Reconciliation Action Plan August 2018 – August 2020 Our vision for reconciliation Our business Lara McKay Master
Our vision for reconciliation is to foster a living and working environment that embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a Ormond College was established in 1881 on the land of the Wurundjeri People. In the spirit of its As the new Master of FXOWXUDOO\FRQVLGHUDWHDQGVDIHPDQQHU6SHFLȴFDOO\2UPRQG&ROOHJHDLPVWRSURPRWHDZHOFRPLQJDQGHQULFKLQJOLYLQJDQGOHDUQLQJ benefactor, Francis Ormond, and the philosophies of the Presbyterian Scottish Enlightenment, the Ormond, I am delighted College was open to People of ‘all faiths and none’ and was a place to develop not only the skills but to see that Ormond environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students that allows students to achieve academic and personal success. also the incentive, to contribute to the broader community in vocational and academic pursuits. Today, is launching its third $GGLWLRQDOO\2UPRQG&ROOHJHDLPVWRSURYLGHOHDUQLQJH[SHULHQFHVWKDWHPERG\WKHRQJRLQJSURFHVVRIWUXWKWHOOLQJIRUDOORXU Ormond’s community continues to embody a sense of social responsibility and academic integrity for Reconciliation Action Plan. VWXGHQWVVWDDQGDOXPQLDOLNH This Innovate RAP builds FRPPXQLW\PHPEHUVVRWKDWZHFDQHPEUDFHUHFRQFLOLDWLRQLQDQLQIRUPHGDQGHGXFDWHGPDQQHU RQWKHSUHYLRXV5HȵHFW5$3DQGGHPRQVWUDWHV Our core business is as a residential university college that is home to 359 undergraduate students, the College’s commitment to support the national 64 graduate students and 202 non-residents, as well as residential and non-residential academics reconciliation movement. It outlines our joint vision DQGWXWRUV7KHFRPPXQLW\DOVRLQFOXGHVDODUJHDOXPQLFRKRUWDQGVWDPHPEHUV&XUUHQWO\WKLV and the tangible actions we will undertake to create includes three Aboriginal tutors, one Aboriginal student employed as Indigenous Student Liaison and strong and meaningful relationships, enhance one Aboriginal student employed as Aboriginal Culture Awareness and Volunteering Program Leader respect and understanding, and generate sustainable $&$93/ 2UPRQG&ROOHJHKDVDVLQJOHRɝFHORFDWLRQLQ3DUNYLOOHLQ9LFWRULDEXWWKHFRPPXQLW\ opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander also includes alumni and students residing in all states and territories of Australia and countries Peoples. throughout the world. As an organisation with learning at its heart, we VWULYHWRPDNHDVLJQLȴFDQWFRQWULEXWLRQWRLPSURYLQJ Ormond College also includes the Centre for Ethical Leadership (CEL), a research institute concerned higher-education and employment outcomes for ZLWKWKHLQWHUVHFWLRQRIEXVLQHVVDQGHWKLFDOSUDFWLFHV7KH&(/FRQGXFWVUHVHDUFKRHUVHGXFDWLRQ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and to SURJUDPVDQGLVLQYROYHGLQVLJQLȴFDQWFRPPXQLW\HQJDJHPHQW7KH&ROOHJHKDVDOVRIRXQGHGWKH ensure they have equal access to education. Just as :DGHΖQVWLWXWHRI(QWUHSUHQHXUVKLSDIDFXOW\WKDWRHUVDQHGXFDWLRQSURJUDPRQVLWHLQ3DUNYLOOH important is fostering a learning community that Students graduate with a Master of Entrepreneurship from the University of Melbourne and are promotes historical truth-telling, pride in the cultures integrated members of the Ormond community. and histories of this land and provides opportunities to learn from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples about the past, the present and their vision for the future. As a community at Ormond, built on the land of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nations, it is the responsibility of all who live, work and study here to contribute to realising the ambition set out in this RAP. While it is imperative we have ‘champions’ to lead this work, it is the contribution
Current and former members of the OCIP Student Body that each individual makes that will ensure we meet the deliverables set out in this plan, deepen our understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and traditions, and work toward a truly 6WDDQGVWXGHQWVJDWKHUHGRQWKH&ROOHJHJURXQGVDIWHUDQ2&Ζ3:*0HHWLQJ reconciled Australia. All photos used in this document are the property of Ormond College 2 3 Our RAP Dr Rob Leach Di Bambra Vice Master Vice Master
This Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) follows on from the initial RAP (2013-2015) and subsequent Those of us who are not DQGDSRWHQWLDO([WHUQDO$GYLVRU\*URXSLVLQSURJUHVV&XUUHQWO\WKHUHLVQRIRUPDOH[WHUQDO The Ormond College 5HȵHFW5$3 :KHQ2UPRQG&ROOHJHGHYHORSHGLWVȴUVW5$3LWZDVPRWLYDWHGE\WKH $ERULJLQDODQGRU7RUUHV LQYROYHPHQWLQRXU5$3:RUNLQJ*URXS Indigenous Program was determination of the student body to promote equality and reconciliation within the College. Our third Strait Islander Peoples have developed 10 years ago, our origins in all parts of the beginning our reconciliation RAP is being developed as a response to the success of the previous RAPs in supporting our Ormond ΖQDVWUDWHJLFSODQZDVGHYHORSHGLQFRQVXOWDWLRQZLWKWKHȴYHFRPPXQLWLHVRI2UPRQG globe. Though our ancestors journey and providing a College Indigenous* Program (OCIP) and consists of two core aims. Firstly, it is designed to support College and the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, to guide the inception of may have lived far away, pathway for all College the recruitment, retention and success of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students coming an Indigenous Program to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students undertaking the many of us feel intensely connected to Australia. members to follow. Since then, the program has to Ormond College. Secondly, it is designed to educate and inform all members of our community We are deeply touched by the russet and rugged Bachelor of Arts Extended and mainstream courses at the University of Melbourne. This program expanded and gained momentum and direction about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ histories, cultures and contemporary narratives. landscapes, the sight of a mob of kangaroos moving came to be known as the Ormond College Indigenous Program and was the instigator of the 1st to not only support Aboriginal and Torres Strait The OCIP is inextricably linked to our RAP and our community’s commitment to reconciliation. The across the plains, the scent of eucalypts and the RAP. The subsequent RAPs have been developed in tandem with the growth of the OCIP. The OCIP Islander members of our community, but provide Ormond College Indigenous Program is overseen by the Freemantle Fellow, an employed position carolling of magpies. We can only imagine how much continues to be an integral program within the College. Our OCIP now also includes graduate and educational and developmental opportunities for HVWDEOLVKHGLQDVDQRXWFRPHRIWKHȴUVW5$3ZKLFKVHUYHVDVWKHFHQWUDOSRLQWRIFRQWDFWIRUWKH more profound the connection to Country is for those undergraduate resident and non-resident students undertaking a wide range of courses at the all members of our community to engage with OCIP. The Freemantle Fellow, currently a residential position, works in tandem with the Indigenous whose forebears were here for tens of millennia. 8QLYHUVLW\RI0HOERXUQH7KH2&Ζ3EHQHȴWVIURPVWURQJOHDGHUVKLSDQGVXSSRUWIURPWKH&ROOHJHDW reconciliation. Our recently developed third RAP Student Liaison and the Indigenous Subcommittee, a student led group with Aboriginal and Torres As proud as we are of Australia, we can only be all levels and is overseen by the Freemantle Fellow and the Indigenous Subcommittee. The Freemantle provides us further vision and practical steps for Strait Islander and non-Indigenous membership that organises events for the whole community and a whole and healthy nation if we accept the truth Fellow is a permanent position established in 2014, through an endowment provided by College the next part of our journey. for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, to promote reconciliation at Ormond. of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ benefactors, Jane and Jim Freemantle. This position provides the central point of contact for the OCIP. The development of this RAP is important as terrible experience of colonisation and dispossession. The Indigenous Subcommittee is a student led group with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and it has been generated deep in our community by $ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHU3HRSOHVȇRHU VWXGHQWVDQGVWDZRUNLQJFORVHO\WRJHWKHU7KLV Internally, the Master and Vice Master of the College and the Freemantle Fellow champion our non-Indigenous membership that organises events for the community and for Aboriginal and Torres of reconciliation, in Ormond sometimes symbolised document is shared by the entire community and 5$37KH5$3KDVEHHQUHFRJQLVHGDQGUDWLȴHGE\WKH&ROOHJH&RXQFLOWKH([HFXWLYH%RG\DQGDOO Strait Islander students. by the gift of a manna gum leaf at a smoking welcomes the engagement and contributions WKUHH&RPPRQ5RRPVUHSUHVHQWLQJWKHVWXGHQWVWDDQGDFDGHPLFPHPEHUVKLSRIWKH&ROOHJH ceremony, is an act of breathtaking magnanimity. It of all members. We are committed to working respectively. The RAP working group, known internally as the Ormond College Indigenous Program LVDQRHUWKDWLVDFFHSWHGZLWKJUHDWKXPLOLW\7KH ΖQWKHȴUVW5$3ZDVODXQFKHGDIWHUDWKUHH\HDUFRQVXOWDWLRQSHULRGWKDWZDVVXSSRUWHGE\ closely with the community to continue to create :RUNLQJ*URXS 2&Ζ3:* LQFOXGHVSDUWLFLSDWLRQIURPWKH)UHHPDQWOH)HOORZWKH0DVWHURIWKH past cannot be unwritten, but the future is ours a motion passed by the Ormond College Students’ Club to ‘recognise and support the Australian DGLHUHQWIXWXUHΖZRXOGOLNHWRDFNQRZOHGJHDQG College, the Vice Master of the College, members of the Leading Tutor Team, members of the to compose. Together, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Reconciliation movement and Ormond’s commitment to contributing to the movement,’ at their thank everyone who was involved in developing Community Team, the Head of each Common Room, the Tutor and Mentor Coordinator for Indigenous Islander Peoples and non-Indigenous members of the $QQXDO*HQHUDO0HHWLQJ $*0 6LQFHWKHȴUVW5$3NH\DFKLHYHPHQWVUHDOLVHGE\2UPRQG&ROOHJH this RAP and to those who will work on delivering Students, the Indigenous Student Liaison, the Head of the Indigenous Subcommittee, members of Ormond community can journey along the path to include the improved education of the community and the improved recruitment and retention of the outcomes outlined in the future. WKH$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHU6WXGHQW%RG\DQGPHPEHUVRIWKH*HQHUDO6WXGHQW%RG\ reconciliation. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. 2XU2&Ζ3:*EHQHȴWVIURPWKHLQYROYHPHQWRI$ERULJLQDODQGRU7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUVWXGHQWV For reconciliation to be a reality, individuals One student each year is employed as the Indigenous Student Liaison and is actively involved in the and institutions must do what they can to achieve As an educational institution, Ormond’s commitment to providing all students from Australian and 2&Ζ3:*$GGLWLRQDOO\DOO$ERULJLQDODQGRU7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUVWXGHQWVDQGDOXPQLDUHLQYLWHG this goal. At Ormond College, on the land of the international backgrounds with opportunities to learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander DQGHQFRXUDJHGWRDWWHQG2&Ζ3:*DFWLYLWLHVDQGVHOIGHWHUPLQHWKHH[WHQWRIWKHLUSDUWLFLSDWLRQ Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nations, we want to KLVWRULHVFXOWXUHVDQGSROLWLFVLVFHQWUDOWRRXUUHFRQFLOLDWLRQHRUWV(YHU\\HDUDW2ULHQWDWLRQ honour the promise that the gesture of reconciliation Currently there are 6 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People formally on the committee, plus students are Welcomed to Country by a Wurundjeri Elder. In recent years, Aboriginal cultural RHUV7RWKDWHQGRXU5HFRQFLOLDWLRQ$FWLRQ3ODQ the self-selected involvement of the thirteen current Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. awareness training has become a recurring component of the Orientation Program. During the describe practical initiatives so the College can do its 'HYHORSPHQWRIH[WHUQDO$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHU3HRSOHVȇLQYROYHPHQWLQWKH2&Ζ3:* part in creating a healthy future for all Australians.
4 5 Adeline Gabriel Levi McKenzie-Kirkbright [Biomedicine, 3rd Year] [Master of Engineering, &KDLURIWKH2UPRQG&ROOHJH 2nd Year] academic year several presentations relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges and 6WXGHQWVȇ&OXE some projects have stagnated over time due to lengthy consultation processes; for example the &KDLURIWKH0LGGOH&RPPRQ H[SHULHQFHVDUHFRQGXFWHGΖQWKHDFDGHPLFFDOHQGDULQFOXGHGJXHVWVSHDNHUV%LOO*DPPDJH WKUHHȵDJSROHVPRXQWHGLQZHUHȴUVWDGYRFDWHGIRULQ $VDWUDQVLHQWFRPPXQLW\ZLWKD 5RRP Duane Hamacher, Richard Frankland and a student-led ‘You Can’t Ask That’ session. The ‘You Can’t The Ormond College Students’ high turnover of students, there is great variability year to year in the quantity and quality of events Club recognises that we operate Ask That Session’ was a Q&A style panel discussion with four Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander that are produced. This Innovate RAP aims to address these challenges and strive for a stronger Ormond’s new Innovate on land that was inhabited and Reconciliation Action Plan student members on the panel and anonymous questions and questions from the audience regarding commitment to reconciliation by focussing on supportive and culturally appropriate employment of possessed by the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nations. We (RAP) is a healthy step forward as the College $ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUH[SHULHQFHVZHUHDQVZHUHG$WWKHEHJLQQLQJRIWKUHHȵDJ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and using the RAP as a tool to maintain integrity and recognise that despite the erection of our buildings, fences and continues to be a leader in higher education and SROHVȵ\LQJWKH$ERULJLQDO7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUDQG$XVWUDOLDQȵDJVZHUHPRXQWHGDWWKHHQWUDQFH FRQVLVWHQF\LQWKLVVSDFHVRDVWRQRWEHVLQJXODUO\GHSHQGHQWRQSDUWLFXODUPHPEHUVRIVWDDQG non-native gardens on this land, it was never ceded and was more generally as a progressive institution. It states RIWKH&ROOHJHVRWKH\FRXOGȵ\WKURXJKRXWWKH\HDULQUHVSRQVHWRWKH2&6&SDVVLQJDPRWLRQDW claimed by violent means under the pretence of fundamentally students. historical and contemporary successes of the WKHLU$*0$FRUQHUVWRQHRIWKH2&Ζ3DFDGHPLFFDOHQGDULVDQDQQXDOWULSWRWKH*DUPD&XOWXUDO unjust, culturally biased and subjectively exercised colonial OCIP, but importantly it is also self-conscious in its )HVWLYDOZKHUHHLJKWVWXGHQWVDQGWZRVWDPHPEHUVDWWHQGDQGUHSRUWEDFNWRWKHFRPPXQLW\RQ law. The families and ancestors of members of our Club have Key learnings we have taken from the experiences of the past two RAPs include the need to record acknowledgements of areas of improvement. As their learnings. Ormond College has an ongoing commitment to providing educational events for its been directly and destructively impacted by the fallout of these events and meetings more diligently, so that we can track the progress of the OCIP and draw on past both a member of the College’s student leadership students; it will continue to host educational events for all members of the community and will open events. For these reasons, the Students’ Club is actively engaged relationships that may be lost in the corporate memory of the OCIP. We also acknowledge the need and an Indigenous student, I’m particularly pleased its doors to other Colleges to attend. in the process of reconciliation and Makarrata. Our active to build strong, meaningful and reciprocal relationships with external Aboriginal and Torres Strait that the College is aiming to promote not merely engagement with reconciliation began in 2008 when we made Islander Peoples, including stakeholders at the University of Melbourne, OCIP alumni and the broader academic assistance for the Indigenous cohort As a residential community committed to reconciliation, the College actively seeks to minimise barriers DIRUPDOGHFODUDWLRQDVD&OXELQRXU$QQXDO*HQHUDO0HHWLQJ community. Another learning is understanding the balance between providing Aboriginal and Torres but a supportive environment to facilitate student for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to attend Ormond and have an enriching experience in support of reconciliation movements. Since then, we have Strait Islander students with opportunities to lead the OCIP without burdening this cohort with the H[FHOOHQFHDFURVVGRPDLQVDVH[HPSOLȴHGE\ established an Indigenous Subcommittee who is passionate in this community. Additional achievements instigated by previous RAPs include strengthening the responsibility of educating the broader community. Rhode Scholar, Bede Jones. However, from a student and committed to enacting these processes in our Club. Every perspective, perhaps the most important gap in College’s relationship with Murrup Barak, the University of Melbourne’s Institute for Indigenous member of our Club receives cultural competency training 2UPRQGȇVRHULQJDVQRWHGLQWKH5$3LVVXSSRUW 'HYHORSPHQWUHVXOWLQJLQPRUHFRKHVLYHDQGHHFWLYHDFDGHPLFȴQDQFLDODQGZHOIDUHVXSSRUWIRU Our previous RAPs have been instrumental to the continued momentum, enthusiasm and goodwill during their Orientation Week. We have worked with various for students from other parts of the country to students. The Indigenous Subcommittee – and the student leaders the Subcommittee produces – contributed towards our OCIP. We look forward as a community to embracing the new challenges, Wurundjeri organisations to consolidate this training through meet the local Indigenous Peoples, connect with are central to the welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in terms of forming social two-way learning, art making and engagement with Aboriginal learnings and achievements this Innovate RAP will provide. Country, and access services (such as the Victorian networks and peer-mentor relationships. Ormond is extremely proud that a number of students from DQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHU3HRSOHVSROLWLFDOLVVXHVΖQZH Aboriginal Health Service) of and around Melbourne this cohort have achieved outstanding grades, and one student has gone on to be the recipient of a conducted a public forum comprised of our Aboriginal and and Victoria. In particular, establishing substantive Rhodes Scholarship to undertake studies in Oxford. With this new RAP, the College hopes to continue Torres Strait Islander members speaking on their experiences as relationships with local Elders, community leaders, to develop culturally safe practices to support the aspirations and goals of Aboriginal and Torres Strait shaped by their identity and heritage. It is interactions like these and young people, such as through the annual Koori Islander Ormondians. that develop the understanding and empathy of non-Indigenous Youth Summit. I believe that tangible and sincere members to the nuances and adversities incurred by Aboriginal progress on the Actions in the Innovate RAP would Key challenges over the last two RAPs have included limitations in our ability to recruit and retain and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Our new RAP is a guide in a short period make Ormond a leader not only on * The word Indigenous is used to refer to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples within the phrases of established groups or programs by which we direct our operations as a Club. Its success is the Crescent but nationally too. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees, maintaining ongoing relationships with Aboriginal and such as the ‘Ormond College Indigenous Program’, ‘Tutor and Mentor Coordinator for Indigenous Students’, ‘Indigenous Student Liaison’, measured by the security felt by our Aboriginal and Torres 7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHU3HRSOHVLQWKHFRQWH[WRIWXUQRYHURIVWDDQGVWXGHQWOHDGHUVDQGSURYLGLQJ ‘Indigenous Subcommittee’ and the ‘Indigenous Studies Unit’. Elsewhere in the document we use the term ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Strait Islander club members, the empathy experienced by our culturally nourishing experiences for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Additionally, Islander’. We will continue to revisit whether these terms are appropriate within our community as we continue our reconciliation journey. We non-Indigenous club members and the continued commitment acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples may identify with another name and we mean no disrespect in using this term. we as a club have to recognition of and reparations to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
6 7 'U5RU\'XɝF\ Madi Mercer Islander cultures, heritages and histories. Through Ormond College, but looking toward the bigger picture President of the Senior [Design, 2nd Year] WKLV5HFRQFLOLDWLRQ$FWLRQ3ODQ2UPRQG&ROOHJHVWD of overall equality and respect. We must strive to achieve &RPPRQ5RRP Indigenous Subcommittee and students have demonstrated their commitment to the objectives set out within this Reconciliation Action +HDG strengthening the divide between Aboriginal and Torres Plan. The poet and activist Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Peoples, and creating I feel immensely privileged to be a part of a a community that holds great pride in Aboriginal and FRPPXQLW\RIVWDDQGVWXGHQWVWKDWVWULYHLQVXSSRUWLQJ Oodgeroo Noonuccal once The act of Reconciliation Torres Strait Islander excellence. one another, working together toward a common goal. wrote, ‘this little now, this plays a pivotal role in creating a culture of mutual Ormond is a historic institution, and has a vast history ΖZRXOGHVSHFLDOO\OLNHWRDFNQRZOHGJHVWDPHPEHUV DFFLGHQWDOSUHVHQWLVQRWDOORIPHZKRVHORQJPDNLQJ understanding and respect between Aboriginal and WKDWLVȴHUFHO\FHOHEUDWHG7KURXJKUHFRQFLOLDWLRQZHDV 6RȴD5LRVDQG=DUD/D5RFKHZKRVHFRQVWDQWVXSSRUW is so much in the past.’ That ‘long making’ is what we Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Peoples. It a College, along with the rest of the nation, can address GHGLFDWLRQDQGWLUHOHVVHRUWVKDYHKDGVXFKDQ confront when we speak of reconciliation. But it is creates a platform for voices that have long been ignored Australia’s tumultuous history, and celebrate creating a immense impact on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait a ‘long making’ not just of centuries of oppression, and welcomes them to the conversation. future together that is truly for all people. We all must Islander community at Ormond, and without whom we dispossession, and resistance but also millennia The Reconciliation Action Plan is such a vital piece of acknowledge our past and become the writers of a better would not have this document. Thank you for being our of cultural memory, intellectual inquiry, aesthetic documentation working towards a future of equality, future, employing the principles and morals upheld by champions. production and communal solidarity. A Reconciliation respect and celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Action Plan, of necessity made in ‘this little now’, must be one founded on an awareness of the past, and its weight on the present. Reconciliation, then, is not, or not just, a goal; rather it is an everyday practice of education, truth-telling, and community engagement. For a residential college such as Ormond, home to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Pat Mercer support one another to achieve their best in whatever Reconciliation also means that we, as a nation, have the Islander Peoples, other Australians and international [Arts, 4th Year] they pursue. resolution and courage to truthfully examine our history students, these material aspects of reconciliation as an ΖQGLJHQRXV6WXGHQW/LDLVRQ An important aspect of this is Ormond’s Reconciliation and ensure we never take a backwards step; that we, as RQJRLQJSURMHFWKDYHDVSHFLDOVLJQLȴFDQFHDVIRUJLQJD HRUWVDQGFRQWLQXHGSDVVLRQIRUΖQGLJHQRXVH[FHOOHQFH DQDWLRQFDQFRQȴGHQWO\VKDSHDIXWXUH$XVWUDOLDIRUDOO community of care, social responsibility and academic We choose to strive for Reconciliation not because it is Australians. achievement has been central to the College since it I am a Wathawurrung HDV\RUDTXLFNȴ[5HFRQFLOLDWLRQLVFRPSOH[VHQVLWLYHDQG was founded on Wurundjeri Land in 1881. man from Ballarat, Victoria. nuanced, but is the right thing to do as a nation. This Reconciliation Action Plan, the College’s third, I am an Arts student, majoring in Ancient World Studies ΖȴUPO\EHOLHYHWKDW5HFRQFLOLDWLRQZLOOEH$XVWUDOLDȇV DLPVWREXLOGRQWKHOHVVRQVRIWKHȴUVWWZRSODQVDQG and have been privileged to contribute to the Ormond GHȴQLQJSURMHFWȂKRZPDQ\RWKHUPRYHPHQWVRHUHYHU\ UHDɝUPV2UPRQG&ROOHJHȇVFRPPLWPHQWQRWMXVWWR College Indigenous Program as co-head of the Indigenous Australian corporation, institution and individual the engage in the process of reconciliation itself, but also to 6XEFRPPLWWHHLQDQGDVWKHΖQGLJHQRXV6WXGHQW unique opportunity to live out our national values of a fair a process of learning from that engagement. Liaison in 2018. go, tolerance and respect? Since joining Ormond College in 2015, I have had 5HFRQFLOLDWLRQWRPHLVWKHPXWXDOHRUWWRDWRQHIRU 6WDDQG6WXGHQWVZRUNWRJHWKHUWRVXSSRUWRXU2&Ζ3HRUWVDQGFKDPSLRQRXU5$3 the pleasure to belong to what truly is an incredible the injustices of the past and to close the health, education FRPPXQLW\ȂDIDPLO\RIVWXGHQWVDQGVWDDOOVWULYLQJWR and socioeconomic gaps that exist between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians. Pat Mercer [Arts, 4th year] leading a Cultural Awareness Session for new students 8 9 Relationships Ormond College is a residential community that is home to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, other Australians and international members. It is integral to having a successful, harmonious community that we build strong and respectful relationships between all members of our internal community. As an academic and residential community, we recognise the need to promote tolerant and thoughtful dialogues that educate and empower those within our community whilst respecting the wealth of diverse experiences and backgrounds that our community holds. Our commitment to reconciliation also means a commitment to nurturing meaningful and constructive relationships with external Meg Carney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, communities and organisations from the University of Melbourne, and Australia more broadly. [Arts, 3rd Year] Head of Diversity and ΖQFOXVLRQ Focus area: Building external partnerships with individuals and organisations that share our vision of reconciliation. Updating our Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility Reconciliation Action 3ODQGHPRQVWUDWHVWKHRQJRLQJFRPPLWPHQWRIVWD 2&Ζ3:*DFWLYHO\PRQLWRUV5$3 ȏ 2&Ζ3:*RYHUVHHVWKHFRQVXOWDWLRQIRUWKHGHYHORSPHQWHQGRUVHPHQW August 2018 Freemantle Fellow and students to both reconciliation and the celebration development and implementation and launch of the RAP. [Support roles: TMCIS, of actions, tracking progress and Indigenous Student of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. The reporting.pg Liaison] RAP aims to represent the thoughts and ideas of our $ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUVWXGHQWV FRQȴUPLQJ • Ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are meaningfully March 2019 and 2020, TMCIS previous goals and establishing new principles to guide UHSUHVHQWHGRQWKH2&Ζ3:*7KLVLQFOXGHVPDNLQJPHHWLQJVRSHQWRDOO May 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: $ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUVWXGHQWVDOXPQLDQGVWD August 2018, 2019 and Indigenous Student our actions over the next few years. 2020, Liaison, Head Celebrating a diversity of cultures at Ormond allows October 2018 and 2019 of Indigenous for a richer community. This Reconciliation Action Plan is Subcommittee] part of our larger Ormond College Indigenous Program; ȏ 2&Ζ3:*PHHWVDWOHDVWIRXUWLPHVD\HDUWRPRQLWRUDQGUHSRUWRQ5$3 March 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow supporting our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander implementation. May 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: TMCIS, students both academically and socially. Ormond needs August 2018, 2019 and Indigenous Student 2020, Liaison] to be a place where all Aboriginal and Torres Strait October 2018 and 2019 Islander students feel celebrated. I would like to acknowledge the extraordinary work ȏ (VWDEOLVK7HUPVRI5HIHUHQFHIRUWKH2&Ζ3:* October 2018 Freemantle Fellow RI2UPRQGVWDPHPEHUDQGIRUPHUVWXGHQW=DUD/D [Support roles: TMCIS, 5RFKH7KHFRPPLWPHQWRI=DUDLQPDNLQJWKLV5$3 Indigenous Student $GHOLQH*DEULHO 2&6&&KDLU /HYL0F.HQ]LH.LUNEULJKW 0&5&KDLU 0HJ&DUQH\ +HDGRI'LYHUVLW\DQGΖQFOXVLRQ Liaison] DQG'U5RU\'XɝF\ 6&53UHVLGHQW DWDQ2&Ζ3:*0HHWLQJ happen is unwavering and her support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students is incredible. 2. Develop, establish, support and ȏ (VWDEOLVKDQH[WHUQDO$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHU$GYLVRU\*URXS March 2020 Freemantle Fellow PDLQWDLQDQ([WHUQDO$GYLVRU\*URXS to provide cultural advice and guidance. This can include Wurundjeri [Support roles: TMCIS, 7KHZRUNRI6RȴD5LRVLVDOVRJUHDWO\DSSUHFLDWHG7KH for the RAP. Elders and cultural mentors from the groups described below. Indigenous Student role of the Freemantle Fellow is vital in establishing a Liaison] designated person who can support Aboriginal and Torres • Develop and distribute an expression of interest to join the External October 2019 Freemantle Fellow Strait Islander students, as well as acting in the role of a $GYLVRU\*URXSWRNH\$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHU3HRSOHV [Support roles: TMCIS, VWDPHPEHUFRPPLWWHGWRGULYLQJWKH2UPRQG&ROOHJH ZLWKLQRXUVSKHUHRILQȵXHQFH7KLVLQFOXGHV:XUXQGMHUL(OGHUVZLWK Indigenous Student Indigenous Program forward with dedication. existing relationships with the College, individuals involved with our Liaison] This document embodies the commitment of the entire SUHYLRXVUHȵHFW5$3VDQGDOO$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUDOXPQL Relationships with other academics at the University of Melbourne, Ormond Community. 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3. Celebrate and participate • Hold a NRW Formal Hall in Week 12 to celebrate NRW, as the actual dates fall in Ȃ0D\ Freemantle Fellow in National Reconciliation SWOTVAC. This will include an Acknowledgement of Country and attendance of 25 – 29 May 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Week (NRW) by providing DSURPLQHQW$ERULJLQDODQGRU7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUJXHVW$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV Student Liaison] opportunities to build and Strait Islander students will be consulted regarding the nature of the dinner. maintain relationships between Aboriginal and Torres • Organise at least one other internal event for NRW each year. Ȃ0D\ Freemantle Fellow Strait Islander Peoples and 25 – 29 May 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous other Australians. Student Liaison]
• Register all NRW events organised by Ormond College via Reconciliation May 2019 and 2020 TMCIS Australia’s NRW website. [Support roles: Indigenous Student Liaison, Head of Indigenous Subcommittee]
• Support an external NRW event. 0D\Ȃ-XQH Freemantle Fellow 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Student Liaison]
• (QVXUHRXU2&Ζ3:*SDUWLFLSDWHVLQDQH[WHUQDOHYHQWWRUHFRJQLVHDQGFHOHEUDWH 0D\Ȃ-XQH TMCIS NRW. 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: Indigenous Student Liaison, Head of Indigenous Subcommittee]
• )O\WKH$ERULJLQDOȵDJRYHUWKHGXUDWLRQRI15:RQWKHȵDJSROHRQWKHURRILQ 0D\Ȃ-XQH Head of Property Services DGGLWLRQWRWKHWKUHHȵDJSROHVDWWKH&ROOHJHHQWUDQFHZKLFKURXWLQHO\ȵ\WKH 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: Director of Operations, Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander National Flags. Freemantle Fellow]
• Hold a series of learning events during Ormond’s Celebration of NRW focussing Ȃ0D\ Director of Learning on the annual theme of NRW. 25 – 29 May 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Student Liaison]
• Host a Mabo day event centred on education regarding the high court Mabo Ȃ0D\ Freemantle Fellow decision, such as the screening of a documentary or oration by a relevant guest. 25 – 29 May 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, Head of Indigenous Subcommittee]
• Extend invitations to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to share their April 2019 and 2020 TMCIS reconciliation experiences or stories. This could include internal or external [Support roles: Indigenous Student speakers, for example individuals who were involved in the Recognise Campaign. Liaison, Head of Indigenous Subcommittee]
• (QFRXUDJHVWDWRSDUWLFLSDWHLQH[WHUQDOHYHQWVWRUHFRJQLVHDQGFHOHEUDWH May 2019 and 2020 Freemantle Fellow NRW. [Support roles: HR Manager, TMCIS]
• Investigate opportunities to collaborate with other Colleges and the University April 2019 and 2020 Freemantle Fellow to celebrate NRW, through inviting key stakeholders and students to events at [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Ormond College. Student Liaison]
• 'RZQORDG5HFRQFLOLDWLRQ$XVWUDOLDȇV15:UHVRXUFHVDQGFLUFXODWHWRVWDDQG May 2019 and 2020 Freemantle Fellow students. [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous OCIPWG Meeting, 22 May 2018 Student Liaison]
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4. Develop and maintain • Develop and implement an engagement plan to work with our Aboriginal and January 2019 Freemantle Fellow Todd Fernando PXWXDOO\EHQHȴFLDO Torres Strait Islander stakeholders. This includes, but is not limited to, the [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous relationships with Aboriginal Wurundjeri Land Council, Koorie Heritage Trust, Murrup Barak, Indigenous Student Liaison] [Ph.D. – Medicine, Dentistry & and Torres Strait Islander *UDGXDWH6WXGHQW$VVRFLDWLRQDQGWKHΖQGLJHQRXV6WXGLHV8QLWDWWKH8QLYHUVLW\RI Health Sciences, 4th Year] Peoples, communities and Melbourne. Graduate Student Leader organisations to support ppositive outcomes. • Meet with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations to develop January 2019 Freemantle Fellow guiding principles for future engagement. Liaise with a Wurundjeri Elder to enable [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous 7KHUHDUHPDQ\HRUWVLQ$XVWUDOLD appropriate introductions and observations of protocols with these groups. Student Liaison] - and indeed globally - that have strengthened the relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait • Re-establish partnership with AIME to create a continuous pathway between high March 2019 and 2020, May Careers Advisor school and university for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: ACAVPL, Freemantle Islander and non-Indigenous Peoples. The journey to a reconciled August 2018, 2019 and 2020, Fellow] nation is vast, complex, and at times insightful, and are continually October 2018 and 2019 built and remade to ease the discomforts of a rocky, tumultuous • Correspond frequently with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, March 2019 and 2020, May Freemantle Fellow history. Across broad spatial and temporal realities, from small RWKHUVWXGHQWVDQGVWDUHJDUGLQJWKHLUH[WUDFXUULFXODUDFWLYLWLHVUHODWHGWR 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous communities to a large nation, it is increasingly clear that examples reconciliation, so that we can support or be involved in the external relationships August 2018, 2019 and 2020, Student Liaison] of recognition and reparation are not just necessary but are vitally to the College that they initiate. October 2018 and 2019 important. • &RQWLQXHWREXLOGDVWURQJDQGPXWXDOO\EHQHȴFLDOUHODWLRQVKLSZLWK0XUUXS%DUDN March 2019 and 2020, May Freemantle Fellow In 2018, Ormond College marked its 10th year of bridging IRUWKHEHQHȴWRIVWXGHQWZHOIDUHDGYRFDF\DQGUHVRXUFHVKDULQJ 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: Vice Master, TMCIS] August 2018, 2019 and 2020, space for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to grow October 2018 and 2019 and contribute to a contemporary way of being an Ormondian. 6LJQLȴFDQWO\WKLVHUDDOVRUHYHDOVWKHGHWHUPLQDWLRQRI • +RVWD5$3ODXQFK)RUPDO+DOOGLQQHURQFHLWLVȴQDOLVHGZLWK5HFRQFLOLDWLRQ August 2018 Freemantle Fellow 5. Raise internal and external Australia. [Support roles: Director of non-Indigenous Ormondians and the broader College community awareness of our RAP to Operations, Indigenous Student VWDDQGDOXPQL WRSUDFWLFHUHFRQFLOLDWRU\MXVWLFHWRZDUGV promote reconciliation across Liaison] DGYDQFLQJ$XVWUDOLDQIDLUEH\RQGWKHXQȵDWWHULQJGHȴFLWPRGHOVWLHG our business and sector. • Promote reconciliation through ongoing active engagement with all stakeholders. March 2019 and 2020, May Freemantle Fellow WR$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUDDLUV7KH2UPRQG&ROOHJH 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: Vice Master, Head of Indigenous Program (OCIP) serves to provide appropriate and August 2018, 2019 and 2020, Indigenous Subcommittee] equitable means for progressing the notion that success extends October 2018 and 2019 beyond the concept of privilege. Therefore, the third edition of • Develop and implement a strategy to communicate our RAP to all internal and August 2018 Associate Director of Marketing Ormond’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) showcases the various external stakeholders. [Support roles: Freemantle Fellow, challenges and solutions for dismantling the many roadblocks that Indigenous Student Liaison] can hinder Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. In • 'LVFXVVWKH5$3DQGNH\GHOLYHUDEOHVDWDPLQLPXPRIRQHVWDPHHWLQJVHDFK July 2019 and 2020, Master general, RAPs must not produce shortcuts but instead be a catalyst semester. August 2018, 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: Freemantle Fellow, to inspire a better way to improve a modern society where all TMCIS] PHPEHUVFDQEHQHȴWIURPDUXOHRIPHULWRFUDF\DQGDSDUDGLJP • Hold a minimum of one forum with all returning students each semester to July 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow of excellence. We must uphold the values ingrained in Ormond discuss the RAP and key deliverables. August 2018, 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous life, grasp the concepts instilled in reconciliatory justice and hold Student Liaison] ourselves accountable for our success and our failures. To achieve this, we must accept that reconciliation is everyone’s business.
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5. continued. • 3URPRWHHQFRXUDJHPHQWDQGHQJDJHPHQWRIVWDDQGVWXGHQWVDW5$3UHODWHG March 2019 and 2020, May Freemantle Fellow initiatives. 2019 and 2020, August [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Assoc. Professor Jane of Australia. These discussions have challenged the Torres Strait Islander Elder community. The objectives 2018, 2019 and 2020, Student Liaison] Freemantle entrenched discourse that has presented a distorted of the third Ormond College Reconciliation Action Plan October 2018 and 2019 Academic Fellow and lens through which the place of Aboriginal and Torres builds on the steady achievements that Ormond has • Ensure that hard copies of the RAP are available to all members of the College. February 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow &ROOHJH%HQHIDFWRU Strait Islander histories, cultures and rights have been PDGHWRZDUGVDFKLHYLQJWKHH[SOLFLWSXUSRVHRIWKHȴUVW July 2019 and 2020 [Support Roles: Residential and viewed within our nation’s story. In 2008, Ormond Ormond College Reconciliation Action Plan that was to Events Manager, Head of Library and Since the establishment College sought to redress such distorted conversations ‘bring together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Information Services] of the Council for Aboriginal though establishing the Ormond College Indigenous and other Australians’ at the College. Reconciliation is • Ensure that soft copies of the RAP are available to all members of the College by July 2018, 2019 and 2020 Freemantle Fellow Reconciliation (CAR) in 1991, the focus of reconciliation Program (OCIP) through the leadership of the student a journey that must be based on principles of truth, publishing on College website, College intranet and College library website. [Support Roles: Associate Director of initiatives has been to build a holistic approach that body and under the guidance of the College’s Aboriginal justice, forgiveness, healing, reparation, and love. It 0DUNHWLQJ&KLHI7HFKQRORJ\2ɝFHU and Torres Strait Islander student population. The OCIP must be supported by mutual trust, robust discussions Head of Library and Information includes so-called ‘symbolic’ and ‘practical’ actions. Services] ΖQLWLDWLYHVKDYHUHFRJQL]HGWKHLPSRUWDQFHRIEXLOGLQJ encouraged the student body to challenge the status and honest intent. To have been on the Ormond a genuine and truthful relationship between Aboriginal quo of the current thinking, to seek the truth through journey towards reconciliation from its inception • (QVXUHDOOLQFRPLQJVWXGHQWVVWDDQG6&5PHPEHUVUHFHLYHLQIRUPDWLRQ February 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow honest enquiry, to listen to (and hear) the voices and has been a privilege and to see the achievements of regarding the OCIP and a copy of the RAP, including invitations to join the July 2019 and 2020 [Support Roles: Residential and and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and non-Indigenous Indigenous Subcommittee and other relevant activities. Events Manager, Head of Indigenous Australians that acknowledges the Original Custodians stories of Australia’s First Peoples and to engage in the College towards true reconciliation is immensely Subcommittee] of the land and the true history of the colonisation meaningful collaboration with the local Aboriginal and gratifying.
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• Include questions about the RAP in the Fresher Exam. Consult Aboriginal and February 2019 and 2020, Community Advisor Torres Strait Islander students regarding the wording of such questions. July 2019 and 2020 [Support Roles: O-Week, and Re-O- Week Leaders, Indigenous Student Liaison]
• Support Reconciliation Australia and Reconciliation Victoria by advertising their March 2019 and 2020, May TMCIS events and program, contacting representatives and inviting them to attend 2019 and 2020, August [Support roles: Indigenous Student )RUPDO+DOOWRGLVFXVVWKHLUZRUNZLWKVWXGHQWV6&5PHPEHUVDQGVWD 2018, 2019 and 2020, Liaison, Head of Indigenous October 2018 and 2019 Subcommittee]
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Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility 6RȴD5LRV RI2UPRQGVWDPHPEHUVLQFRQVXOWDWLRQZLWKIRUPHU yet imbalanced present; and, more importantly, consider 6. Develop Intercollegiate • ΖQYLWHVWDDQGVWXGHQWVIURPRWKHU8QLYHUVLW\RI0HOERXUQH&ROOHJHVWRHYHQWV March 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow Freemantle Fellow and current Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and DQGDFWIRUDIXWXUHLQZKLFKDOOFLWL]HQVRIDQGYLVLWRUVWR relationships relevant related to reconciliation. May 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous non-Indigenous students, have allowed the College to this country have a shared drive and purpose towards to knowledge sharing of August 2018, 2019 and Student Liaison] The Ormond College focus on these two goals. This is thanks to the guidelines reconciliation. Aboriginal and Torres 2020, Strait Islander programs, October 2018 and 2019 we have set for ourselves over ten years, including I am truly honoured to serve as champion of the Indigenous Program began networking and relationship in 2008 with two main previous Reconciliation Action Plans. 2018-2020 RAP in my role as Freemantle Fellow. Ormond building opportunities for • Advertise reconciliation related events in Murrup Barak’s newsletter. March 2019 and 2020, TMCIS aims. Firstly, to support our ΖWLVWKHVHFRPPXQLW\HRUWVWKDWIRUPWKHEDVHOLQH &ROOHJHKDVKDGWKHPRVWVLJQLȴFDQWLPSDFWRQP\ Aboriginal and Torres Strait May 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: Indigenous Student of my own engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Islander students, and August 2018, 2019 and Liaison, Head of Indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait raising awareness about 2020, Subcommittee] Islander students in order to embolden these future leaders. Islander knowledges as a non-Indigenous person and, up cultures. I will strive to create the same learning and reconciliation between the October 2018 and 2019 Secondly, to educate our entire community on Aboriginal until recently, a non-Australian. As a recent immigrant to engagement opportunities for all members of our Colleges. • Investigate whether ICSC, ICAC and ICC representatives are avenues for September 2018 Vice Master and Torres Strait Islander matters so as to contribute to this country, Ormond College has provided me with the community whether Indigenous or non-indigenous, advertisement of reconciliation-related events. [Support roles: ICC, ICSC and ICAC an inclusive Australia that acknowledges, respects and opportunities to question and engage with Australia’s Australian or non-Australian. representatives] values all First Nations. The dedication and determination SDVW UHȵHFWDQGSRQGHURQWKHFRXQWU\ȇVPXOWLFXOWXUDO • Initiate discussions with ICC, ICSC and ICAC regarding holding an November 2018 Vice Master $FNQRZOHGJHPHQWRI&RXQWU\EHIRUHPHHWLQJVVSRUWLQJJUDQGȴQDOVDQG [Support roles: ICC, ICSC and ICAC VLJQLȴFDQWHYHQWV representatives]
• Investigate the presence of other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduates March 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow WKURXJKWKH8QLYHUVLW\RI0HOERXUQHΖQGLJHQRXV*UDGXDWH6WXGHQW$VVRFLDWLRQ August 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, MCR Chair] living at residential colleges and explore opportunities for academic and social collaborative events.
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18 19 Respect Ormond College is a long-standing educational institution that is founded on the lands of the Wurundjeri People, is home to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and has a formal commitment to reconciliation in the RAP. These three factors can only exist harmoniously with a foundation of respect based on a process of historical truth-telling, pride in the cultures and histories of this land and our students, and celebration and acknowledgement of significant events and successes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. As an academic institution, Ormond College prides itself on nurturing future leaders – in Business, Politics, Science and the Arts. An emphasis on education, celebration and appreciation of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories, serves our community by equipping them with the knowledge and understanding to become champions of reconciliation in their future careers and lives.
Focus area: Developing and providing events that promote the education, understanding and respect of the contemporary and historical Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander narrative for all members of Ormond College.
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(QJDJHVWDVWXGHQWV6&5 • Develop and implement an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural January 2019 Master members and alumni in DZDUHQHVVWUDLQLQJVWUDWHJ\IRURXUFRPPXQLW\ZKLFKGHȴQHVFXOWXUDO [Support roles: Vice Master, continuous cultural learning learning needs of employees in all areas of our business and considers Freemantle Fellow] opportunities to increase various ways cultural learning can be provided (online, face-to-face understanding and appreciation workshops or cultural immersion). of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories and • ΖQYHVWLJDWHRSSRUWXQLWLHVWRZRUNZLWKORFDO7UDGLWLRQDO2ZQHUVDQG February 2019 and Freemantle Fellow achievements. or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consultants to develop cultural 2020, June 2019 and [Support roles: Vice Master, awareness training. 2020, TMCIS] October 2018 and 2019
• Expand the cultural competency training that is already in place for February 2019 and TMCIS VWXGHQWVGXULQJXQGHUJUDGXDWH2:HHNWRLQFOXGHQHZVWDQHZ6&5 2020, July 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: HR Manager, members and new MCR members. SCR Chair, MCR Chair]
• Hold a minimum of one three-hour activity during undergraduate February 2019 and Community Advisor Orientation Week in Semester One and one two-hour activity during 2020, [Support Roles: O-Week, undergraduate Re-Orientation Week in Semester Two that relates to July 2019 and 2020 and Re-O-Week Leaders, increasing awareness of local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups, Indigenous Student Liaison] for example a visit to or from Koorie Heritage Trust, or inviting local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers to present their craft.
• Support the MCR Leadership in undertaking cultural competency training December 2018 and Community Advisor at the end of Semester 2, once MCRC has been elected. 2019 [Support roles: Vice Master, Outgoing and Incoming MCR Chair]
• Hold cultural competency training with incoming graduate students by March 2019 and 2020 Community Advisor the end of March. [Support roles: Vice Master, MCR Chair]
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. continued. • 3HUIRUPDQHYDOXDWLRQWRLGHQWLI\FXOWXUDOOHDUQLQJUHTXLUHPHQWVVSHFLȴFWRRXU January 2020 Master (QJDJHVWDVWXGHQWV • Develop, implement and communicate a cultural protocol document for January 2019 TMCIS VWDȇVWUDLQLQJQHHGȂSHUKDSVHQJDJLQJDQH[WHUQDORUJDQLVDWLRQ [Support roles: Vice Master, SCR members and alumni Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country. This will include [Support roles: Indigenous Freemantle Fellow] in understanding the instructions on how to give an Acknowledgement of Country. This will be Student Liaison, ACAVPL] VLJQLȴFDQFHRI$ERULJLQDO XSORDGHGWRWKH*UDLOIRULQWHUQDOXVH • &RQWLQXHWRSURYLGHRQJRLQJȴQDQFLDODQGPHQWRULQJVXSSRUWRIVWXGHQWVWR August 2018, 2019 and Director of Advancement and Torres Strait Islander DWWHQGWKH*DUPDIHVWLYDODQGLIIXQGVDUHDYDLODEOHWKH%DZDND+RPHODQG 2020 [Support roles: Vice Master, cultural experience. Freemantle Fellow] cultural protocols, such • Develop a list of key contacts for organising a Welcome to Country and January 2019 TMCIS as Welcome to Country maintain respectful partnerships. [Support roles: Indigenous • )DFLOLWDWHSUHVHQWDWLRQJLYHQE\*DUPDDWWHQGHHVWRWKHFRPPXQLW\ August 2018, 2019 and Freemantle Fellow and Acknowledgement of Student Liaison, ACAVPL] 2020 [Support roles: Director of Country, to ensure there is a $GYDQFHPHQW*DUPD$WWHQGHHV@ shared meaning. • ΖQYLWHD7UDGLWLRQDO2ZQHUWRSURYLGHD:HOFRPHWR&RXQWU\DWVLJQLȴFDQW February 2019 and 2:HHN5H2:HHNDQG*UDG events, including undergraduate Orientation Weeks and graduate 2020, July 2019 and 2020 O-Weekend Leaders • Explore local Victorian opportunities to experience cultural immersion with August 2018, 2019 and Freemantle Fellow Orientation Weekends. [Support roles: Freemantle Aboriginal Traditional Owners of Victorian land. Organise at least one day trip 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Fellow, TMCIS] run by a Traditional Owner in Victoria. Student Liaison] • Include an Acknowledgement of Country at the commencement of all March 2019 and 2020, Master • Publicise University of Melbourne events and presentations related to Aboriginal March 2019 and 2020, TMCIS and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories and achievements internally at the May 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: Indigenous Student important internal and external meetings. May 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: OCSC Chair, College to members. August 2018, 2019 and Liaison, Head of Indigenous August 2018, 2019 and MCR Chair, SCR President] 2020, Subcommittee] 2020, October 2018 and 2019 October 2018 and 2019
• Host a Billibellary’s Walk or similar cultural awareness event during each May 2019 and 2020, TMCIS • (QFRXUDJHVWDDQGVWXGHQWVWRLQFOXGHDQ$FNQRZOHGJHPHQWRI&RXQWU\ March 2019 and 2020, Master VHPHVWHUWKDWLVRSHQWRVWD6&5PHPEHUVDQGVWXGHQWV August, 2018, 2019 and [Support roles: Indigenous Student at the commencement of all large-scale meetings. May 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: OCSC Chair, 2020 Liaison, Head of Indigenous August 2018, 2019 and MCR Chair, SCR President] Subcommittee] 2020, October 2018 and 2019 • 3URYLGHVXSSRUWIRUDOO&RPPXQLW\7HDPVWDWRFRPSOHWHFXOWXUDOFRPSHWHQF\ June 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow training with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental wellbeing. October 2018 [Support roles: Vice Master, Community Advisor] • Invite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and stakeholders to February 2019 and TMCIS H[SODLQWKHVLJQLȴFDQFHRI:HOFRPHWR&RXQWU\DQG$FNQRZOHGJHPHQWRI 2020, July 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: Indigenous Country during Commencement dinners. Student Liaison, Head of Indigenous Subcommittee]
• Alert College community to the presence of the Acknowledgment of February 2019 and Freemantle Fellow Country plaque in the foyer of Main Building during undergraduate 2020, July 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: O-Week, Re- 2:HHNVDQG*2:HHNHQGLQGXFWLRQRIQHZVWDPHPEHUDQGDQ\ 2:HHNDQG*UDG2:HHNHQG other tours of the College. Leaders, HR Manager, Admissions Manager]
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9. Provide opportunities for • Celebrate NAIDOC Week early in Semester Two by hosting a Formal Hall August 2018, 2019 and Freemantle Fellow Zara La Roche Aboriginal and Torres Strait celebrating the theme of NAIDOC. 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, Tutor and Mentor ΖVODQGHUVWDDQGVWXGHQWV Indigenous Student Liaison] to engage with their culture &RRUGLQDWRUIRUΖQGLJHQRXV and communities by • Consult with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to hold an August 2018, 2019 and TMCIS 6WXGHQWV celebrating NAIDOC Week. LQWHUQDORUH[WHUQDO1$Ζ'2&:HHNHYHQWGXULQJȴUVWPRQWKRI6HPHVWHU 2020 [Support roles: Indigenous Two aimed at students. Student Liaison, Head of Ormond College Indigenous Subcommittee] acknowledges the Land of the Wurundjeri People on which it stands, and is grateful • Organise or attend at least one NAIDOC event during National NAIDOC July 2019 and 2020 TMCIS ZHHNE\DQGIRUVWDPHPEHUV [Support roles: Vice Master, for the safe passage that decades of students have been Freemantle Fellow] granted on land that was never ceded by its Traditional 2ZQHUV5HȵHFWLQJXSRQWKHSULYLOHJHVWKDWDUHLQKHUHQW • Create a display relevant to the NAIDOC theme in a public viewing area July 2019 and 2020, Head of Library and WREHLQJDVWXGHQWDFDGHPLFRUVWDPHPEHUDW2UPRQG to stand from National NAIDOC week until the conclusion of internal August 2018, 2019 and Information Services this document is an attempt at an honest consideration on celebrations. 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Student Liaison] the complex history of this space and a call to action for what we can do as a community to meaningfully engage • Review HR policies and procedures to ensure there are no barriers to June 2019 and 2020 HR Manager with reconciliation moving forward. VWDSDUWLFLSDWLQJLQ1$Ζ'2&:HHN [Support roles: Vice Master, This Reconciliation Action Plan demonstrates a Freemantle Fellow] collaborative and genuine movement of the Ormond College Community, to imagine, discuss and enact a • 3URYLGHRSSRUWXQLWLHVIRUDOO$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUVWD July 2019 and 2020 HR Manager and students to participate with their cultures and communities during [Support roles: Vice Master, shared vision of reconciliation. The development of this NAIDOC Week. Freemantle Fellow] action plan has included consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous graduate • Contact the NAIDOC Week Committee at the University of Melbourne to June 2019 and 2020 TMCIS students, undergraduate students, resident academics, discover events in our community. [Support roles: Freemantle VWDDQGDOXPQL7KLVGRFXPHQWLVPRUHWKDQMXVWDOLVWRI Fellow, Indigenous Student Liaison] actionable ideas, and instead outlines the expectations that our community holds for a mutually reciprocal and • Promote pre-existing programs at the University of Melbourne through June 2019 and 2020 TMCIS respectful relationship in the process of reconciliation DQDOOVWDHPDLO [Support roles: Freemantle between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, other Fellow, Indigenous Student Australian and international members of our community. Liaison] The next two years will be an ongoing learning process for our community in realising the practical application of this document, and I am excited and proud to embark on this path with the RAP as our roadmap.
Charlotte Little [2015] giving a speech at a NRW Dinner
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10. Recognise Aboriginal and • )O\WKH$ERULJLQDOȵDJRQWKHȵDJSROHRQWKHURRILQDGGLWLRQWR 13 February 2019 and 2020 – Head of Property Services Kinjia Torres Strait Islander dates WKHWKUHHȵDJSROHVDWWKH&ROOHJHHQWUDQFHZKLFKURXWLQHO\ȵ\WKH National Apology [Support role: Director of Munkara-Murray RIVLJQLȴFDQFH Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander National Flags. Anniversary, Operations, Freemantle 15 March 2019 and 2020 – Fellow] $OXPQD 1DWLRQDO&ORVHWKH*DS'D\ 2019 and 2020, 26 May 2019 Reconciliation and 2020 – requires continual National Sorry Day, review and improvement of action. For Ormond, 0D\Ȃ-XQH DQG 2020 – acts of reconciliation are strengthened with every NRW, increase to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 3 June 2019 and 2020 – UHSUHVHQWDWLRQLQ2UPRQGȇVFRPPXQLW\UHȴQHG Mabo Day, with each new iteration of the Reconciliation 8 – 15 July 2019 and 2020 Action Plan, and reinforced in every relationship NAIDOC Week formed and event organised in which Ormond’s • ΖQFOXGHVLJQLȴFDQW$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUGDWHVRQWKH February 2019 and 2020, Learning and Community commitment to reconciliation is at the forefront of College Calendar that is distributed at the start of each year. July 2019 and 2020 Associate conduct. [Support role: Director of ΖWLVWKHFRPPXQLW\RIERWKVWDDQGVWXGHQWV Learning, Freemantle Fellow] who uphold these values and take measurable action that has contributed to the atmosphere 11. Include learning • Develop a seminar series that extends throughout the College year February 2020 TMCIS opportunities in the to progressively build Peoples knowledge of the contemporary and [Support roles: Director of at Ormond College in which reconciliation is the academic calendar historical Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander context. Seminars should Learning, Freemantle Fellow] norm. IRUDOOVWDVWXGHQWV LQFOXGHLQIRUPDWLRQRQSUHFRORQLDO$XVWUDOLD 5HIHUHQGXP0DER It is within this atmosphere that objectives SCR members and the Decision, Reconciliation and Sorry Day, and the Uluru Statement from communicated in the Reconciliation Action Plan community to attend the Heart. This will involve inviting in relevant academics from the are achieved. It is also within this environment that regarding Aboriginal and university. VWXGHQWVZLOOȵRXULVKLQWKHLUXQGHUVWDQGLQJRI Torres Strait Islander histories and current • Hold one Fridays@1, a weekly discussion forum that addresses May 2019 and 2020, Fridays@1 Leader what it means to reconcile. experiences. contemporary political and cultural topics, per semester, discussing a August 2018, 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: Careers UHOHYDQW$ERULJLQDODQGRU7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUWRSLFWKDWLVRSHQIRU Advisor, Indigenous Student DWWHQGDQFHE\DOOVWXGHQWVDQGVWDPHPEHUV Liaison]
2UPRQGVWDVWXGHQWVDQGDOXPQLZLWKRQHRIWKHPRVWFXOWXUDOO\VLJQLȴFDQW • Invite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and stakeholders to May 2019 and 2020, Fridays@1 Leader documents in Australian history, the Uluru Statement from the Heart chair the discussion at Fridays@1. August 2018, 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Student Liaison]
• +ROGRQH3RHWU\3URMHFWSHUVHPHVWHUWKDWIRFXVHVRQ$ERULJLQDODQGRU May 2019 and 2020, Arts Leading Tutor Torres Strait Islander poets that is open for attendance by all students August 2018, 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, DQGVWDPHPEHUV Director of Learning]
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11. continued. • Hold one Philosophy Forum per semester that focuses on Aboriginal May 2019 and 2020, Philosophy Leading Tutor DQGRU7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHU3HRSOHVȇNQRZOHGJHVWKDWLVRSHQIRU August 2018, 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, DWWHQGDQFHE\DOOVWXGHQWVDQGVWDPHPEHUV Director of Learning]
• Hold one event per semester that discusses Aboriginal and Torres May 2019 and 2020, TMCIS Strait Islander research methods or promotes research performed by August 2018, 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: Director Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples that is open for attendance of Learning, Freemantle E\DOOVWXGHQWVDQGVWDPHPEHUV Fellow]
• 3XEOLVKDWOHDVWRQHSLHFHSURGXFHGE\DQ$ERULJLQDODQGRU7RUUHV6WUDLW October 2018 and 2019 Editor-in-Chief of the Islander student in Ormond Papers, an annual publication produced Ormond Papers internal to the College, which showcases students’ academic work. [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Student Liaison]
• Publish at least one article per semester in relation to the Aboriginal May 2019 and 2020, Editor-in-Chief of the DQGRU7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUWKHPHGHGLWRULDOVRUUHSRUWLQJRQ October 2018 and 2019 Ormondian, reconciliation events at the College in The Ormondian, an internal [Support roles: Indigenous VWXGHQWPDJD]LQHUHJDUGLQJVWXGHQWOLIH Student Liaison, Head of Indigenous Subcommittee]
• Reserve a spot in the calendar per semester for Aboriginal and Torres May 2019 and 2020, Indigenous Student Liaison Strait Islander students to lead an event of their choosing to share their August 2018, 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: Head of experiences of living at Ormond College and learning at the University. Indigenous Subcommittee, TMCIS]
• Establish a relationship with Melbourne based Aboriginal or Torres June 2020 TMCIS Strait Islander language teaching courses and hold a language learning [Support roles: Director series over each semester. of Learning, Freemantle Fellow]
• ΖQYLWHJXHVWVSHDNHUVWRGLVFXVVFRQVWLWXWLRQDOUHFRJQLWLRQDQGRUWUHDW\ June 2019 Freemantle Fellow LQUHODWLRQWRUHFRQFLOLDWLRQXWLOLVLQJFRQQHFWLRQVEXLOWGXULQJWKH*DUPD >6XSSRUWUROHV *DUPD Festival. attendees, Vice Master]
6WDDQGVWXGHQWVOLVWHQWR'U1JDUHH%ORZDWD1DWLRQDO&ORVH7KH*DS'D\7DON 28 29 Opportunities Ormond College strives to create equitable opportunities for all students to reach their academic and personal potential. Additionally, the Opportunities Ormond workplace prides itself on being a diverse and welcoming environment. It is important to Ormond College to be known to Aboriginal Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as an enabling environment for academic and vocational success, which would be reflected in appropriate
rates of recruitment and retention. Similarly, the creation of employment opportunities such as the positions of Freemantle Fellow, ACAVPL, 13. Investigate opportunities • Review and update procurement policies and procedures to ensure June 2019 Master Indigenous Student Liaison and TMCIS demonstrates our commitment to delivering opportunities for professional and personal development to incorporate Aboriginal there are no barriers for procuring goods and services from Aboriginal [Support roles: Director of of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff members. and Torres Strait Islander and Torres Strait Islander businesses. Operations, Freemantle supplier diversity within our Fellow] organisation. • 'HYHORSDQGFRPPXQLFDWHWRVWDDOLVWRI$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLW June 2019 TMCIS Islander businesses that can be used to procure goods and services. [Support roles: Freemantle Focus area: To promote the academic success and vocational opportunities for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students. Fellow, Master]
Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility • 'HYHORSDWOHDVWRQHFRPPHUFLDOUHODWLRQVKLSZLWKDQ$ERULJLQDODQG August 2018 Head of Library and or Torres Strait Islander owned business, for example a subscription to Information Services Koori Mail or engaging Charcoal Lane in catering for a relevant event. [Support roles: Director of 12. Investigate opportunities to • Collect information on our current Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander May 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow Learning, Vice Master] improve and increase Aboriginal VWDDQGVWXGHQWVWRLQIRUPIXWXUHUHFUXLWPHQWRSSRUWXQLWLHV October 2018 and 2019 [Support roles: Director of and Torres Strait Islander Advancement, Vice Master] • ΖQYHVWLJDWH6XSSO\1DWLRQPHPEHUVKLSDQGLWVSRWHQWLDOEHQHȴWVIRUWKH February 2020 Freemantle Fellow employment outcomes within our College. [Support roles: Master, workplace. • Develop and implement an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander June 2019 Vice Master Director of Operations] Employment and Retention strategy. [Support roles: HR Manager, Freemantle Fellow] • Acquire and publicise ‘Under Bunjil’ publication from Murrup Barak. November 2018 and 2019 Head of Library and Information Services • (QJDJHZLWKH[LVWLQJ$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUVWDDQG May 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow [Support roles: TMCIS, students to consult on recruitment strategies, including personal and October 2018 and 2019 [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Student Liaison] professional development. Indigenous Student Liaison] 14. Provide Aboriginal • Hold an annual dinner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander alumni September 2018 and 2019 Director of Advancement • $GYHUWLVHDOOVWDYDFDQFLHVLQ$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHU June 2019 and 2020, HR Manager and Torres Strait and current students. [Support roles: TMCIS, media, including advertisement through Murrup Barak, the Aboriginal October 2018 and 2019 [Support roles: Vice Master, Islander students with Indigenous Student Liaison] and Torres Strait Islander SEEK website, and other state and national TMCIS] networking and mentoring university networks where appropriate. opportunities. • Invite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander alumni and other alumni to March 2019 and 2020, Director of Advancement engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. May 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: TMCIS, • Review HR and recruitment procedures and policies to ensure there June 2019 and 2020 HR Manager August 2018, 2019 and 2020, Indigenous Student Liaison] October 2018 and 2019 are no barriers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees and [Support roles: Master, Vice future applicants participating in our workplace. Master] • Invite Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander alumni to all RAP related March 2019 and 2020, TMCIS events. May 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: Indigenous ΖQFOXGH$ERULJLQDODQGRU7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUUHSUHVHQWDWLRQRQ • October 2019 HR Manager August 2018, 2019 and 2020, Student Liaison, Freemantle recruitment and selection panels for Freemantle Fellow position. [Support roles: Master, Vice October 2018 and 2019 Fellow] Master] • Continue working alongside the Learning Team to engage students with March 2019 and 2020, Director of Learning tutorials and tutors to support their academic success. May 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: Freemantle August 2018, 2019 and 2020, Fellow, TMCIS] October 2018 and 2019
• Establish an academic and welfare-based mentor program with current November 2019 TMCIS students and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander alumni. [Support roles: Indigenous Student Liaison, Freemantle Fellow]
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15. Continue to promote • Maintain the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students to February 2019 and 2020, Admissions Manager 15. continued. • (QJDJHZLWKH[WHUQDO$ERULJLQDODQG7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHU3HRSOHVDQG October 2019 TMCIS recruitment and retention of at least that of Australian population parity of three per cent (between July 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: Vice Master, or consultants to advice on student living, program improvement and [Support roles: Vice Master, Aboriginal and Torres Strait 12-20 students). Freemantle Fellow] associated initiatives. Freemantle Fellow] Islander students, through fostering a culturally • 3URPRWHȴQDQFLDOVXSSRUWSURYLVLRQV LQFOXGLQJVFKRODUVKLSV WRIXWXUH February 2019 and 2020, Director of Advancement • Investigate the relevance and viability of establishing a garden behind June 2019 Design Leading Tutor [Support roles: Lodge supportive living and and current Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. July 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: Vice Master, the Lodge as a spiritual space that acknowledges the sovereign owners Subcommittee, Head of learning environment. Admissions Manager] of the land. This process will involve consulting Traditional Owners Indigenous Subcommittee] regarding appropriate cultural protocol in establishing this space. • 3URYLGHȴQDQFLDODGYLFHDQGVXSSRUWUHJDUGLQJ$%678'<EXGJHWLQJDQG March 2019 and 2020, TMCIS ZKHUHWRJHWȴQDQFLDOKHOSLQDQHPHUJHQF\ May 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: Accountant, August 2018, 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow] October 2018 and 2019
• Formalise feedback from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students June 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow by distributing and analysing the results of an end of semester survey. October 2018 and 2019 [Support roles: Vice Master, TMCIS]
• Circulate and analyse a feedback survey for Aboriginal and Torres June 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow Strait Islander students to complete at the end of each semester to October 2018 and 2019 [Support roles: Vice Master, inform culturally appropriate retention strategies, whilst protecting the TMCIS] FRQȴGHQWLDOLW\RILQGLYLGXDOV
• $VVLJQDPHPEHURIWKH&RPPXQLW\&RXQVHOOLQJ7HDPDVWKHȴUVW August 2018 Vice Master point of contact for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students [Support roles: Freemantle experiencing mental health concerns. Fellow, Community Advisor]
• Investigate the relevance and viability of assigning a member of the SSC November 2018 Community Advisor to be a representative and peer support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait [Support roles: SSC Head, Islander students. Head of Indigenous Subcommittee]
• 7KH)UHHPDQWOH)HOORZDQGDWOHDVWRQHUHWXUQLQJ$ERULJLQDODQGRU February 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow Torres Strait Islander student will be present to welcome Aboriginal and July 2019 and 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, Torres Strait Islander students to the community during the periods Indigenous Student Liaison] when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students move into Ormond.
• ΖQFOXGH$ERULJLQDODQGRU7RUUHV6WUDLWΖVODQGHUUHSUHVHQWDWLRQDQG July 2019 and 2020, Learning and Community the Freemantle Fellow on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student December, 2018 and 2019 Associate GLVFLSOLQDU\DFDGHPLFUHYLHZSDQHOV [Support roles: Director of Learning, Freemantle Fellow]
32 33 List of Abbreviations Governance, tracking progress and reporting ABSTUDY – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Centrelink Support ACAVPL – Aboriginal Cultural Awareness and Volunteering Program Leader AIME – Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience *& Ȃ*HQHUDO&RPPLWWHH *2:HHNHQG Ȃ2ULHQWDWLRQ:HHNHQGWKDWRFFXUVDWWKHEHJLQQLQJRIWKH\HDUIRUJUDGXDWHVWXGHQWV HR – Human Resources ICAC – Intercollegiate Activities Committee ICC – Intercollegiate Council ICSC – Intercollegiate Sporting Committee Action Deliverable Timeline Responsibility JCR – Junior Common Room MCR – Middle Common Room 16. Report RAP achievements, • Complete and submit the RAP Impact Measurement Questionnaire to September 2018, 2019 Freemantle Fellow MCRC – Middle Common Room Committee challenges and learnings to Reconciliation Australia annually. and 2020 [Support roles: TMCIS, NAIDOC – National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee Reconciliation Australia. Indigenous Student Liaison] NRW – National Reconciliation Week OCIP – Ormond College Indigenous Program • Investigate participating in the RAP Barometer. May 2020 Freemantle Fellow 2&Ζ3:* Ȃ2UPRQG&ROOHJHΖQGLJHQRXV3URJUDP:RUNLQJ*URXS [Support roles: TMCIS, OCSC – Ormond College Students’ Club Indigenous Student Liaison] O-Week – Orientation Week that occurs at the beginning or the year for undergraduate students RAP – Reconciliation Action Plan • Develop and implement systems and capability needs to track, measure March 2019 and 2020, Freemantle Fellow Re-O-Week – Orientation Week that occurs in the middle of the year for undergraduate students and report on RAP activities. May 2019 and 2020, [Support roles: TMCIS, SCR – Senior Common Room August 2018, 2019 and Indigenous Student Liaison] SSC – Student Support Committee 2020, October 2018 and 2019 SWOTVAC – Study Without Tuition Vacation TMCIS – Tutor and Mentor Coordinator for Indigenous Students 5HSRUW5$3DFKLHYHPHQWV • Publicly report our RAP achievements, challenges and learnings. January 2019 and 2020 Freemantle Fellow challenges and learnings [Support roles: Vice Master, internally and externally. Associate Director of Marketing]
• Develop an annual report to be made available to all internal and January 2019 and 2020 Freemantle Fellow external stakeholders. [Support roles: Vice Master, Contact details for public enquiries about Ormond College’s RAP: Associate Director of Marketing] 1DPH 6RȴD5LRV • Organise a meeting to discuss the annual report with the College January 2019 and 2020 Freemantle Fellow Position: Freemantle Fellow Executive. [Support roles: Master’s 3KRQH Executive Assistant, Vice Master] Email: [email protected]
18. Review, refresh and update • Liaise with Reconciliation Australia to develop a new RAP based on February 2020 Freemantle Fellow RAP. learnings, challenges and achievements. [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Student Liaison]
• Send draft RAP to Reconciliation Australia for review and feedback. April 2020 Freemantle Fellow [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Student Liaison]
• Submit draft RAP to Reconciliation Australia for formal endorsement. July 2020 Freemantle Fellow [Support roles: TMCIS, Indigenous Student Liaison]
34 35 “The College is built on the traditional land of the Wurundjeri people, a place of age old ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal. The Wurundjeri people are the people of the wurun, the river white gum, who have been custodians of this land for thousands of years. The College acknowledges and respects the Elders of this land past and present, and the families and descendants of the Wurundjeri people” - Ormond College Constitution -
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