Today is National Sorry Day. An important day for
Australian’s to reflect on the past and hope for the future. Held each year on
the 26 May it commemorates the forcible removal of
Indigenous children from their families and recognises the lasting impacts
felt by those parents and children.
Whilst the past can never be changed the future can. The day
therefore should be used to celebrate the great relationships between
Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia’s in our communities and the work that
is being done by so many to bring positive change and a future where we all
join together to celebrate our cultures and the nation we live in.
National Sorry Day also precedes Reconciliation Week (27 May –
3 June), a week that reminds us of two important milestones in the journey to
reconciliation – the 1967 Referendum
to allow Indigenous people the right to vote and Mabo
High Court ruling in 1992.
This year’s theme for Reconciliation week ‘It’s time to
change things up’ really sums it all up when it comes to CQUniversity. I like
to think CQUni is changing it up and doing some great things thanks to the
Office of Indigenous Engagement. We are engaging with Indigenous communities
more than ever and providing our many Indigenous students with enormous
support. You only need to login to
UniNews to see our achievements in this area – 22
stories in less than two months!
What’s more there is also three Higher Education
Participation Programs (HEPP), currently being carried out at CQUniversity.
These programs are directly aimed at raising the aspirations of Indigenous
Australians when it comes to higher education.
Together at CQUniversity we are making a difference and
changing it up. Great work has been done but there is still plenty more for us
to do, I am however looking forward to the great things ahead.
More than 150 students attended the AIME program launch in CQ last week
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