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Indigenous Community Impact Award winner Cameron Costello is passionate about protecting the natural biodiversity of Country.

The fabric of Sandra Rennie’s life is woven from many strands but all of them support her focus on the ‘willful resistance, resilience and persistence’ of Indigenous Australian students.

Are Australia’s expansive Sport for Development (SfD) programs able to embrace the grassroots involvement and self-determination of Indigenous communities, or are they more focused on ticking boxes?

The presence, knowledges and voices of Indigenous students are now getting the ‘respect they deserve’, thanks to landmark changes within the UQ Medical Society (UQMS).

She may be ensconced in Brisbane and scoring top marks in The University of Queensland Dentistry program but Savannah Kanters has not forgotten her family links with the Woorabinda Aboriginal Community or her proud Kybal and Goongarrie heritage.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit recently farewelled a valued member of the Student Support team with the departure of Mark Gillard.

A tiny weed with huge potential has prompted UQ PhD candidate and 2020 Charlie Perkins Scholarship winner Audrey McInnerney to head to Cambridge University.

As a prolific author and proud Wiradjuri woman, UQ’s Professor Anita Heiss has taken on many roles to promote Indigenous language and literacy; the latest is particularly novel.

As a hungry teen, Kayla-Lee Curry visited the Red Cross for hot meals. Now she’s striving to make youth work her profession.

How does a young Indigenous student from a tiny school 13 hours’ drive from a capital city see the big picture of study and career possibilities in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics – it’s all about connections.

National celebrations of NAIDOC Week may have moved to November but UQ is marking the event during a period (11-15 August) when all students are able to get involved.

She may no longer be a prolific street protestor or social media keyboard warrior but Distinguished Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson has sought to bring about bigger systemic and structural changes that have longer-term sustainable outcomes for all of us.

It may be a while before they can gather to celebrate but our Indigenous graduands should be striding proudly into the next stage of their life journey.

Generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students will now have the opportunity to study at The University of Queensland thanks to an Indigenous-owned, Supply Nation certified Information Technology business.