Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HIV Awareness Week begins today, raising awareness about HIV in Indigenous communities. This week highlights the importance of understanding HIV risks, getting tested, and treatments. Learn more at ATSIHIV Website: atsihiv.org.au

Thank you UQ VC, Senate, @ATSISUQ & Indigenous Engagement, Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts dancers, performer Germaine Wilesmith, colleagues, students, alumni & community for helping launch #UQ’s Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan (#UQRAP) - about.uq.edu.au/sites/default/… 💐👏🏽

THE remains of 14 Indigenous ancestors have returned to Australia. The bodies were repatriated from the Fowler Museum at the University of California, the Natural History Museum Los Angeles County, the Oakland Museum of California & the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology.

Terrific to see UQ PhD Candidate Janet Stajic from UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, Uncle Cheg Eggert & Prof Brendan Hokowhitu from the Indigenous Futures Centre & UQ PhD Candidate Jethro Roma at the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health Centre for Indigenous Health, Toowong. People who are making a difference in the world!

🌟 Lead the way in positive change! 🌟 The Stronger Smarter Leadership Program is coming to Toowoomba, QLD, from 1-4 April 2025. Gain impactful strategies to foster a thriving school culture and empower every student. 🔗 Reserve your place now!: strongersmarter.my.site.com/applicationpor…

We are delighted to see Professor Pat Dudgeon , ARC IFC CI, elected as Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Pat's work has profoundly impacted Indigenous mental health, social and emotional wellbeing, and suicide prevention. #IFC2024 uwa.edu.au/news/article/2…

Latest publication (with colleagues) now available in Thesis Eleven about the ongoing deliberate work of the Gugu Badhun Nation in rebuilding our economic sovereignty based on Gugu Badhun laws and cultural principles. Open access article journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07…

NEW open access chapter: Decolonising the Common Law Beyond Colonial Thinking by Pekeri Ruska, UQ Law School Indigenous Futures Centre & Jennifer Nielsen, SCU in Watson & Douglas (eds) 2025 Legal Education Through an Indigenous Lens, pp.152-168, taylorfrancis.com/reader/downloa…. Book at taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/…

Abstracts close on the 31st of January for Lowitja Institute’s 4th International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference. Apply via the conference website- hubs.li/Q032L40Y0 #Lowitja2025

Congratulations to our Director, james ward, on receiving the 2024 Research Excellence Award at the #IIPCHA2024. The award just arrived, and we’re so proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition of his leadership and impact!

As we approach January 26th, we asked some of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander team to reflect on what this date means to them, here is what they had to say... 🖤💛❤️ #IFC2025

A/Professor Hinekura Lisa Smith& Dr Daniel McKinnon share the historic and current conversations surrounding Waitangi Day. Read More Here: indigenous-futures.org/component/cont… #IFC2025

We were recently on Kaurna Country preparing for our 4th International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, taking place in just four months. Join us for a powerful gathering of Indigenous voices, knowledge, and solutions. hubs.li/Q036xYwT0 #Lowitja2025

Join the Indigenous Futures Centre and the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Action Research (FAIRA) tomorrow, March 18, for a special event featuring Dr Albert Kwokwo Barume and other guest speakers on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. For more details and to RSVP: bit.ly/4bzLacY

Interested in Indigenous health research? Apply now for the 2025 Winter Research Program with the UQ Poche Centre! Work with our researchers on real-world projects that support health equity. Open to undergrad and coursework master’s students enrolled in Semester 2, 2025.

A/Prof Hinekura Smith PhD, Indigenous Futures Centre, UQ presented at #INIHKD #REIL - INIHKD (International Network of Indigenous Health & Knowledge Development) Conference in New Mexico on #education, #teaching, #research #weaving, textiles, culture, love, community, and work.

I co-presented with Summer May Finlay at #INIHKD REIL - INIHKD (Int Network of Indigenous Health & Knowledge Development) Conf on our NHMRC project Commissioning Evaluations of Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Pgms (+Yvette Roe,James Smith,Amohia Boulton,Jenni Judd,Margaret Cargo).

Latest in Geoheritage Journal discusses 5 GuguBadhun creation stories as plausible recall of a ~ 7000-year-old volcanic eruption. 'Stories in Stone: Aboriginal Oral Traditions of Volcanic Impacts in Northeastern Australia' Open Access & available at: lnkd.in/gGB7HjGn

It was a privilege to address students, Elders, community, staff & guests at the Anglican Schools Commission Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Student Symposium (SEQ) hosted by St Luke’s College, Forest Lake, Ipswich, Qld. Thanks UQ, #QUT, #GriffithUni, & #USQ for being there.

Next week UQ Health is hosting Health Matters: The Next Generation of Indigenous Health, featuring a panel of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander researchers. A powerful NAIDOC Week discussion on culturally grounded solutions for health equity. Register: about.uq.edu.au/events/health-…