Professor Megan Davis, member of the Referendum Council, reads out the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Megan was the person chosen to deliver the statement to the Australian people. Year 10 – S5 Teacher Uluru Statement from the Heart: Read by Professor Megan Davis The ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’, calls for the establishment of a ‘First Nations Voice’ in the Australian Constitution and a ‘Makarrata Commission’ to supervise a process of ‘agreement-making’ and ‘truth-telling’ between governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
This video can be used:
• To prompt class discussion around the topic.
• To provide accessible background information on the topic.
• In conjunction with other resources available from the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia.
After viewing this video, students should be able to:
• Identify the three principals of the Statement – Voice, Treaty and Truth.
• Explain in simple terms, the problems facing First Nations Australians that constitutional reform seeks to address. Free Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Professor Megan Davis is the Pro Vice-Chancellor Society (PVCS) at UNSW Sydney. Professor Davis isalso the Balnaves Chair of Constitutional Law, a Professor of Law and Director of the Indigenous Law Centre UNSW Law. She is a Cobble Cobble woman of the Barunggam Nation and a renowned constitutional lawyer and public law expert, focusing on advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Her work extends internationally, through roles at the United Nations, focusing on global Indigenous rights. In this capacity, she was elected by the UN Human Rights Council to the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples based in Geneva in 2017 and again in 2019 (2019-2022) and served previously as an expert member and Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, UN Headquarters in New York (2011-2016). She is currently the Chair of the Expert Mechanism. Prof Davis is an Acting Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences. She is also a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission.
Biography from https://ulurustatement.org/about-us/our-people/megan-davis/ On Demand Youtube Recording Secondary HSIE Society and Culture Select Sub Strand Aboriginal Culture and History Select Strand Select Sub Strand Select Other KLA Select Strand Select Sub Strand After viewing this video, students should be able to:
identify the three principals of the Statement – Voice, Treaty and Truth,
explain, in simple terms, the problems facing First Nations Australians that constitutional reform seeks to address. Free Teacher Professional Development NSW Teacher PD- School Development Day 1 of 4 NSW Teacher PD- School Development Day 2 of 4 Australian Women’s History Month National Close the Gap Day NSW Teacher PD- School Development Day 3 of 4 National Sorry Day National Reconciliation Week NAIDOC Week NSW Teacher PD- School Development Day 4 of 4 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children?s Day #ulurustatement #voicereferendum