Poche dinner
As restrictions lifted and we were able to come together again, Poche hosted an end of year celebration of our PhD graduates and the Narrm Oration.
Poche PhD graduate, Dr Raelene Nixon, and graduand, Sharon Atkinson-Briggs, shared their experiences and reflections of completing a PhD. They shared the ups and downs of scholarly advancement and challenged the audience with their truths. They also reflected on their community and asked the important question: is it Doctor Aunty or Aunty Doctor?
Poche Chair, Glenn Bowes and current board members, Britt Walker and Janine Coombs attended, as well as current and past team members. We heard from Britt Walker, who shared benefactor Kay van Norton Poche’s remarks and Duncan Maskell, Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne.
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PhD graduate Dr Raelene Nixon -
PhD graduand Sharon Atkinson-Briggs -
Ms Britt Walker, Poche family representative and Strategic Advisory Board member sharing benefactor Kay van Norton Poche’s remarks -
Back left to right: Associate Professor Shawana Andrews (Director, Melbourne Poche Centre), Karyn Ferguson (PhD graduand), Dr Raelene Nixon (PhD graduate), Todd Fernando (PhD student), Helen Kennedy (PhD student), Joanne Luke (PhD student), Chris McKay (PhD student), Professor Shaun Ewen (Pro-Vice Chancellor Indigenous) Front left to right: Professor Marcia Langton (Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, AO), Sharon Atkinson-Briggs (PhD graduand), Emily Munro-Harrison (PhD student & Indigenous Graduate Research Programs Coordinator) -
Back left to right: Professor Shaun Ewen (Pro-Vice Chancellor Indigenous); Ms Janine Coombs (Strategic Advisory Board member) Front left to right: UoM Traditional Owners & Elders Reference Group members Aunty Lorraine Padgham, Aunty Sandra Smith and Uncle Kevin Coombs (former member of the Strategic Advisory Board) -
Back left to right: Associate Professor Shawana Andrews (Director, Melbourne Poche Centre), Associate Professor Misty Jenkins (Laboratory Head, Immunology Division, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute), Professor Cath Chamberlain (Professor of Indigenous Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health), Associate Professor Michael-Shawn Fletcher (Research Director Indigenous Knowledge Institute), Shaun Ewen (Pro-Vice Chancellor Indigenous) Front left to right: Marcia Langton (Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, AO), Duncan Maskell (VC), Professor Liz McKinley (Director Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity) -
Left to right: Professor Shaun Ewen (Pro-Vice Chancellor Indigenous), Ms Britt Walker (Poche family representative and Strategic Advisory Board member) and Marcia Langton (Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, AO) -
Professor Duncan Maskell, Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne -
Poche Board member and Professor Papaarangi Reid's digital Oration
Narrm oration
I ngā rā o mua is a Maori saying meaning the days of the past are in front of us, and therefore we walk into the future bringing our experiences of the past.
Poche Board member and Professor Papaarangi Reid from the University of Auckland gave the 2021 Narrm Oration on the theme of Navigating Indigenous Futures.
Marcia Langton, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, AO gave the response, echoing that it must be safe for Indigenous children to be born on Indigenous lands.
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