2021)
Roxanne Missingham
Scholarly Information Services
Continue "Decolonial possibilities" work bringing together Aboriginal, Torres Strait, South Sea & Pacific Is. scholars, artists, activists.
Katerina Teaiwa
Pacific Studies
I commit to listening to the voices and perspectives of First Nations people, and to making space for their stories to be heard at ANU.
Hannah Birke
Centre for Learning & Teaching
I commit to learning from First Nations voices and including these in my teaching and in public events.
Fiona Jenkins
CASS/ Philosophy and the Gender Institute
I commit to learning from our First Nations colleagues and students and supporting First Nations innovations in research and teaching.
Joan Leach
Chair of Academic Board
I commit to learning how to acknowledge country in Ngunnawal and Nambri languages to use at the start of lectures etc.
Vivien Holmes
I commit to championing the excellence and contributions of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander colleagues and students
Anastasia Money West
Student and University Experience Portfolio
To championing Indigenous voices and perspectives in the University’s story telling and public engagement.
Jo Meehan
ANU Communications and Engagement
I am committed to introduce Indigenous food to our events on campus and I will continue to connect with our First Nations culture
Liliana A Oyarzun
Research School of Social Sciences
I commit to learning more about and embedding Indigenous principles in the ways I design and deliver services.
Amy Tielu
Service Portfolio
I commit to learning more about First Nations culture and amplifying Indigenous voices and stories.
Charlen Vandervalk
ANU Advancement
I commit to listening to First Nations people, hearing their truth, and supporting the movements to right the wrongs of our past.
Meghan Bergamin
First Nations Portfolio
I commit to showing more courage in speaking and acting against racism and injustice suffered by First Nations people.
Amelia Simpson
ANU College of Law
Continue to read and appreciate Ngunnawal stories with my kids. Seek out information, acknowledge and learn from others perspectives.
Amelia Dimitrovski
ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science
I commit to questioning systems and embedded ways of thinking to work together for impactful change for our First Nations people.
Felicity Gouldthorp
ANU Advancement
To learning more about the history of our First Nations peoples and continue to value the rights and cultures of our First Australians.
Pamela Lourandos
ANU Communications and Engagement
I commit to listening deeply to the voices and wisdom of First Nations people.
Anthony Hopkins
ANU College of Law
I commit to listening, learning and making space for truth telling. I also commit to always pushing for decolonisation of the university.
Yen Eriksen
College of Engineering and Computer Science
I commit to learning about Australia's First Nations People and their ways knowing, being - reflecting critically on my own biases.
Patrice McLellan
Advancement
I commit to learning more about the Aboriginal cultural heritage, through virtual tours, watching videos and reading literature about it.
Sheree-Ann James Rozario
First Nations Portfolio
I commit to learning more about the land I live, work and learn on - Ngunnawal/Ngambri land.
Claire Shrewsbury
HR Division, Culture & Development
I commit to learning more about our First Nations people and ensuring their voices and perspectives are reflected in the work I champion.
Louise Adena
ANU Communications & Engagement
To learn more about the experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through literature and conversation
Margaret Murphy
First Nations Portfolio
I commit to the official addresses of ANU campuses including a recognition of traditional place names
Dominique Haywood
Service Portfolio
I will read more literature written by Australian Indigenous authors – starting with Stan Grant’s “Talking to my Country” and “Australia Day”.
Sarwat Maqbool
ANU Advancement
I commit to acknowledging my biases and privilege and to work hard on reflecting equality in my words and actions.
Olivia Argy
ANU Communications & Engagement
Commit
ANU has a clear mission to meet our responsibilities to First Nations people. It is the time to commit to doing everything we can to make sure all Australians have the same life-chances, opportunities and choices.
Let's use National Reconciliation Week as a time to better understand our shared history with Australia's First Peoples, and celebrate the extraordinary richness and beauty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. As the national university, this will be a whole-of-University effort.
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