Understanding the Uluru Statement from the Heart

The Uluru Statement from the Heart calls for Voice, Treaty and Truth, a sequence of reforms based on First Nations justice and self-determination.

Join our panel discussion during Reconciliation Week and learn how we can be a voice for reconciliation in our everyday lives.

This event is an opportunity to increase your understanding of the Uluru Statement from the Heart principles, implications of constitutional reform, and discuss how we can create a more just, equitable and reconciled country for all.
 

Meet some of our speakers.

Robynne McQu

Professor Robynne Quiggin is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) at UTS. Robynne is a Wiradyuri lawyer who has worked on legal and policy issues of relevance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including business, investment, financial services, consumer issues, human rights, governance, rights to culture, heritage, and the arts.

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Professor Lindon Coombes is Industry Professor and Director at Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at UTS. Lindon is a descendant of the Yuallaraay people of northwest NSW and has worked in Aboriginal Affairs in a range of positions including Director at PwC Indigenous Consulting, CEO of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, and CEO of Tranby Aboriginal College in Glebe.

Harry H

Dr Harry Hobbs is an experienced constitutional and human rights lawyer working at the forefront of academic research and legal and political debate about Indigenous-State treaty-making and constitutional recognition. Prior to joining UTS, Harry worked in the Parliamentary Joint Committee of Human Rights, the ACT Human Rights Commission, and as the Legal Research Officer at the High Court of Australia.

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The Hon. Professor Verity Firth AM is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Social Justice and Inclusion) at UTS. She served as Minister for Education and Training in New South Wales (2008–2011) and NSW Minister for Women (2007–2009). After leaving office, Verity was the Chief Executive of the Public Education Foundation. 

More speakers to come.

UTS Reconciliation Week will be hosted in-person and online.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This event is jointly hosted by the Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion and Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research.

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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.