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Overview

Running monthly from July to November 2025, the ECU NAIDOC Speaker Series celebrates this year’s theme:

The Next Generation – Strength, Vision & Legacy

Guided by ECU’s Cultural Narrative Strategy, each event explores Indigenous resilience, leadership, and the importance of investing in future generations. The series fosters respect, truth-telling, and self-determination, reflecting ECU’s commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and cultural integrity.

Upcoming events

WED
26
NOV

November Lecture

Join us for the fifth and final event in the ECU NAIDOC Speaker Series, where we will explore mental health and resilience, and celebrate culture through the lens of the Djinda Worlal – Stars and Sky Life Layer.

When

5:30pm – 7:30pm
Refreshments on arrival followed by formalities
Online: 6:15pm – 7:30pm

Where

ECU Mount Lawley Campus, Building 17 Lecture Theatre, 2 Bradford Street, Mount Lawley

Register

Past events

Alison Scott and Ken Hayward

22 October 2025

The fourth event explored how relationships and partnerships can improve the lives of people impacted by family and domestic violence, through the lens of the Moort Boodja – the Ecosystem Life Layer.

Joanne Hill and Renae Isaacs-Guthridge

25 September 2025

The third event explored sustainability, ethical engagement, allyship and collaboration through the lens of the Kaata – Hills Life Layer.

Missed the event? Watch the recording

Gningala Yarran-Mark and Thierra Clanton

27 August 2025

The second event explored themes including intergenerational opportunity through the lens for the Kep – Water Life Layer.

Missed the event? Watch the recording

Dr Richard Walley OAM and Clothilde Bullen OAM

30 July 2025

The first event featured a powerful and inspiring conversation with two of Australia’s most respected leaders in culture and the arts.

Missed the event? Watch the recording

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