#NRW2021 National Reconciliation Week
New RAP launched at ANU
ANU has launched its new Reconciliation Action Plan for 2021-2022. The new plan seeks to embed First Nations people, culture and history into everything we do.
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Reconciliation in action
Our Chancellor and VC launched our new pathway to reconciliation - our 2021-2022 Reconciliation Action Plan.
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ANU Commitment Wall
What can you do in the next 12 months to understand the issues of our First Nations people? Add your commitments here.
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Events
Join us on a heritage walk, stargaze on Fellows oval or be a part of the conversation at our panel discussion.
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Learn: what is NRW?
We all have a role to play when it comes to reconciliation. Learn about what this week means and what you can do.
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ANU RAP launch
Join the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor on Thursday 27 May for the launch of the 2021-2022 Reconciliation Action Plan.
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2021 NRW Lecture
Pro-Chancellor Naomi Flutter will deliver the University’s 2021 flagship event to honour National Reconciliation Week.
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NRW panel discussion
Join our panel as they discuss the change we could effect on Australia's biggest issues, if we came together.
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Indigenous bloodlines
A new burial pole memorial at ANU marks another important step in ensuring Indigenous Australians have have a say
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Being Indigenous at ANU
Taliah King and Pete Swanton have chosen very different academic pursuits, but they have something special in common.
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Reconciliation Q&A forum
This year's theme challenges us to move from awareness of issues to substantive, brave action - let's talk about how.
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Indigenous history map
A new ANU project shifts from the Australian history told from our colonial beginnings to one told by Aboriginal people.
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Heritage walk - 27 May
Experience the rich Indigenous history of our campus with Ngunnawal Elder Uncle Wally Bell.
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Indigenous Stargazing
Join Indigenous astronomer Pete Swanton and astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker to stargaze and learn about its history.
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Heritage walk - 29 May
Experience the rich Indigenous history of our campus with Ngunnawal Elder Uncle Wally Bell.
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Film: High Ground
Join the ANU Film Group for a screening of High Ground (2020) in the Cinema at 7.30pm, Saturday 29 May.
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Yil Lull recording studio
The studio will offer free recording and music assistance to Indigenous musicians from across Australia.
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Aboriginal History
Pre-order volume 44 of ANU Press' Aboriginal History Journal, highlighting important stories.
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Film: In My Blood It Runs
Join the ANU Film Group for a screening of In My Blood It Runs (2019) in the Cinema at 5pm, Sunday 30 May.
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Developing together
Learn about how CBE students worked with a Aboriginal-owned corporation to bring about societal development.
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Film: Top End Wedding
Join the ANU Film Group for a screening of Top End Wedding (2019) in the Cinema at 5pm, Monday 31 May.
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Artefact discovery
Bone tools found in a Kimberly cave site are more than 35,000 years old and among the oldest discovered in Australia.
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Closing the gap
New ANU research has found drivers that mitigate experiences of violence for Indigenous Australians.
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Film: Firestarter
Join the ANU Film Group for a screening of Firestarter (2020) in the Cinema at 7.30pm, Thursday 3 June.
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Film - Bran Nue Dae
Watch Bran Nue Dae, an Australian musical comedy-drama organized by the ANU College of Business & Economics
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Design for impact forum
Join us for a conversation on designing impactful programs for First Nations students.
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Our cult of forgetfulness
Sir Thomas Mitchell’s 1836 expedition is well-known but few know of the young Aboriginal woman who kept it alive.
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Kambri scholarships
The Kambri scholarships help Indigenous Australians come to study at ANU so they can go on to fulfilling careers.
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Lost Australian stories
Archaeologists have launched a project to find Australia's lost stories carved into centuries-old trees in WA.
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Accessing ANU
At ANU, we are committed to the advancement of Australia's Indigenous peoples.
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Working with us
ANU recognises that a diverse campus life means a diversity of talent, skills and cultures.
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Challenging bias
This critically acclaimed journal article shows that 75% Australians held negative bias against Indigenous Australians.
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Indigenous women in APS
Aboriginal women have specialised skill sets that can provide a more robust and highly skilled workplace.
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From bushland to Vietnam
Anthony Cowley, scholar from ANU shares unique cultural exchanges with Indigenous people while collecting research data.
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Reconnect and reconcile
Charlotte Ward writes how commemoration of Cook’s visit facilitated a reconciliation process within Cooktown community.
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Reconciliation Australia
ANU shares the goals of Reconciliation Australia: to inspire and enable everyone to contribute to reconciliation.
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30 years on from RCIADC
A CAEPR Working Paper assesses the claim that 78% of the 339 recommendations have been fully or most implemented.
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Big Sing Inc Fundraiser
Experience a live choir & a documentary followed by Q&A with film maker, Biripi man Grant Saunders at this fundraiser.