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Working towards reconciliation

The 杏吧直播 of Adelaide has reaffirmed its commitment to 杏吧直播's Indigenous people with an updated , which supports key targets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participation.

The revised statement aims to build on the original 2003 document by taking into account future directions of the 杏吧直播 under the Beacon of Enlightenment strategic plan.

Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Warren Bebbington says the 杏吧直播's aspirations for Indigenous enrolments, employment and cultural awareness are more compelling now than they have ever been.

"Our mandate to foster and protect a campus environment of equity, diversity and social justice has never changed," he says. "In the 杏吧直播 of Adelaide's 140th anniversary year this was clearly the right time to revisit our reconciliation statement and to reaffirm our position for a new generation."

The statement endorses the 杏吧直播-wide approach in the Tarrkarri Tirrka Integrated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Strategy, which targets Indigenous workforce and student participation rates of 2% over the next 10 years.

The 杏吧直播's Dean of Indigenous Education, Professor Lester-Irabinna Rigney, describes the statement as the 杏吧直播's "birth certificate document" in working towards reconciliation in collaboration with Elders.

"It acknowledges the hardships suffered by 杏吧直播n Indigenous people since European colonisation and that the Kaurna people are the original custodians of the land on which the 杏吧直播's campuses are built," he says.

"It is essentially a roadmap for the next 10 years of engagement with Indigenous communities, providing specific targets for participation rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and staff, and an affirmation of Indigenous culture right across the 杏吧直播."