First Nations Portfolio

As a branch of the University’s executive, the First Nations Portfolio works with colleagues across the University to ensure the ANU is a world leader in teaching and research of First Nations issues.  It also works to ensure that the University makes a leading contribution to national policy in the relationship between Indigenous Australians and the nation. 

The Portfolio enables the University to provide leadership on national policy discourse and decisions that impact First Nations peoples, and be an employer and educator of choice for Indigenous Australians by:

  • Providing leadership and strategic direction across the University
  • Facilitating research and policy impact
  • Supporting Indigenous community engagement
  • Supporting Indigenous students throughout their time at the University
  • Advising on Indigenous staff recruitment and wellbeing
  • Facilitating the integration of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives into the curriculum

Indigenous equity and engagement is not the preserve of any one unit in the ANU but rather will be embedded as part of our normal business through the University, as we embrace the principle ‘Nothing about us without us’.

photo of Peter Yu

The First Nations Portfolio is led by the Vice-President First Nations, Professor Peter Yu – a Yawuru man from Broome in the Kimberley region in North West Australia with over 40 years experience in Indigenous development and advocacy in the Kimberley and at the state, national and international level. 


 

Our Teams & Contacts

 

 
 

Functional

Name

Contact details

First Nations Portfolio

(FNP)

Phone +61 2 6125 0722

Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre

Phone+61 2 6125 4038

Gandaywarra First Nations Innovation Hub

Policy and Project Team

Phone +61 2 6125 0722

Indigenous Learning and Teaching Hub
(ILTH)

Phone +61 2 6125 0722
 

 

Executive

Name

Contact details

Peter Yu 

Vice-President, First Nations Portfolio

 EmailVP.FirstNations@anu.edu.au

 Phone+61 2 6125 2014

    45 Sullivans Creek Road, L3.12

Anne Martin 

Director, Tjabal Centre

EmailAnne.Martin@anu.edu.au

Phone+61 2 6125 1742

   12 Melville Hall, Ground Level

Sara Rowley
General Manager, First Nations Portfolio

Email Sara.Rowley@anu.edu.au

Phone+61 2 6125 8822

   45 Sullivans Creek Road, L3.03

Hannah Birke

Executive Officer, First Nations Portfolio

EmailEO.FirstNations@anu.edu.au

Phone+61 2 6125 0838

   45 Sullivans Creek Road, L3.02

Michelle Jasper

Head, Gandaywarra, First Nations Portfolio

EmailMichelle.Jasper@anu.edu.au

Phone+61 2 6125 2811

   45 Sullivans Creek Road, L1.07