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Reconciliation award and Virgona Scholarship recipients

The Reconciliation in Action (RIA) award recipient for 2021 is Clare Stack, from Broome Senior High School. Clare was named as the RIA recipient at November State Council Conference. The award celebrates the work of SSTUWA members who are making positive contributions towards reconciliation. It’s given in recognition of an SSTUWA member, group, or project run by members, committed to ensuring that all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students have the right to receive a highquality public education and has shown exemplary practice in education with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, while working towards the elimination of racism in public education. Clare will now be automatically nominated for the AEU’s Arthur Hamilton award.

Nominations for the award are still open for any other interested candidates. For more information see the advertisement below.

Also announced at November State Council Conference was the winner of the 2021 Lynette Virgona Scholarship, Sarah Dinan, a specialist teacher in Alkimos College’s Specialised Autism Learning Program. The scholarship assists an SSTUWA member in training or professional development of their own skills and abilities in the areas of student behaviour and or/instructional strategies. Both winners are pictured here with SSTUWA President Pat Byrne and Vice President Samantha Schofield.

Recognising and rewarding

Nominations open for the Arthur Hamilton Award

This is your chance to celebrate AEU members who are making an outstanding contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education. The Arthur Hamilton Award commemorates the achievements of ArthurHamilton, a Palawa man who was active in promoting social justice, fostering the voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander educators and campaigning for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to access a high-quality public education. The winner will receive a $1500 prize and their work will be recognised by the AEU in an appropriate forum in 2022, depending on COVID advice at the time. All nominees will receive a certificate from the AEU.

Get nominating!

Download your nomination form at: aeufederal.org.au/our-work/indigenous or, request a nomination form from Suzanne Lowndes: (03) 9693 1800, slowndes@aeufederal.org.au

Closing date for nominations is Friday 17 December 2021 Find out more

Visit aeufederal.org.au/our-work/indigenous or contact AEU Federal Secretary, Susan Hopgood:aeu@aeufederal.org.au

The 2020 Arthur Hamilton Award joint winner, Jeanene Booth, Caulfield South Primary School.

The 2020 Arthur Hamilton Award joint winner, Kayla White, Camden Haven High School.