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Expert Witness Testimony at the Yoorrook Justice Commission
On June 3, Mati appeared as an expert witness at the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s ‘Social Justice Hearings’ to give testimony about the Victorian school system including its treatment of First Peoples. The commission referenced ‘The School Exclusion Project’ report (seeded by the Australian Centre funding in 2023) which Mati produced with the National Indigenous Youth Coalition and a team of…
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For the first time, the curriculum in Australian classrooms has a focus on truth-telling
Education is an important part of societal change, but what are the best ways to include truth-telling in the Australian curriculum? I was glad to share some of my latest research on truth-telling with Pursuit as part of their series of truth-telling to mark publication of a new history of the University, Dhoombak Goobgoowana – A…
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Education in Cultures of Redress – Seminar 22 May
11am, 22nd May, Centre for Contemporary Histories, Deakin UniversityIn-person and onlinehttps://cch.deakin.edu.au/news/2024/04/cch-seminar-22nd-may-mati-keynes/ This paper examines the place of education within cultures of redress. Educational reforms are one of many discursive mechanisms of the political terrain of redress. Specifically, I canvass four recent cases—Australia, Canada, Northern Ireland and South Africa—where education reform has been used as a mechanism for…
