Reconciliation Working Party
The UTS Reconciliation Working Party is responsible for policy and activities that promote awareness of Reconciliation within the UTS community. Staff and students are invited to contribute to Working Party activities which include Sorry Day and National Reconciliation Week activities, Reconciliation Learning Circles, the Reconciliation Studies subject coordinated through the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, talks by visiting academics and community speakers, and other activities that promote commitment to Reconciliation.
A downloadable UTS Statement of Reconciliation PDF is available at the Human Resources Unit.
UTS Statement Of Reconciliation
Revised November 2004
The University of Technology Sydney acknowledges the Gadigal and Guring-gai people of the Eora Nation upon whose ancestral lands the University now stands.
The University recognises Indigenous Australian people as the first people of this continent, and understands that the history and knowledge developed over many thousands of years by Indigenous Australian people were severely disrupted at the time of early colonial settlements. The past two-hundred years have left many Indigenous people at the crossroads with poor health, education and employment prospects.
This statement of Reconciliation is to reassert an ongoing commitment by the University to provide educational opportunities in the higher education sector for Indigenous people and, through research and education, the restoration of their histories and knowledge systems.
As part of this ongoing commitment, the University will strive to build an educational environment that is genuinely inclusive of the Indigenous people. This will be done through the following:
- Ongoing collaboration with Indigenous people to develop and implement in all Faculties educational programs/courses/subjects that recognise Australian Indigenous people, knowledge and experience;
- Increasing the representation of Indigenous staff and students throughout the University, through the active implementation of the Aboriginal Education Strategy and the Wingara Employment Strategy and through other strategies as required;
- Continuing to develop a supportive organisational culture which values and respects Indigenous culture and accommodates cultural differences wherever possible within the University's policies and practices;
- Supporting activities and programs in all faculties that explore contemporary social justice issues;
- Supporting activities and programs that foster communication and collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous staff, students and community members;
- Establishing relationships with Indigenous staff, students and community members based on the principles of self-determination, social justice, equal partnership, and equity; and,
- Promoting across the broader community awareness and appreciation of Australia 's Indigenous heritage, and the importance of protection and preservation of significant Indigenous sites across the land.
This Reconciliation Statement demonstrates University of Technology Sydney 's continuing commitment to provide opportunities for Indigenous Australian people in the higher education sector.
