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What Connection to Country Work Can Look Like

What Connection to Country Work Can Look Like

By Jamie McPherson, proud Wadawurrung man, Connection to Country Officer Today marks the first day of NAIDOC Week, fifty years since it began. Reconciliation Week closed a month ago, but I've never believed the work between those two weeks is the only place for it to...

VIS opens permanent First Nations Yarning Circle at Lakeside Stadium

VIS opens permanent First Nations Yarning Circle at Lakeside Stadium

The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) has opened the first permanent First Nations cultural gathering space at a high performance sporting institute in Australia on Bunurong Country, at the heart of its home at Lakeside Stadium. The space was formally opened on...

What does Acknowledgement of Country actually mean to you?

What does Acknowledgement of Country actually mean to you?

By Jamie McPherson, Connection to Country Officer, Victorian Institute of Sport Wadawurrung man and Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) Connection to Country Officer Jamie McPherson on moving beyond the script, and why genuine cultural understanding is the foundation...