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Amy Thomson

@amygwen1993

🖤💛❤️ Mandandanji woman. UQ PhD student. Passionate about Indigenous Education 📚

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On Whadjak Noongar Country conducting research with Deadly Mob including the amazing work of Indigenous Rangers with Associate Professor Marnee Shay and Amy Thomson This is to contribute to the amazing work from the education.uq.edu.au/big-mob-stem-i…

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Regardless of the result of this referendum, I am so proud of the efforts so many have made 🖤💛❤️💙💚🤍 I will keep saying YES and keep listening to the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as we keep moving forward. Always was, always will be 🖤💛❤️

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Brilliant new article by my amazing colleagues at UQ School of Education led by A/Prof Marnee Shay UQ News @robinshields theconversation.com/au/education

Brilliant new article by my amazing colleagues at UQ School of Education led by A/Prof Marnee Shay <a href="/UQ_News/">UQ News</a> @robinshields 
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New paper out led by A/Prof Marnee Shay and team. Very happy to see this in print and to be a co-author. Important work examining codesign in Indigenous education policy and practice. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aj…

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A survey of Indigenous people found almost one quarter had not heard of STEM. But experts from UQ News & Griffith University report that more than 80% saw a connection between science, technology, engineering, maths and Indigenous culture. #UniversitiesAccord theconversation.com/definitions-ar…

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We have developed posters highlighting key findings from the Big Mob STEM it Up research. We examined Indigenous success and barriers to STEM participation. The posters have QR codes with links to key resources such as the final report and podcast series espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:326f227

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It was a joy to present at Bond University's Women's Network's (BUWN) "Speak Up" forum for Reconciliation week alongside First Nations women Solua Middleton, Bridie Mulholland, and Keitha Dunstan. I am hopeful for the future of reconcilation led by First Nations women!

It was a joy to present at Bond University's Women's Network's (BUWN) "Speak Up" forum for Reconciliation week alongside First Nations women Solua Middleton, Bridie Mulholland, and Keitha Dunstan. I am hopeful for the future of reconcilation led by First Nations women!
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WEDNESDAY 10 JULY - UQ NAIDOC Week Keynote Lecture by Prof Megan Davis ‘Reflections on the Referendum’ at the Advanced Engineering Building 49(200) Auditorium, UQ St Lucia & online - eventbrite.com.au/e/reflections-…. Join me! #NAIDOC24 #NAIDOC2024 #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC #NAIDOCWeek2024

WEDNESDAY 10 JULY - UQ NAIDOC Week Keynote Lecture by Prof  Megan Davis ‘Reflections on the Referendum’ at the Advanced Engineering Building 49(200) Auditorium, UQ St Lucia  &amp; online - eventbrite.com.au/e/reflections-…. Join me! #NAIDOC24 #NAIDOC2024 #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC #NAIDOCWeek2024
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More culturally responsive diversion programs are needed to prevent the incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, according to research led by #UQ PhD candidate Lorelle Holland. UQ Health tinyurl.com/2le8ryvz 📸Rafael Ben-Ari, Getty Images

More culturally responsive diversion programs are needed to prevent the incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, according to research led by #UQ PhD candidate Lorelle Holland. 

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Dr Natasha Reid from UQ’s Child Health Research Centre said current judicial processes fail to identify or support the complex health and social needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children exposed to the youth justice system. Read more below 👇

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#UQ research led by Lorelle Holland highlights the need for culturally responsive diversion programs to prevent the incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with complex needs. brnw.ch/21wLtUp 📸 Rafael Ben-Ari, Getty Images

#UQ research led by <a href="/HollandLorelle/">Lorelle Holland</a> highlights the need for culturally responsive diversion programs to prevent the incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with complex needs.

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Indigenous peoples, histories, and cultures are misrepresented when texts are published by non-Indigenous authors with no consultation. Powerful texts written by First Nations authors based on lived experience should be prioritised instead. Read more here: theconversation.com/jamie-olivers-…

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After writing our response to Jamie Oliver's novel and the representation of First Nations people, I spoke to ABC Radio about the importance of prioritising First Nations-authored literature in Australian schools and the importance of codesign. abc.net.au/listen/program…