indigenous engagement presentation to faculty academic committee
DESCRIPTION
Findings of surveys across Faculty of Health Sciences to assess interest and expertise in boosting the Faculty's Indigenous engagement, especially by developing a new Indigenous and Intercultural Health course.TRANSCRIPT
FHS Indigenous Engagement Strategy
Context: The recent Faculty Review recommended we develop an:
'Indigenous engagement, staffing and student recruitment and support strategy
&
ensure a more pro-active approach to the development of relevant Indigenous
curriculum content'.
Components of an Indigenous Strategy
Who?
Recruitment&
Access
Support Curriculum Research
Professional staff
Academic staff
Students
Community
Indigenous Engagement Strategy
FHS Staff Survey
N = 71
How long … at La Trobe? 9.3 years
ATSI background: 4%
Mean age: 48 years
Gender: 78% female
Other:Faculty Student ServicesEmploymentFaculty officeStudent Administration
Other:Family Therapy x 4MedicineResearchAudiologyHistoryHuman ResourcesSexuality studies/sexual health x 2Australian Institute of Primary Care & AgeingPerinatal epidemiologyClinical school & faculty adminAdministrationPsychology and EducationCounselling and psychological health
Other:
Consultancy
Teaching/ Clinical
Director of a Centre
Cultural Advisor
Predominantly PhD candidate
Clinician, manager and teacher
Supervision of HDR students
relevance
interest
culture & health in general (incl. a substantial component of indigenous content)
through my academic activities
research
education
expertise
dedicated subject
research
education
Interest in a new multidisciplinary subject on Culture & Health
Interest has been expressed in developing a new multidisciplinary undergraduate subject on 'Culture & Health', which would include a substantial indigenous component.
It is likely this would be pitched at Year 2 (AQF Level 6) but could also be undertaken at Years 1 or 3.
Please indicate your agreement with the following related items:
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Name Email (stem only, i.e. omit'@latrobe.edu.au')
Expertise/Interest Area(s)
Name Email Expertise/Interest Area(s)
If you would like to be included on a register of staff interested in promoting Indigenous engagement, please feel free to provide your name and
expertise/interest area(s):
Comments
‘It not just the students who need to be learning its also staff members of Latrobe who could benefit from becoming more culturally aware…
…It might mean that their Indigenous students will feel more supported and in turn choose to finish their course. Just a thought…’
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‘I would like to see indigenous health & its determinants championed by our university community …
… geographically our rural school sites are located in areas where indigenous groups reside and our Bundoora campus is adjacent to the City of Darebin, the largest locale of urban indigenous groups.’