Voice: Making a Postcolonial Multicultural Nation

Banner describing the Voice lecture event, with images and text

This event aims to question what a postcolonial nation could look like in Australia, what role the Voice referendum could have in this process, and what is at stake for multicultural communities in developing this future.

Speakers Professor Heidi Norman, Michelle Deshong, Mr Jason Yat-sen Li MP, and Craig Foster AM will present as part of the annual Emeritus Professor Andrew Jakubowicz lecture.

This event is running as part of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Social Sciences Week. Tickets

Light refreshments will be served from 6:00pm in the Cornerstone Cafe on ground level of the Vicki Sara Building (CB07), with the speakers and event commencing at 6:30pm in the adjacent Green Theatre.
 

Speakers
 

Professor Heidi Norman
Associate Dean Indigenous, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney. Heidi is a scholar of Aboriginal politics and history, and Gomeroi descendant.

 

Michelle Deshong
Managing Director, Deshong Consulting. Michelle has worked in fields of gender equity, leadership, governance and political science. She is Co-Chair of Supply Nation and member of the AIATSIS Council. Michelle draws connection to the Kuku Yulanji Nation.

 

Craig Foster AM
Member of the Australian Multicultural Council and Co-Chair of the Australian Republic Movement. Craig is a former footballer and broadcaster, and an Adjunct Professor in Sport & Social Responsibility at Torrens University.

 

Jason Yat-sen Li
Member for Strathfield, NSW Parliament. Jason has also worked in law, business and community advocacy, particularly for diversity and inclusion. He is Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sydney.

 

Emeritus Professor Andrew Jakubowicz, Respondent
Andrew is a scholar of multicultural communities, cultural diversity and racism, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Technology Sydney.

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Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.