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Sisters doing it for themselves… and health sciences
With their sights set on careers in medicine and health sciences, sisters Angie and Meg Couzner have both been recognised for their academic pursuits during this year’s National Reconciliation Week celebrations.
The sisters are part of a group of 11 promising academics from across the state awarded for their education success through either the Chief Executive’s Reconciliation Awards or Dame Roma Mitchell Scholarships.
Hailing from Nuriootpa High School, 2020 graduate Angie is studying Laboratory Medicine at the University of South Australia.
She is one of two Reconciliation Awards recipients recognised for achieving the highest Australian Tertiary Admission Ranks (ATAR) among the state’s Aboriginal students.
Reconciliation Week Events Head Online
Wata Waetnandahas announced that a pair of events which were scheduled as part of National Reconciliation Week in Warrnambool, will proceed online.
A discussion panel titled Caring For Country which had been due to take place at the Dart & Marlin over the weekend, will instead be held virtually tomorrow (June 2) at 5:30pm.
Manager of Aboriginal Programs at South West Healthcare Emily Falla, says they look forward to still being able to deliver the event. We re really excited to bring that to everyone via zoom, if people want to virtually come along they can send an email to
Reconciliation Week: More Than A Word
In honour of National Reconciliation Week (27 May – 3 June), staff from across the Diocese have been taking steps to embody the 2021 theme ‘
More than a word. Reconciliation takes action’.
National Reconciliation Week is a time to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.
Reconciliation must live in our hearts, minds, and actions as we move forward, strengthened by respectful relationships between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
In the spirit of unity and support for reconciliation, the Campus Ministry Team and Catholic Schools Office collaborated to organise a Reflection at the Diocesan campus. At this special event, staff were invited to come forth and plant a
POLICY FORUM
Working towards reconciliation
Democracy Sausage for National Reconciliation Week, Virginia Marshall, Peter Swanton, and Tahlia King from The Australian National University join us to discuss why Australia needs to have uncomfortable conversations about its past in order to achieve genuine reconciliation.
Are there examples internationally Australia can look to as it goes through its own truth-telling process? Should all Australians be given the opportunity to learn Indigenous Australian languages? And how are some young Aboriginal scholars working to decolonise their fields? This week on
Democracy Sausage, lawyer and legal scholar Dr Virginia Marshall, astrophysicist Peter Swanton, and psychology student Taliah King share their personal stories and professional insights in this special National Reconciliation Week episode. Listen now: https://bit.ly/34Oa2wd