Leading
Indigenous academic Professor Marcia Langton, one of the convenors, said data sovereignty concerns the ability and capacity of Indigenous people to locally manage their data «with respect to ownership, access, consent, collection, analysis and reporting».
His deputy on the Council, Professor Ngiare Brown — who heads research and is senior public health medical officer at the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)-- also expressed concern on the debate, which has seen the ABC and
Indigenous academic Professor Marcia Langton apologise to Bolt.
In a later panel discussion, leading
Indigenous academic Professor Marcia Langton told delegates that former Prime Minister John Howard, who long resisted delivering an apology, considered the Stolen Generation had in fact been «rescued».
Not exact matches
Professor Jenny Gore joins The Research Files to discuss the findings of a new Australian study by
academics from the University of Newcastle and Western Sydney University investigating the occupational and career aspirations of
Indigenous school students.
Keynote speakers at the event today (Tuesday) will include
Professor Ian Anderson, Deputy Secretary for
Indigenous Affairs in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Donna Ah Chee and John Paterson from the Central Australian
Academic Health Science Centre.
In an article published in the MJA in 2005,
Professor Thomson said his clinical,
academic and administrative work had «affirmed his belief in the need for quality information to inform policy and program development and practice in
Indigenous health», which led him to establish the unique online resource that has become his legacy.
Paterson and Ah Chee, who play key roles in the acclaimed Central Australia
Academic Health Science Centre (CAAHSC), urged the symposium, opened earlier by
Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt and NHMRC CEO
Professor Anne Kelso, to issue a formal statement supporting the Uluru document.
Margo is working part - time in her role as Vice President of
Indigenous Health for the Northern Health Authority and continues her role as
Academic Leader of the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health, and as
Professor in the College of Arts, Social and Human Sciences at UNBC.
The forum will hear from one of the world's most eminent
academics in the field of
Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing and suicide prevention, Emeritus
Professor Michael Chandler, a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies.