Get ready to celebrate Reconciliation
All Flinders staff and students are invited to participate in an afternoon of cultural immersion on the 27th May to celebrate Reconciliation Week. A significant contributor […]
Archive Tag: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Add your voice to our Yarning Circle
This is a repost from Flinders in Touch inviting staff and students to join yarning circles on October 4 at the Bedford Park campus to discuss […]
Experience First Nations Cultural Storytelling – live!
This is a repost from Flinders In Touch and PING! Flinders Elders on Campus, Aunty Pat Miller (Arrernte) and Uncle Richie Fejo (Larrakia), and Senior Kaurna […]
Australia's Referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
A new Australian Government website provides information on the upcoming referendum to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, covering its purpose, proposed constitutional amendments, […]
My acknowledgement of country (work-in-progress)
A simple starting point for many non-Aboriginal people to contribute to reconciliation is to conduct an Acknowledgement of Country when meeting or teaching on Aboriginal land. […]
When times are tough, build and nurture connections
We aren’t separate from the world. We are intricately intertwined within it. Reminding ourselves of that and nurturing the connection points can be a good antidote […]
Launch of first national crisis support line for Aboriginal and Torres Stra...
Overview: Telephone support lines provide valuable assistance to many people every year. In this post we report on the recent launch of a crisis support line […]
Transforming racism
Matt was a counsellor here at Flinders. He did (and continues to do) excellent work in reconciliation. In this post, he explored healing from recent incidents […]
Self as connections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander models of well...
When I speak about mental health, I am typically coming at it from an individualist perspective. This means I prioritise the individual and focus on […]