CSU student, April shares her list of news, blogs, video and milestones that opens up her understanding of Indigenous Australians.

In an opinion piece Charles Sturt University (CSU) academics Doctor Tace Vigilante, Ms Annette Gainsford and Doctor Barbara Hill delve into Reconciliation Week 2018 to look closer at Indigenous culture and history and to learn from it.

In an opinion piece Stan Grant, Chair of Indigenous Affairs at Charles Sturt University (CSU) talks of his disappointment in the lack of political will to put the Uluru Statement to the Australian people. He also talks of the complexity of identity and the difficulty in creating a meaningful treaty that reflects Indigenous Australia’s diversity.

An Indigenous member of the Charles Sturt Community gives a personal reflection on Reconciliation Week and her own story of her mother being taken away from her family when she was six.In the opinion piece we get an Indigenous perspective on the 1967 referendum up until today and the role Reconciliation Week plays in the Indigenous community and in reaching out to non-Indigenous people.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) third-year journalism student in the School of Communication and Creative Industries Mr Kamin Gock has won the prestigious Brian White Scholarship, awarded by Commercial Radio Australia (CRA).

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A team including a researcher from CSU has found that as Melbourne grows, it is better for many native bird populations to increase human numbers on existing urban land, rather than to continue the urban sprawl on Melbourne’s urban fringes.

Charles Sturt University acknowledges the significance of the apology made to the Stolen Generation as a significant step toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.In an opinion piece Associate Professor Dominic O’Sullivan talks about the significance of the apology and in turn the need for an Indigenous voice in parliament. The Uluru Statement is a simple though far reaching proposal. It is representative of a significant body of indigenous thought.

Charles Sturt University encourages all non-Indigenous Academics to use teaching methods and contents that truly reflects Indigenous culture and perspectives to foster reconciliation.Geraldine Rurenga who is one of Charles Sturt University’s Educational Designers talks about the importance providing access to education that fosters an understanding of Indigenous perspectives in the student community.

In September CSU in Wagga Wagga will stage the inaugural Australian Actor Training Conference (AusAct), the first national conference about how acting is taught.