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Social distancing has really struck at the core of a UQ Outreach and Engagement team who would otherwise be yarning face-to-face with Indigenous school students and adult learners throughout the year.

NAIDOC Week celebrations are planned across Australia from 8-15 November. The 2020 theme of Always Was, Always Will Be recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years.

Zane Higgins recently graduated from The University of Queensland with much more than a Bachelor of Commerce and Economics and a career path with the Australian Tax Office – he also developed leadership skills and strong connections through his involvement with the Goorie Berrimpa Student Collective and student politics.

University of Queensland researchers will help Indigenous businesses develop markets for native bushfoods and ornamental plants, nurture Indigenist Health Humanities as a new field of inquiry, and provide a framework for the new co-design approach being implemented across Indigenous policy domains.

Connections, student ambassadors, and discipline-specific experiences balanced with cultural activities are key factors driving the success of outreach camps for Indigenous students.

Indigenous artist and University of Queensland academic Dr r e a Saunders has contributed stunning experimental video for a virtual exhibition, as part of an International Symposium on Electronic Art; ISEA2020 ART MONTREAL, 13-18th October – ONLINE.

Congratulations to UQ's Professor Tracey Bunda who joins Professor Odette Best from USQ for a $116,265 ARC project on the 'Historiography of Aboriginal Queensland Nurses and Midwives 1890s-1950s'.

Combing archives for information on the use of restraints on Indigenous Australians led University of Queensland scholar Max Brierty to reflect on his family’s experiences.

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?

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who use the drug “ice” are being urged to trial a new web-app as part of a public health project designed to stop methamphetamine consumption.

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.

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.

Anthropology research from The University of Queensland is assisting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with their native title and water rights claims.

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.