VISION FOR RECONCILIATION At CQUniversity we value and celebrate Australia’s First Peoples and their cultures, lore, languages and identities, and enduring connection to Country. Our vision for reconciliation is for all Australians working together to address injustice and provide equality of opportunity: and to develop a tertiary education sector that truly embraces the knowledges, leadership and strengths of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Our aim is to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ empowerment by delivering access to world class education, training and research. As staff and students together with community and our wider stakeholders, we commit to reconciliation in everyday practice, ensuring our aspirations and actions promote a culturally safe and inclusive environment for all. We will ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives are increasingly part of CQUniversity governance, and that our teaching and research engages communities and stakeholders and leads to mutually beneficial outcomes. CQUniversity acknowledges the need for social change to embrace diversity and equity, and challenge racism and discrimination. We remain conscious of the impact that past and ongoing injustices, government policies and racial discrimination have on the lives and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We endorse the Uluru Statement from the Heart and walk alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as they seek constitutional recognition, and a process of truthtelling about our shared history, as we work towards a shared future.
CQUNIVERSITY RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN |
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