2025 National Reconciliation Week Speakers Event

2025 National Reconciliation Week Speakers Event

Tue 27 May 2025 10:45am1:30pm

Venue

Building 20 Saint Lucia, QLD 4067
Room: 
Atrium, Global Change Institute Building

Join us for an engaging event at the Global Change Building, St Lucia, designed for Faculty of Science and QAAFI staff.

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Murri Tukka tasting and talk: 10:45–11:45am

Bruce Phillips from Murri Tukka will present a talk and taste experience, delving into the world of bush foods, plants, and the significance of relational protocols. Enjoy a share table showcasing native flavours and cultural insights.

Spiritual and Cultural Safety in an ethics context: 12–1:30pm

Josh Waters will explore the intersection of spirituality, cultural safety, and ethics in contemporary contexts, including AI, Carbon Credit, and thought experiments, prompting critical reflections on ethical considerations in evolving fields. Talk from 12–1pm and light refreshments from 1–1:30pm.

Meet the presenters:

Bruce Gululai Phillips is the owner and founder of Murri Tukka, which provides a unique learning experience on where tukka grows, what it is used for, and how it can be prepared both traditionally and today.

Joshua Waters is a First Nations K/Gamilaroi man, PhD student and Senior Research Fellow with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University. His work explores the critical role of Indigenous Knowledges in global higher education and institutional contexts.

Find out more about our Venue Partner, Global Change Institute, St Lucia.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and their custodianship of the lands on which UQ operates. We pay our respects to their Ancestors and their descendants, who continue cultural and spiritual connections to Country. We recognise their valuable contributions to Australian and global society.