Congratulations to the 2012 award recipients
Elizabeth Hastings Memorial Award for Student Community Contribution
To recognise a significant contribution to the community in the areas of equity, diversity, social justice or human rights
Award recipients 2012 (shared)
Nicholas Harrington, Faculty of Law/International Studies
For his outstanding and sustained work with the Manjeri School Project, Uganda
Najeeba Wazefadost, Faculty of Health
For her outstanding commitment to empowering refugees particularly Hazara women in Australia
High Commendation:
Minh Quang Nguyen, Faculty of Business
For his commitment to teaching English to orphans and other children at the SOS Hermann Gmeiner School, Hanoi through English4Kidz and thereby increasing their educational and life opportunities
Commendations:
Engineers without Borders Connectivity Program - UTS Chapter
For their commitment to assisting vulnerable people to develop basic computer skills and help them become technologically connected
Kate Horowitz, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
For her in-depth writing and reporting on escalating Aboriginal suicides in Port Augusta
Alexandra Jane Moore, Faculty of Law
For her commitment to a range of NGOs and community organisations both in Australia and internationally
Vice-Chancellor's Social Justice/Human Rights Award for Staff
To recognise an outstanding contribution to the advancement of social justice/human rights at the local, national or international levels
Award recipients 2012 (shared)
Bilquis Ghani, Alumni & Development Office
For her passion and sustained commitment to empowering refugees through the Refugee Art Project
Juliet Willetts, Institute for Sustainable Futures
For her sustained commitment to securing access to water, sanitation and hygiene as a priority on the Australian aid agenda
High Commendation:
Ben Ly, UTS Fitness Centre
For his commitment to personal fitness and wellbeing for people with disability
Commendations:
Anti-Slavery Australia with Clayton Utz, Faculty of Law
For making a difference to the lives of trafficked and enslaved people in Australia
Alison Lee: Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, sadly passed away September 2012
For her leadership, passion and commitment to the Partners in Hope research project which focuses on vulnerable families with young children
UTS Award for an Exceptional Contribution to Social Justice
Award recipient 2012
Lawrence Vidoni, Equity & Diversity Unit
For his outstanding commitment to integrating disability awareness into mainstream thinking at UTS
UTS Social Inclusion Award
To recognise individual staff members or work units who are actively contributing to increasing the involvement in education of disadvantaged individuals or communities
Award recipient 2012
Marie Flood, Student Services Unit
For her sustained commitment to Oneheart which supports educational opportunities for disadvantaged communities and schools in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
High commendation:
Nina Burridge, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
For her sustained commitment to improving education and human rights for women in Australia and internationally
Commendations:
Michel de la Villefromoy, Faculty of Engineering & IT
For his work that provides disadvantaged schools in South Western Sydney with an opportunity to utilise highly advanced remote laboratory equipment to support the study of Science and Engineering
Zeenobiyah Hannif, Faculty of Business
For her commitment to enhancing educational opportunities for orphaned and vulnerable children in Kenya
UTS Reconciliation Award
To recognise a contribution or project which advances Reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians either at UTS or in the wider community
Award recipient 2012
Christian R-M Tietz, Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building
For his sustained commitment to improving the standard of Indigenous Australian environmental health through his innovative designs of health hardware
High Commendation:
Alison Whittaker, Faculty of Law
For her commitment to the Indigenous Collective of the UTS Students' Association
Jo Wilton Memorial Award for Women
To recognise an individual woman or group of women who are working towards improving outcomes for women locally, nationally and/or internationally
Award recipient 2012
Sydney Friends of Bumi Sehat, FASS, FMU and SAU
For their sustained support of the Bumi Sehat clinic in Bali which provides a clean and safe birthing place for local women
High Commendation:
Vedna Jivan, Faculty of Law
For her commitment to Changing Laws, Changing Lives: eliminating discrimination against women and the pursuit of gender equality in the Pacific and other regions
Commendation:
Michelle DiGiacomo, Faculty of Health
For her commitment to applying a human rights approach to widowhood that promotes the rights of this group to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
UTS Ally Award Celebrating and Supporting Sexual and Gender Diversity
To recognise a student or group of students, or a staff member or group of staff, for work done to improve human rights for people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, intersex and queer communities
Award recipient 2012
Alan Maurice, Research & Innovation Office
For his significant contribution to the acceptance of the South Asian queer community through his co-founding of and ongoing commitment to NSW Trikone
High commendation:
Jayde Ellis, Faculty of Health
For her commitment to Wear It Purple: a student-run organisation supporting sexuality and gender diverse school students, empowering them to be proud of who they are
Commendation:
Sebastian Andreassen, Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building
For being the driving force behind the creation of Dandy magazine which fills a gap in the LGBTI community publications field
Creative Media Social Justice Award
To recognise the creator/s of an audio/visual and/or multi-media project in which human rights and social justice themes are explored
Award recipient 2012
Alexandra Crosby, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
For her work with EngageMedia to produce Papuan Voices (stories from the conflict zone of West Papua) and for training Papuans in video production
High Commendations:
Paul Farrell, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
For his commitment to innovative journalism which contributes to issues of diversity, freedom and social justice
Andrew Jakubowicz, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
For his inspiration behind the SBS series Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta and his role as script consultant
Gina McKeon, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
For her radio program on St Vincent’s Church Redfern
Taha Mohamed, Faculty of Law
For his commitment to peace in Syria through the youth movement Silence is Betrayal
Commendations:
Sue Joseph, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
For her book Speaking Secrets which discloses complicated and immense personal narratives exploring voicelessness and the media
Gillian Leahy, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
For her work with the Community Ecological Land Utilisation Trust, Zimbabwe and Terry Leahy on the film The Chikukwa Project which portrays a successful permaculture project of 7,000 Shona people now living without hunger and in harmony
Jerome (Dong Sik) Yeum, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
For his work on the DVD Happy Birthday which exposes an incidence of racial and youth discrimination towards Asian students
