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March 2015
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Wednesday 04 |
The University of Western Australia's Careers Fair provides excellent opportunities for students to engage, network and meet prospective employers looking to recruit students for graduate programs, vacation work, internships and voluntary positions. From first year to final year, Undergraduate to (...)
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Wednesday 18 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Living on the Edge: Suicide in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
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An On the Edge public lecture by Professor Pat Dudgeon, School of Indigenous Studies, UWA and Director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project.
Suicide and mental health conditions among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are double (...)
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Thursday 26 |
Culture Club is an inspired evening at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery amongst the incredible Yirrkala Drawings exhibition from the Berndt Museum.
Featuring live cinema portraits by Chris Lawrence, music, delicious refreshments, art making and door prizes, Culture Club is a chance to (...)
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May 2015
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Thursday 07 |
18:00 - SCREENING - Film and Discussion: Macassans in Australia - Australians in Macassar
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Below the Wind, Sea Nomads of Indonesia is a film that opens our eyes to the struggle of the Indonesian sea gypsies to continue their traditional fishing and customs in Australian waters.Their interaction with Yolngu people is highlighted in the exhibition Yirrkala Drawings: Works on Paper, Barks (...)
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August 2015
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Sunday 09 |
9:00 - OPEN DAY - University Hall Open Day Breakfast : Experience first-hand the vibrant community present at the Hall and take a tour with our ambassadors!
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Start the day fresh with an exclusive buffet-style breakfast at University Hall.
Take a tour with our ambassadors to hear their personal stories and to see the rooms and community lifestyle for yourself!
Family and friends are welcome to attend our free breakfast to coincide (...)
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Monday 31 |
13:00 - SEMINAR - Bradshaw Rock Art: a Biologist's Perspective. : Animal Biology Seminar
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Bradshaw rock art is highly controversial in all its aspects, not least being its age. Respected direct physical dating methods have failed, with radiocarbon invalid for living art that continues to take up C14 from the environment, and with Uranium isotope series so far inoperative in silica-based (...)
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October 2015
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Friday 23 |
Professor Jill Milroy and Professor Pat Dudgeon will discuss their current work in relation to the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and the National Empowerment Project respectively.
Introduced by Professor Sandy Toussaint of the Berndt Museum who is co-curator with the Warmun (...)
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November 2015
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Friday 06 |
13:00 - TALK - Friday Talk: The protection of Indigenous cultural rights: ideal versus reality
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How has the protection of Aboriginal cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, been achieved in Australia? What legislation - state or Commonwealth - has been developed to protect Indigenous cultural heritage? What is the gap between the ideal and the reality in nation state practice?
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March 2016
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Thursday 10 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Taking a Shortcut Through the Long Grass : The 2016 Grace Vaughan Memorial lecture by Dorinda Cox, Project Officer, Keeping Kids Safe Project
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The 2016 Grace Vaughan Memorial lecture by Dorinda Cox, Project Officer, Keeping Kids Safe Project, Women’s Council for Domestic and Family Violence Services WA and Managing Director of the Inspire Change Consulting Group.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 35 times more (...)
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Wednesday 23 |
17:30 - EVENT - Youth Community Forum : Youth Forum at Telethon Kids Institute on health and wellbeing
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Are you aged 15 - 25? We want to hear from YOU! Tell us, what is important to YOU about health and wellbeing? How do YOU want to have a say about health research?
Join us at Telethon Kids Institute for a community forum.
Free parking, free pizza and payment included.
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April 2016
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Wednesday 27 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - Young Minds Matter : Results from the Young Minds Matter Survey, the largest survey ever conducted in Australia on child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing
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Professor David Lawrence from the Telethon Kids Institute and the Faculty of Education will present key results from Young Minds Matter, and will also draw on findings from Student Attendance and Educational Outcomes: Every Day Counts and the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey to (...)
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May 2016
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Tuesday 24 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - �The same mistakes again and again� - Intergenerational Violence, Intergenerational Trauma, Intergenerational Incarceration - a privileged view from the inside.
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In this lecture Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson will reflect on her experiences working with Indigenous women to heal the pain and disorders that arise from the experience of intergenerational violence and trauma.
Judy Atkinson identifies as a Jiman/Bundjalung (Aboriginal Australian) (...)
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September 2016
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Wednesday 07 |
12:00 - DISCUSSION PANEL - Encounters and Emotions in Colonial Histories : UWA Research Week Discussion Panel
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European exploration and colonisation in the early modern period, whether in the Americas, Asia or Australia, prompted a range of encounters between diverse peoples and cultures. But how did emotions – fear, anger, or sorrow – shape these encounters? And in what ways are their emotional (...)
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February 2017
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Friday 17 |
Discover more about contemporary art from the Western Desert community of Warburton in this walking tour with exhibition curator and head of the Berndt Museum, Dr Vanessa Russ. Free event.
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September 2017
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Monday 04 |
Visit UWA from 4 - 8 September for UWA Research Week when we showcase UWA research and its impact on local and global communities.
With over 50 diverse events on offer, it is a great opportunity for you to come and see the sorts of problems we are working on, the connections we have with (...)
Visit UWA from 4-8 September for UWA Research Week when we showcase UWA research and its impact on local and global communities.
On Monday 4 September we kick off Research Week with a series of free events hosted in the Research Week marquee, situated on Great Court, behind Winthrop Hall (...)
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March 2018
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Monday 12 |
A public lecture by Professor Megan Davis, Pro Vice Chancellor Indigenous, Professor of Law, University of New South Wales and 2018 UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
For over a decade, Australians have been debating whether and how to recognise Aboriginal and Torres (...)
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April 2018
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Thursday 19 |
A public lecture by Professor John Borrows, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law, University of Victoria Law School, British Columbia and 2018 Institute of Advanced Studies Visiting Fellow.
Despite centuries of colonialism, Indigenous peoples around the world are rebuilding their (...)
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Friday 27 |
18:30 - EVENT - We�ve been here before - An Evening in Conversation with Nyoongar Elder Dr Noel Nannup and Professor Fiona Stanley, with Professor Carmen Lawrence as MC
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We’ve been here before - An Evening in Conversation with Nyoongar Elder Dr Noel Nannup and Professor Fiona Stanley, with Professor Carmen Lawrence as MC.
We find ourselves at a crossroads.
'Business as usual' is no longer sufficient to address the interconnected crises of (...)
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July 2018
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Friday 27 |
Dr Shino Konishi, a senior lecturer in the School of Humanities and the School of Indigenous Studies at UWA specialises in Indigenous history and has a particular interest in encounters between European explorers and travellers and Aboriginal people. Join Shino to explore the installation and the (...)
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