Education Hub Q&A sessions provide professional learning opportunities for teachers in subscribing schools. Please enjoy this complementary session excerpt discussing how we can support Frist Nations people in our communities ahead of the upcoming referendum on the voice. It is taken from a Zoom session entitled 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inclusion in RE and faith formation'.
This valuable session featured a discussion with a very experienced group of experts.
Vincent McKenzie is Bardi from his mother’s side and a Jabba-Jabba man on his father’s side. He is a Culture and Language Teacher at Christ the King Primary School in Broome, WA.
Marlon Riley is a descendant of the Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal peoples of Cape York Peninsula. For over 20 years he has worked as a Cultural Tutor at Brisbane Catholic Education, through the Ngutana-Lui Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Studies Centre.
Jennifer King is a descendant of the Gugu Yimithirr Nation, Butchulla, Djiribal and Western Yalandji peoples of Queensland. She is Consultant for First Nations Education, Catholic Education - Diocese of Cairns.
Adrien Innes-Simpson is Leader Formation-Religious Education at Catholic Education, Diocese of Cairns (CEDC).