Indigenous Futures Centre

"𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲." Following the attempted bombing at an Invasion Day rally in Boorloo, many First Nations peoples now feel unsafe. 📞 If you or someone you know is struggling, support is available: 𝟭𝟯 𝗬𝗮𝗿𝗻: 13 92 76 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿-𝘁𝗼-𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿: 1800 435 799 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 13 11 14 𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 1800 55 1800 Read more in the latest CBPATSISP media release here 👉 cbpatsisp.com.au/2026/02/06/man… #mediarelease #cbpatsisp #socialandemotionalwellbeing #suicideprevention

IFC Seminar Series February: Hear Dr Daniel Kiwa McKinnon's paper presentation titled “Ka mate, Ka Ora and the Presumption of Difference” More info & to register: eventbrite.com/e/indigenous-f… #IFC2026

NEW from me ‘When digital archiving fails: the art of technological obsolescence’, @CroakeyNews, croakey.org/when-digital-a…, 21 January 2026. #Archives #digital #digitalarchives #technology #art #ArtCommunity #Arts #ArtGallery #PublicHealth #STEM #STEMM #WomeninSTEM @WomenInSTEMM_AU

Position: National Indigenous Knowledge Infrastructure (NIKI) Project Manager Location: St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Australia Employer: University of QLD Applications close: Wednesday 21 January 2026 at 11.00pm.

Position: Coordinator, Community and Student Engagement, Identified s2 Location: St Lucia Campus, Brisbane, Australia Employer: University of QLD Applications close: Wednesday 21 January 2026 at 11.00pm

NEW: Protecting public interested journalism as a public health good by Bronwyn Fredericks, Neha Lalchandani, Melissa Sweet, Alex Cramb, & Carmel Williams in the Medical Journal of Australia - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/mj…👈🏽 FREE Access. 👈🏽 #PublicHealth #PublicHealthMatters

NEW REPORT: The Indigenous Health Research Priorities Study Report for #Townsville 2024 by Smith, D, Ahmed,S, Massi, L, Weatherall, L, Wheeler, K, Dorey, E, Friday, R, Thorogood, M, @BronFredericks, Toombs, M, Rae, K. 2025. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: UQ - doi.org/10.14264/a1666…

Great to be at the @ARC_IFC Indigenous Futures Conference 2025 with Aunty Helena Gulash, Uncle Cheg Egert, Profs Tracey Bunda, Tom Calma, & J. Kēhaulani Kauanui. #IFCConf2025

Great KEYNOTE LECTURE by Prof Audra Simpson, Kahnawà: ke Mohawk scholar, Columbia University at the @ARC_IFC Indigenous Futures Conference 2025, Kabi Kabi Country, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Look for her book ‘Mohawk Interruptus’ & her forthcoming book! #IFCConf2025

Thank you to everyone who came along to hear from Prof Maria Raciti, me & Prof Tracey Bunda on the interplay between education, employment & entrepreneurship for Indigenous peoples at the @ARC_IFC Indigenous Futures Conf on Kabi Kabi Country, Sunshine Coast. #IFCConf2025

Prof Rauna Kuokkanen, research Professor, Arctic Indigenous Politics, University of Lapland (Finland) (rauna.net) raised important energy supply issues, military presence in the Artic & Indigenous governance in her Keynote Address @ARC_IFC Conf 2025. #IFCConf2025

I attended the @ARC_IFC Indigenous Futures Conference 2025 Dinner last night. The brilliant Rochelle Pitt aka Soul Mumma performed & invited several extraordinary impromptu performances from conference attendees, inc from Xavier, Janty Blair, ROI .. #IFCConf2025

An outstanding Keynote Lecture was presented by Distinguished Professor Aileen Moreton-Robinson at the @arc_gov_au @ARC_IFC Conference on Kabi Kabi Country - Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia. Prof presented some of her exciting new work looking at #IndigenousFutures! #IFCConf2025

Final KEYNOTE LECTURE at the @ARC_IFC Indigenous Futures Conference on Kabi Kabi Country - Sunshine Coast by Professor Brendan Hokowhitu, Ngāti Pūkenga, Director, @ARC_IFC. Brendan discussed governmentality, punishment, work, structural racism in employment & more! #IFCConf2025

Rochelle performed at the @ARC_IFC Indigenous Futures Conference dinner last night. Thanks for a fabulous performance & inviting impromptu performances from some of the talented conf attendees. What talent we have with us! Book Rochelle via lnkd.in/gBkpKhFE. #IFCConf2025

Last session at the @ARC_IFC Conf with Uncle Cheg Egert, UQ @ARC_IFC; Les Melzer, Foundation for Aboriginal & Islander Research Action (FAIRA) Corp; and Prof J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Princeton University followed by closing words & performance by the Kabi Kabi people. #IFCConf2025

Next week @UQHealth is hosting Health Matters: The Next Generation of Indigenous Health, featuring a panel of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander researchers. A powerful NAIDOC Week discussion on culturally grounded solutions for health equity. Register: about.uq.edu.au/events/health-…

It was a privilege to address students, Elders, community, staff & guests at the Anglican Schools Commission Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Student Symposium (SEQ) hosted by St Luke’s College, Forest Lake, Ipswich, Qld. Thanks UQ, #QUT, #GriffithUni, & #USQ for being there.

Latest in Geoheritage Journal discusses 5 GuguBadhun creation stories as plausible recall of a ~ 7000-year-old volcanic eruption. 'Stories in Stone: Aboriginal Oral Traditions of Volcanic Impacts in Northeastern Australia' Open Access & available at: lnkd.in/gGB7HjGn

I co-presented with Summer May Finlay at #INIHKD REIL - INIHKD (Int Network of Indigenous Health & Knowledge Development) Conf on our NHMRC project Commissioning Evaluations of Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Pgms (+Yvette Roe,James Smith,Amohia Boulton,Jenni Judd,Margaret Cargo).