Monday, July 7, 2025

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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Facilitator Dr Lauren Woodlands, QUT Mr Tain Lloyd, QUT Aim By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to: • Identify opportunities to integrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into practice • Create a personalised plan for enhancing practice including actionable strategies suitable for their context Focus This workshop includes self-reflective exercises designed to unearth possibilities for change and enhancement to practice. Overview This workshop is designed to cater to professional and academic staff and has been developed in the context of higher education, aligned with the Universities Australia Indigenous Strategy 2022-2005 and Australian Universities Accord Final Report (2024) including strengthening the presence of Indigenous ways of being, seeing and knowing within curriculum. To model respectful partnerships, this workshop will be co-facilitated by an Indigenous and non-Indigenous educator. With Indigenous staff making up less than 1.5% of employees in Australian universities, and an even smaller number in academic jobs (DESE, 2021), this workshop equips staff with the skills to make decisions about their practice to avoid placing expectations on Indigenous staff to be expert advisors or represent all Indigenous people (Menzel, 2022). Workshop Plan Acknowledgement of Country & Connection with learning (30 minutes): • Welcome and Agenda • The purpose of an Acknowledgement and exploration of how to create connection with students and colleagues Higher Education & Discipline Contexts. A Rationale for Culturally inclusive and respectful curriculum (30 minutes): • Overview of Australian higher education informed by recent research and statistics • Discussion and co-creation of shared meaning of terminology: e.g. Inclusive, embedding, including, centring, appropriation, respect, partnership, Indigenous-led, informed. Case Studies of approaches in practice (45 minutes): • Small groups to review a series of case studies considering approaches and ways Indigenous ways of seeing, being and knowing have been included within curriculum and pedagogy. • Whole-group capture of insights and reflections on case studies Context Mapping and Collaborative Planning (45 minutes) • Guided reflection on unpacking context and make actionable decisions about practice. Peer Feedback & Next Steps (30 minutes) • Feedback in small groups and whole group discussion on take aways and practical strategies for engaging with Indigenous Perspectives within your context