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QATSIF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

At our recent Harmony Day Assembly, our current QATSIF Scholarship recipients were presented with their certificates of recognition from QASTSIF.<\/p>\n

Now in its 12th scholarship round, The Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Foundation has committed a further $3.66 M to support 2,030 new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to complete Years 11 and 12. Over the past 12 years, QATSIF has supported nearly 12,500 students with their senior studies. QATSIF\u2019s scholarship funding is provided through the interest on unallocated Stolen Wages funds from the initial Queensland Stolen Wages reparations back in 2008. QATSIF pays tribute to the generations of Aboriginal and Torres Islander Elders and Ancestors whose wages were unjustly held by successive Queensland Governments from the 1890s through to the 1970s and whose labour and efforts made our QATSIF Scholarships possible.<\/p>\n

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Congratulations to our QATSIF Scholarship recipients: Bethany Savage, June Nardoo, La\u2019Shauna Nathaniel, Brianna Stanley (Leadership Certificate \u2013 Sports Prefect), Olive-Rose Pearson, Ethel Babia, Indigo Wedel, Alkira Hemmings and Jasmine Gallagher (not pictured).<\/em><\/p>\n

NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK<\/strong><\/p>\n

The College will recognise National Reconciliation Week on Wednesday 26th<\/sup> May at our National Reconciliation Week 2021 Assembly. We will then have lunchtime activities taking place from Thursday 27 May through to Wednesday 3 June. All members of the College community are encouraged to get involved.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s theme, More than a word. Reconciliation takes action, <\/em>will be an opportunity for us all to reflect upon the actions that we can all take towards reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians.<\/p>\n

We look forward to seeing everyone get involved.<\/p>\n

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FILM: MY NAME IS GULPILIL<\/strong><\/p>\n

To coincide with National Reconciliation Week, the film, My Name is Gulpilil, <\/em>looks back over a 50-year screen career that has unquestionably changed the face of Australian Cinema. David Gulpilil, now terminally ill, generously shares his own story with us. And for the first time, that story is told entirely in his own words. The film\u2019s release has been timed for National Reconciliation Week.<\/p>\n

All members of our College community are encouraged to see it.<\/p>\n

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STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following opportunities are currently available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students:<\/p>\n