Safety and comfort for your First Nations employees

Join us in conversation with Professor Nareen Young, Phillipa McDermott, Lara Watson and Sarah Derry as we explore how organisations can support their First Nations staff in the year of the Voice on Thursday 20 July.

The Constant Questions - Safety and comfort for your First Nations employees this year

As Australia moves towards a referendum in late 2023, Indigenous staff are increasingly subjected to enormous cultural load, from challenging questions, to organising workforce events to discrimination at work and social media.

This panel seeks to understand the issues facing Indigenous staff and, importantly, how to create workplace safety for First Nations employees. 

Presented by UTS Business School, in partnership with the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, hear from Professor Nareen Young, Associate Dean (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) at the UTS Business School who will be in conversation with:

  • Sarah Derry, CEO Accor Asia Pacific
    Currently Chief Executive Officer - Pacific. Sarah joined Accor in April 2017 to lead Talent and Culture, before her appointment to CEO in February 2022.
    Sarah has over 30 years’ experience in hospitality, working for international hotel companies and excelling in her early career in operations.
  • Lara Watson, Indigenous Officer, ACTU
    Lara Watson is a Birri Gubba woman from Central West Queensland and the Indigenous officer with the ACTU.  She has been involved with the Trade Union movement for 18 years, starting as a workplace delegate and moving into community campaigning as a Your Rights at Work co-ordinator.
  • Phillipa McDermott, Director First Nations Talent Deloitte, Australia
    Phillipa is the Director First Nations Talent Deloitte Australia and Chair Bangarra Dance Theatre. With over 25 years' experience in the Arts and Media to best reflect contemporary Australia, Phillipa is a committed public advocate and champion for diversifying workforces and the arts, providing strategic thought leadership and direction to develop and drive corporate strategies. 

as they explore how to best support First Nations workers and their cultural load in the year of the Voice.

Register now for this informative and important discussion.

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