Truth-telling

By partnering with the Yoorrook Justice Commission on the Walk for Truth, the University of Melbourne is re-affirming its commitment to ongoing truth-telling and justice for First Peoples in Victoria

Truth commissions in Nordic countries are addressing racism and the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples. The education sector must play an active role in truth-telling – as it must in Australia

Physical education pioneer Fritz Duras had a distinguished career, but our truth-telling process uncovered another side to Duras that can’t be ignored

Australian and Canadian universities are learning from each other as they reckon with their colonial pasts

The importance of truth-telling cannot be denied if our journey towards national reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and Settler Australia is to be achieved

Truth-telling is one form of restorative justice, but more is needed to redress the wrongs done to Indigenous peoples

The Berry Collection was a poorly curated anatomical and anthropological collection that facilitated scientific racism and was dominated by unethically sourced Aboriginal remains

Removing a person’s name from a building need not mean the University severs its relationship with its past, instead it is an opportunity to redefine our future

Research in Indigenous astronomy is not only changing narratives around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge and traditions, it’s changing the history of science