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Thursday 27 May

In this edition -

»  National Reconciliation Week 2021
»  Community forum on COVID-19 vaccines
»  Charles Hawker Scholarships recipients
»  A yoga short course
and more!
National Reconciliation Week
More than a word. Reconciliation takes action.
Thursday 27 May - Thursday 3 June 2021
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for our community to learn about and celebrate our shared histories and cultures, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia with our First Nations people.

In this edition, we have featured some of the stories and events happening on campus for NRW.
Check out the full program
Our new pathway to reconciliation
Everyone in our community has a part to play in reconciliation. Today our Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor launched the University's 2021-2022 Reconciliation Action Plan.
Get involved
Indigenous students share their life-changing ANU experience
Taliah King, from the Yuin and Waanyi people, and Pete Swanton, a Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay man, spoke at the launch of the RAP today.
Read more
NRW events
National Reconciliation Week lecture
Friday 28 May, 2-3.30pm
ANU Pro-Chancellor Naomi Flutter will deliver the University's 2021 flagship event to honour National Reconciliation Week.
Register
Indigenous heritage walks with Ngunnawal Elder Wally Bell
Saturday 29 May, 2-3.30pm
Learn about the importance of Sullivan's Creek and Black Mountain, navigation across Country, bush foods and medicines, ceremony and tradition, and more. 
Register
Panel discussion
Tuesday 1 June, 6-7pm
We're hosting a panel discussion on this year's theme More than a word. Reconciliation takes action. The panel will focus on the question, 'what could we change if First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians came together'?
Register
Bloodlines and reconciliation
A new memorial consisting of burial poles at ANU marks another important step in ensuring Indigenous Australians have a say about how their genetics are used by science.
Read more
Join our commitment wall
We are calling on people in our community to make a commitment to reconcile with our First Nations people.
What can you do over the next 12 months to listen, learn and understand the issues of our First Nations people?
Share your commitment
Reconciliation takes action
The Kambri Scholars program supports First Nations students to experience the life-changing impacts of an ANU education. It ensures students have everything they need to succeed through a range of holistic and culturally aware support services. Our Annual Giving team is fundraising for this program.
Join us in this act of reconciliation
The Australian National University Australian Football Club (ANUAFC) has partnered with Ngunnawal artists, Richie Allan and Richard Allan Jr, and QTRBCK Wealth to design a Ngunnawal jersey for the club. The jersey was officially launched during the Indigenous Round last weekend.
Read about the new jersey design

NRW film screenings

Wondering how to spend the long weekend? Join the ANU Film Group for an evening at the cinema. They're doing free movie screenings of:
  • High Ground
  • In My Blood It Runs
  • Top End Wedding and
  • The Story of Bangarra

Big Sing Inc brings Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians together through singing and choral music events on Country. To help raise funds, join the Research School of Population Health for a screening of Teach a Man to Fish, followed by Q&A with film maker and Biripi man, Grant Saunders and a performance by Rachel Hore's Pop Up Choir.
Register

The College of Business and Economics (CBE) will be screening Bran Nue Dae, an Australian musical comedy-drama starring Jessica Mauboy, Deborah Mailman and Ernie Dingo.
Register
Pictured: Scarred tree near ANU Chancelry. This tree is a yellowbox and is thought to be some 300 years old. The tree includes a large cultural scar facing the road, likely for a canoe or raft, and a smaller scar on the opposite side.
Other campus news
Were COVID-19 vaccines developed too quickly to be safe?
Australia's Deputy Chief Medical Officer and a panel of experts will answer questions and community concern about COVID-19 vaccines in a public forum.

The forum, at 3.30pm on Tuesday 1 June, is open to the community.

Have a question you want asked anonymously in the forum?
Please email your question to us and we raise it with the panel.
Join the conversation
Scholarships recognise students’ vision for a better future
Sai Campbell, Kristian Jongeling, Jae Brieffies and Ben Nolan have received Charles Hawker Scholarships in recognition of their academic results, character and commitment to a better future for Australia.
Read more
Pictured: 2020 and 2021 recipients of the Charles Hawker Scholarships (Credit: Fusion Photography)
Democracy Sausage: Risks and rewards
On this episode of Democracy Sausage, our COVID-19 Public Health Lead Tracy Smart and economist Quentin Grafton join Mark Kenny to discuss Australia’s vaccine strategy.
Listen to the podcast
For the yogi's
Yoga short course starts on 9 June
Sign up for this extraordinary four week course that focuses on inversions in yoga practice
Sign up
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