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Deakin University

Locality: Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 1800 063 383

Address: 75 Pigdons Road 3216 Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia

Website: www.deakin.edu.au/courses/nikeri

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25.01.2022 Join us today for the duration of our NAIDOC Week Live Stream or Zoom in any time throughout the day https://bit.ly/36kyllo

25.01.2022 Deakin will celebrate NAIDOC Week virtually this week with an Indigenous studies discussion and interactive art event hosted by NIKERI Institute. All welcome to join in the conversations! Please register for the Collaborative Live Painting Experience via the link bit.ly/2NAcPQQ

23.01.2022 Register and plan your day for your chance to win a $100 gift card.

20.01.2022 Learn how the National Indigenous Knowledges Education Research and Innovation Institute allows students to maintain their family, work and community commitments through tailored learning and study support at #DeakinVirtualOpenDay 16 August https://bit.ly/39qQMX0

20.01.2022 Celebrate Indigenous Literacy Day today by joining the online event at 12.30pm

19.01.2022 Reconciliation Week is a little different this year. We've compiled a list of some virtual community events offered over the next week.

19.01.2022 If you missed Virtual Open Day on the weekend we'll be online again on Sunday to answer questions about NIKERI Institute!

18.01.2022 Associate Professor James Charles has undertaken world-leading research to combat the prevalence of poor foot health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

17.01.2022 Have your say for the chance to WIN one of two $50 Coles/Myer vouchers As #YourStudentVoice, we been campaigning to the university on your behalf for reasona...ble learning conditions and flexible assessment criteria... but we need your help We want to know how to improve the online learning environment, and what support students need most at this time. Your responses are confidential we wont share anything with the university! Please spare 5 to 10 minutes to have your say: bit.ly/2Rc2nkJ #YourDUSA #DeakinUniversity

17.01.2022 Today, August 9th, we celebrate the International Day of the Worlds Indigenous People. We acknowledge the Wadawurrung people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isl...anders across Australia, and all Indigenous people around the world. The official theme this year is COVID-19 and Indigenous peoples resilience. Our mob have demonstrated strength, leadership and resilience time and time again. Now, more than ever, the preservation and passing down of cultural practice and knowledge is so important. Here in Victoria, it can be a challenging time for our mob who cant get together, and cant get out on country to connect with the land. Through this pandemic we will continue to yarn and share stories, knowledge and participate in cultural practice with the help of new technologies. We celebrate the achievements and history of all First Nations people. Happy International Day of the Worlds Indigenous People! #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #IndigenousPeoplesDay #KeepOurMobSafe

15.01.2022 ISSP Scholarship applications extended! Current students you've got until Monday 20th at 5pm to get your Indigenous Student Success Program applications in. https://www.deakin.edu.au//indigenous-student-success-prog

14.01.2022 Year 12s interested in attending university here is your opportunity to have a chat with Koorie units from 9 universities in Victoria including a session with NIKERI Institute and Deakin.

14.01.2022 The Ricci Marks Award encourages and supports young Aboriginal leaders to pursue their aspirations. Do you know a Victorian young Aboriginal leader you think should be nominated? Applications close this Friday July 31st https://bit.ly/2Y1aJy9

13.01.2022 Chat to our staff and get your questions about studying at NIKERI Institute answered at our upcoming information sessions https://bit.ly/2JW1yvz Banner artwork is by Deanne Gilson.

12.01.2022 Why study the Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Research?

12.01.2022 Local, interstate and international participants joined our seven-hour online event and shared their history, memories and stories to create a collaborative painting for our virtual NAIDOC Week event earlier this month. Here is the finished artwork!

11.01.2022 As exam week commences, remember how you've persisted through the challenges and changes of this trimester so far!

11.01.2022 Check out the NIKERI presentation at Virtual Open Day today or chat to our staff via LiveChat anytime until 4pm https://openday.deakin.edu.au/study-at-the-nikeri-institute/

11.01.2022 At a time like this it's important to look after yourself. Walking and observing Country is good for the mind, body and spirit. Take the time to listen to the birds, watch what they are doing. By walking and deeply observing we strengthen your connection to the land and keep it in our minds eye. Country needs us, just as much as we need it.

10.01.2022 Tyrown Waigana, a Perth based artist and designer, has been named as this years winner of the prestigious National NAIDOC Poster Competition. His winning entry... - Shape of Land - was judged by the National NAIDOC Committee to have best illustrated the 2020 NAIDOC theme: Always Was Always Will Be. Waigana, a proud Noongar and Saibai Islander, has previously been named as one of WAs best new and emerging Indigenous artists. According to the 23-year-old, his winning entry depicts the Rainbow Serpent coming out of the Dreamtime to create this country and how we are strongly connected to it. The Rainbow Serpent is represented by the snake and it forms the shape of Australia, which symbolises how it created our lands. The colour from the Rainbow Serpent is reflected on to the figure to display our connection to the Rainbow Serpent, thus our connection to country. The overlapping colours on the outside is the Dreamtime. The figure inside the shape of Australia is a representation of Indigenous Australians showing that this country - since the dawn of time - always was, and always will be Aboriginal land, Mr Waigana added.

10.01.2022 As we near the end of trimester a reminder to students to connect with NIKERI academic support, touch base with lecturers, keep up to date on CloudDeakin and meet with ITN tutors! Ashleigh our Academic Support Officer has prepared some helpful tips and tricks in the link below. https://docs.google.com//1tO7M1vUjTmM2s8lNU80p737jSOu/edit

09.01.2022 Reminder to current students that most Deakin scholarships are closing this Wednesday 15th for T2. https://www.deakin.edu.au/courses/nikeri/scholarships

09.01.2022 Thinking about studying? Start now! Applications are open for mid-year intake in a number of courses through NIKERI Institute. https://www.deakin.edu.au/courses/nikeri

08.01.2022 The artworks at the end of the 4.5 hours. Thelma’s are completed and Morgs just has a few more details to add. The finished artworks will be available on The Torch at a later date!

06.01.2022 We've developed another two Aboriginal Studies electives that will be available to all Deakin students from trimester 2!

06.01.2022 Explore how Aborginal storytelling has shaped contemporary Australia

06.01.2022 Wouldn't it be great to see a NIKERI Institute student's artwork on the Deakin University Student Association diaries next year? The competition is open to all current students so get creative over the trimester break!

06.01.2022 Today begins Reconciliation Week and at this time when we are physically dispersed and virtually constructed, let us take a moment to reflect the meaning of place and doing so recognise the various traditional lands on which we will do our business. NIKERI Institute and Deakin University acknowledge the land, waterways and airways of the Kulin Nation and the Gundtjmara Peoples. We acknowledge the Elders past, present and emerging of all the land we work and live on and their Ancestral Spirits with gratitude and respect. #InThisTogether #NRW2020

05.01.2022 Warrnambool Art Gallery in partnership with Deakin, is seeking expressions of interest for students to undertake a PhD focused on South West Victorian Aboriginal art and culture. https://bit.ly/30cXtrq

05.01.2022 Join our hosts, Tom Molyneux and Kiri Wicks from Deakin University as they stream live from Deakin Edge, Federation Square and share the stage with two incredible Aboriginal artists, Morgs and Thelma Beeton, hear panel discussions, yarning sessions, unveiling of our art competition winners and more. Tune in to our Always Was: Always Will Be NAIDOC Week event next Tuesday 10 November anytime between 10am - 2:30pm.

05.01.2022 Choose from one of our many degrees across health, education, law, arts and research. www.deakin.edu.au/courses/nikeri

04.01.2022 Were excited to announce Week 1's ONLINE 2020 Koorie Youth Summit program! Mon 4 May 2pm - Yarns with Belinda Duarte (Wotjobaluk/Dja Dja Wurrung, CEO Culture I...s Life) via Instagram live. Wed 6 May 4-6pm - Treaty Yarning Circle with Sissy Austin (Gunditjmara & Djab Wurrung), Tarsh Bamblett (Yorta Yorta, Kurnai, Wiradjuri & Warlpiri) and Jordan Edwards (Wadda Wurrung, Kirrae Wurrung & Arrernte) via Zoom. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people aged 14-28 years old. Friday 8 May 6pm - MEDICINE SONGS with Alice Skye presented by Still Here via Instagram live. Watch this space - more info to come! #OurSummitOnline www.facebook.com/events/934849736933173/

04.01.2022 Curating Indigenous Art: A conversation with local Indigenous art curators as part of Reconciliation Week reflecting on highlights from their careers, together they will discuss the process of working with our diverse Indigenous artists and communities. Kiri Wicks (our Partnerships Coordinator) will join the panel alongside Gail Harradine, Curatorial Manager, Koorie Heritage Trust, Hannah Presley, Curator, Indigenous Art, NGV, Stacie Piper, Yalingwa First Nations Curator, TarraWarra Museum of Art and Louana Sainsbury, First Nations Curator, ACMI. Friday May 29, 2pm. Register for the free event via the link.

04.01.2022 Our mixed mode delivery allows students to fit study around their work, family and other commitments. https://www.deakin.edu.au/courses/nikeri

03.01.2022 Today is R U OK? Day! Make sure you reach out to your friends and loved ones and ask R U OK?

02.01.2022 Join us virtually anytime between 10am - 5pm today to contribute to our collaborative artwork to celebrate NAIDOC Week

02.01.2022 We're online today until 2pm to answer all your NIKERI Institute questions! https://openday.deakin.edu.au/study-at-the-nikeri-institute/

01.01.2022 We hope you all have a well deserved Easter break, whilst it might not be the most traditional Easter break we hope you are able to still enjoy, regroup and re-energise ready to return to online study after the break! https://blogs.deakin.edu.au//how-to-stay-motivated-and-on/

01.01.2022 Welcome to part 1 of our NAIDOC Week ‘In Conversation’ series featuring Kiri Wicks from Deakin University - Nikeri Institute. The NIKERI Institute is a universi...ty within Deakin University which offers educational pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. For more info: www.deakin.edu.au/NIKERI Kiri is a proud Noongar and Tuwharetoa woman who grew up in Yabararra Country. She shares with us the value of the NIKERI Institute, her links to culture, and what NAIDOC Week means to her. For more info: www.naidoc.org.au NAIDOC Raffle: events.humanitix.com/naidoc-raffle #NAIDOCatDeakin #NAIDOCWeek2020 Brought to you by Fair Trade Vision Geelong Deakin, Fair Trade Vision Burwood, NOMAD - Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Medicine, Allied Health at Deakin, Deakin Health Promotion Society & Deakin Networking and Entrepreneurship Society

01.01.2022 Our collaborative painting is starting to come together! Join Kiri Wicks and Dr Jenny Murray-Jones via our live Zoom anytime until 5pm AEST to share your own stories and contribute to our NAIDOC Week artwork https://bit.ly/2NAcPQQ

01.01.2022 Register now and start planning your day.