Join us for a National Science Week online webinar!

How do we bring Aboriginal and First Nations’ knowledge systems into genuine conversation with canonical science in ways that are meaningful and responsive? This panel features expert educators and practitioners working across a variety of settings, sharing insights from a range of collaborative projects and educational contexts.

Panellists: 

Melitta Hogarth is a Kamilaroi woman and the Director of Ngarrngga. She is Professor of Indigenous Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne. 

Joe Sambono is a Jingili man and curriculum specialist. He is a Professor of Practice in Indigenous Australian Perspectives at the Queensland University of Technology.

Jeanene Booth is a Gangalidda woman, primary school teacher, mother, and lecturer in Indigenous Australian Studies in the Faculty of Education at Monash University.

Shannon Kilmartin-Lynch is a Yowong-Illam-Baluk and Natarrak-Baluk man, belonging to the Taungurung people of Victoria’s North-East Kulin Nations. He is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Monash University.

David Broun is a Principal Education Officer with the Ngaparrtji Ngaparrtji Two-way Science program at the Western Australian Department of Education

Facilitator:

Jay Phillips is a Wakka Wakka educator and researcher and Deputy Dean (Indigenous Strategy) in the Faculty of Education, Monash University.