University of Melbourne

Politics & Society

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Book extract

‘Finding an Indigenous voice’

The second volume of the truth-telling initiative, Dhoombak Goobgoowana, shares the steps, and missteps, on the road to finding an Indigenous Voice at the University of Melbourne

Politics & Society

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Book extract

‘Disrupt the blinding whiteness of business education’

First Nations businesses focus on unique and generative ways to engage with the economy. But Indigenous business education in Australia needs to catch up

Politics & Society

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Book extract

‘The field of Indigenous Studies simply gets on with the job’

Indigenous Studies means becoming part of global conversations about the place of Indigenous knowledges and traditions in the world

Arts & Culture

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Book extract

‘How we bring Indigenous knowledges into the academy is as important as the knowledge itself’

A new truth-telling book shines a light on the past, present and future of the University of Melbourne’s Indigenous cultural collections

Politics & Society

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Opinion

‘What version of the past is promoted and what’s obscured?’

As the Yoorrook Walk for Truth travels through western Victoria, we reflect on the colonial pastoralists from that area who dispossessed Indigenous people while enriching our university

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Why we are Walking for Truth

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

Politics & Society

Truth-telling and re-naming is an opportunity to redefine our future

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

Politics & Society

What Canada can teach us about truth-telling and justice

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

Discussion & Debate

“It is a clarion call to action”

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

Health & Medicine

This has so rarely occurred in the University’s history

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