Canberra Aboriginal rights events for your diary
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Event: 25 January - 25 May 2013: Canberra, ACT
Centenary of Canberra celebrates First Australians
"As we celebrate Canberra's 100th birthday in 2013,
we recognise Aboriginal people's continuing connection
to this place, a connection that spans some 20,000 years."
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20210
Event: 26 May 2013: various locations in Australia
National Sorry Day
"National Sorry Day offers the Community the opportunity
to acknowledge the impact of the policies spanning more
than 150 years of forcible removal of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander children from their families."
"The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998
following the 1997 Commission report 'Bringing Them Home'
which recommended that a national day of observance be declared."
Event details for your state or territory: http://www.nsdc.org.au/events-info/plan-and-share-your-events
Event details: http://www.nsdc.org.au
Event details: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/events/national-sorry-day
Background: http://www.nsdc.org.au/events-info/the-history-of-national-sorry-day
Background: http://antar.org.au/reports/sorry-day-a-reminder-unfinished-business
Event: 27 May until 3 June 2013: various locations in Australia including ACT
National Reconciliation Week: Let's Talk Recognition
"It is a time to celebrate and build on the respectful
relationships shared by Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people and other Australians."
"National Reconciliation Week is framed by two
key events in Australia’s history, which provide
strong symbols for reconciliation:
* 27 May 1967- the referendum ...
* 3 June 1992 - the Mabo decision ... "
Reconciliation Australia
Event details - What’s happening ACT: http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw/national-reconciliation-week/what-s-on
Queensland Event details: http://www.antarqld.org.au/node/227
Event details: http://www.reconciliation.org.au/nrw
Event details: http://www.reconciliation.org.au/home/projects/national-reconciliation-week
WGAR Background to Mabo and Native Title: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/07/02/background-to-mabo-and-native-title
Event: Mon 27 May 2013: Acton Peninsula, Canberra, ACT
Indigenous health: a contemporary Australian nursing specialty
AIATSIS Seminar Series
Ali Drummond, Director,
Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses
"New Zealand and Canada have made significant contributions
to the health of their respective Indigenous nations through the
establishment of Indigenous health as a nursing specialty.
Each has developed undergraduate and postgraduate curricula
to support a nursing education pathway in Indigenous health.
Indigenous health is not identified as a nursing specialty in
Australia."
Event details: http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/research/seminarseries/SeminarSeries2013-1.html
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20777
Event: 29 May 2013: ANU, Canberra, ACT
Assisting and supporting Aboriginal Australians
following critical incidents and trauma:
Can Psychological First Aid be suitably adapted
to meet the needs of Aboriginal communities?
Presented by: Len Kanowski
CAEPR Seminar
Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
Australian National University
"This seminar will discuss plans to investigate
the suitability of existing PFA [Psychological First Aid]
approaches for Aboriginal Australians;
propose that we must continue to exercise caution
against the use of generic western psychological
interventions across different cultural groups;
and emphasise the need for culturally informed
approaches to psychological intervention and support."
Event details: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/13/Seminar-Topics%E2%80%94Series-1/29_5...
Current CAEPR seminars: http://caepr.anu.edu.au/Seminars/seminars.php
Event: Thu 30 May 2013: Canberra, ACT
Reconciliation Week event - Constitutional Recognition campaign
"Join us as Canberra's community sector supports
the movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples in our Constitution."
National Press Club
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20776
Event: 3 June 2013: various locations in Australia
Mabo Day
"On June 3rd 1992, six months after
Eddie "Koiki" Mabo's tragic death, the
High Court upheld his claim that Murray Islanders
held native title to land in the Torres Strait."
Event details: http://www.mabonativetitle.com/home.shtml
NIRS: Sam Watson says Mabo Day a better day for national celebration:
http://www.nirs.org.au/news/latest-news/7719-sam-watson-says-mabo-day-a-...
WGAR Background to Mabo and Native Title: http://indymedia.org.au/2012/07/02/background-to-mabo-and-native-title
Event: 10 July 2013 NAIDOC week: Narrabundah, Canberra, ACT
Iconic Aboriginal health service
celebrates 25 years of appropriate care
Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service
"Canberra’s iconic Winnunga Nimmityjah today celebrates
25 years of providing culturally safe and holistic health
services to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
of the ACT and surrounding areas."
Event details: http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1433427/1427565531/name/Iconic+Aboriginal+h...
Event details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/actindnetwork/message/20758
Event: Ongoing: Canberra, ACT
Exhibition now showing:
First Australians - Resistance
"The lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples were profoundly changed by the arrival
of British colonists in 1788. Lives were lost
and land taken as the colonisers attempted to
impose new social, economic and religious
orders. ... "
"Indigenous people responded in a variety of ways.
Some fought back with weapons. Others
developed different strategies to survive this
new and hostile presence."
"Here we present four of these stories."
National Museum of Australia
Event details: http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/first_australians/resistance
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