Jan 6, 2021Are you a scholar or a subject matter expert? Some thoughts…Recently I’ve been struggling with academic seminars where people are subject matter experts in health or refugees or some other specific topic. Not that there’s anything wrong with this, but it struck me how little scholarly content there is now in “academic” presentations. I have always had an interest in…Eastern Philosophy8 min readEastern Philosophy8 min read
Nov 15, 2020Indigenising the Curriculum; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My HeritageIt hit me like a bomb. We are Indigenising the curriculum, and that’s that. I have to attend Indigenous cultural awareness training. But I have Aboriginal heritage from my maternal grandmothers. I’ve just never identified as Aboriginal. Until now. I didn’t think I deserved to because I had always identified…Kamilaroi6 min readKamilaroi6 min read