Dates and Times
10 August 2023
17:30 - 18:30
Event for
Location
Address: 15 Gordon St, Acton ACT 2601
Organiser
Office of Indigenous Leadership
Speakers
Pat Turner AM
Pro Vice Chancellor Indigenous Leadership, Professor Maree Meredith
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Voice to Parliament Lecture Series: Closing the Gap with Pat Turner
Join us for the second lecture in UC's Voice to Parliament series.
Guest Lecturer, Pat Turner AM presents a lecture on The significance of the Voice in Closing the Gap. Hosted by Pro Vice Chancellor Indigenous Leadership, Professor Maree Meredith.
Additional Information
Pat is the daughter of an Arrernte man and a Gurdanji woman and was raised in Alice Springs. As CEO of NACCHO, she is at the forefront of community efforts to Close the Gap in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Pat has over 40 years of experience in senior leadership positions in government, business, and academia, including being the only Aboriginal person and longest-serving CEO of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Commission (ATSIC).
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.