Annual day calling for improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. See ANTaR’s website for information and local events.
Observed on 26 May, National Sorry Day annually marks the tabling of the Bringing Them Home Report in the Australian Parliament in 1997. National Sorry Day is a day to acknowledge the strength of Stolen Generations survivors. Read more and find local events on the Reconciliation Australia and the Healing Foundation websites.
According to the AIATSIS website, ‘the AIATSIS National Native Title Conference and the National Indigenous Research Conference will be held together over five days.
The 2021 AIATSIS Summit is being co-convened with the South Australian Native Title Services (SANTS) and Kaurna Yerta Aboriginal Corporation (KYAC) on Kaurna Yerta (land) at the Adelaide Convention Centre in South Australia.
The Summit theme is: Footprints for the future - Tracking our journey together.
The Summit provides a unique forum for First Nations Peoples to gather together to address critical and emerging challenges as well as opportunities to support and strengthen our cultures, knowledge and governance. The event will bring together Indigenous leaders, academics, and policy makers from around the country into one community of practice.’
Read more information on the AIATSIS website.
The conference theme is: Our Children Matter: Innovative approaches to new world challenges
The conference is hosted by SNAICC – National Voice for our Children. SNAICC is the national non-government peak body in Australia representing the interest of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
According to the conference website, “2020 has been a year like no other, and our communities have been challenged more than ever by the environmental impacts of the raging summer bushfires and then the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by the momentum gained in the Black Lives Matter movement. Our children’s futures matter more than ever, and despite the challenges we are walking down a path towards greater outcomes for our children with a committed and inclusive approach to closing the gap, a national early childhood strategy and local innovative approaches that enables Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to determine the future of our children.”
Hosted by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council, the National Native Title Council and the University of Melbourne.
The Taking Control of our Heritage – Indigenous Cultural Heritage Conference 2021 provides the first opportunity for Traditional Owners and their allies to meet, discuss, and develop programs, strategies and ideas to take control of their cultural heritage in Australia.
WIPCE is the largest and most diverse Indigenous education forum in the world – representatives from across the globe will meet in Tarndanya (Adelaide), the home of the Kaurna Nation of South Australia. Read more on the WIPCE 2021 website.
Hosted by the ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), the National Conference will be a ‘gathering of community leaders, policy practitioners and researchers to First Nations policy through three themes: Country, Livelihoods and Political Settlement’. Read more on the CAEPR website.
Naarm Oration 2020
Hosted by the University of Melbourne.
Australia is in the midst of both environmental and social crises. With the highest rate of biodiversity loss on earth, the country is facing an ever-increasing barrage of massive catastrophic wildfires that wreak untold environmental damage and its First Peoples are among the most disadvantaged and disaffected demographic.
In the 2020 Narrm Oration, Associate Professor Fletcher will argue that many of Australia’s current environmental problems can be traced to the impact of British invasion and the violent and devastating effects this has had on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Embedding the Aboriginal world view and notion of Country into mainstream Australia has the potential to benefit the lives and livelihoods of all Australians and our Country.
Presented by the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council with the National Native Title Council and the University of Melbourne.
Join Traditional Owners from across Australia on Thursday 26th November to explore the practical and legislative framework that should protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Heritage. Read more and register online.
The ANU College of Law is hosting a panel discussion with three national experts to share their views on the adequacy of these legal regimes, and the relationship between the extractive industries, Indigenous communities, and the law.
More information and registration at the ANU website.
Join us for a conversation about treaty, agreement making and nation building to launch the new Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements (ATNS) website.
ATNS is a one of a kind resource, aiming to empower Traditional Owners through information. Recently re-developed in a partnership between the University of Melbourne (UoM) and the National Native Title Council (NNTC), ATNS is an information gateway, capturing the range and variety of agreement making with First Nations peoples in Australia and other parts of the world. Its purpose is to encourage transparency and knowledge around agreement making, with a focus on nation building, First Nations governance and treaty.
Join Professor Pip Nicholson (Dean of Melbourne Law School), in conversation with Professor Marcia Langton AO (Foundation Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies, UoM), Jamie Lowe (CEO of the NNTC & member of the VIC First Peoples’ Assembly) and Amanda Porter (Senior Fellow, Indigenous Programs, Melbourne Law School), with an introduction by the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP. The panel will explore how data, research and knowledge contribute to nation building and treaty processes.
This University of Melbourne-hosted event takes place on 12 November: ‘Laying the Foundations for Treaty: Agreements, Treaties & Negotiated Settlements (ATNS) new website launch’. Join us for an introduction to ATNS and live webinar Q&A.
This free event is part of the National Treaties Summit (NTS) webinar series. NTS is a national dialogue contributing to the momentum of agreement making and treaty across Australia. NTS is co-organised by Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), the NNTC and UoM.
This online event takes place on Thursday 12 November, 6-7.15pm AEDT. Tickets are free but registration is essential. Register online.
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC is celebrated not only in Indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. The week is a great opportunity to participate in a range of activities and to support your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
This year, NAIDOC week has been postponed to 8-15 November 2020. The theme for NAIDOC week 2020 is Always Was, Always Will Be. The theme recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years.
Learn more on the NAIDOC website.
Hosted by the Indigenous Mapping Workshop.
The IMW Australia - On Demand will host your favourite Indigenous mapping training in one, accessible place.
The IMW Australia - On Demand is built on Open edX, a software used to deliver online courses, and can be accessed by all IMW participants. Users do not need to have any additional technical skills and it’s free to participate for anyone who has been accepted via the application form.
IMW Australia - On Demand will host culturally appropriate content for participants of all mapping abilities and will provide workshop sessions on a variety of different platforms and mapping software.
Workshop sessions will be self-paced and available for participants to access at their leisure, utilising both desktop learning and virtual labs.
Read more on the IMW website.
This workshop is facilitated by Professors Sandra Eades and Marcia Langton. It is part of the International Population Data Linkage - Virtual Conference 2020 from 1 November to 13 November 2020.
The 2020 conference themes include:
Research using real-world data
Multi-sector data linkage
COVID-19 and other communicable diseases
Indigenous health and well-being
Data linkage, methods, systems and technology
Advanced analytics and methods
Public involvement, ethics, law and social implications
Internationally recognised high-profile keynote speakers will showcase leading developments and emerging issues in research, governance and technical fields.
Hosted by the Forum for Directors of Indigenous Organisations.
This Panel discussion will examine:
- the adaptation Aboriginal communities had to make within their communities to merge cultural practices and decision making into the corporate world whilst fighting for heritage protection.
- what were the success factors and lessons learnt?
- what is the core inherent protections, key legal and institutional changes needed to ensure thriving healthy and sustainable corporations?
Purchase tickets and register online for the event.
Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), the University of Melbourne and the National Native Title Council (NNTC) are collaborating with other key partners and stakeholders to host the National Treaties Summit (postponed until 2021 due to COVID-19).
Until then, the organising partners are continuing a series of free online events so that we can engage, learn more, and continue to build momentum for treaties across Australia. Visit the National Treaties Summit website for ongoing information about online events.