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’.
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 | |
| Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre | |
| Gandaywarra First Nations Innovation Hub | |
| Policy and Research Team |
Executive
Name | Contact details |
|---|---|
Peter Yu Vice-President, First Nations |  +61 2 6125 2014 |
Anne Martin Director, Tjabal Centre | +61 2 6125 1742 |
Sara Rowley General Manager | +61 2 6125 8822 |
Hannah Birke Executive Officer
| +61 2 6125 0982 |
Michelle Jasper Director, Gandaywarra | +61 2 6125 2811 |
Helen Wright Director, Policy and Research | +61 2 6125 0029 |
Our teams & contacts
Reference Documents
- First Nations Portfolio - Vision & Mission (PDF, 551.48 KB)
- Murru waaruu Outcomes Report_ANUFNP_May2024 (PDF, 3.4 MB)
- Treaty Literature Review ANU First Nations Portfolio (PDF, 997.75 KB)
- Watervale Award_GUIDELINES 2024 (PDF, 621.67 KB)
- Watervale Award_Call for entries 2024 (PDF, 548.35 KB)
- Watervale Award Application Form (DOCX, 2.74 MB)
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Social
Related links
- Peter Yu - NITV Interview with Karla Grant
- Peter Yu - The 2021 Order of Australia Lecture
- Peter Yu - 2018 ANU Reconciliation Lecture: Reconciliation, Treaty Making and Nation Building
- Australian Indigenous Studies at ANU
- Justice & the Law: Indigenous Perspectives
- Responding to Common Concerns about an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
Location
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