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Aurora staff attend WIPCE
Aurora staff attended the 2022 World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE) held on Kaurna country, Adelaide from 26 – 30 September.
The WIPCE conference brings Indigenous representatives together from around the globe to share successes and strategies for culturally grounded education.
Aurora’s Monitoring and Evaluation Manager Jarrod Hughes virtually presented information about Aurora’s Redefining Indigenous Success in Education (RISE) project during the conference.
The RISE project is funded by the Paul Ramsay Foundation and developed in partnership with the Australian National University (ANU) Centre for Social Research Methods.
During his presentation, Jarrod highlighted the need to prioritise Indigenous perspectives, values and aspirations through Indigenous-led approaches to education data.
The data collected from the RISE project will later support Indigenous agendas for education reform and self-governance.
Image: Aurora staff members attending WIPCE 2022.
Aurora Project Manager Jayde Geia, attended the event in person and said one of the highlights was a session on safeguarding Tokelauan Culture through language education.
“Tokelau is a small island and one of the most remote places on the planet at high risk of disappearing due to climate change. Youth have developed an app (from scratch) to help save the endangered language,” she said.
Describing the conference as invigorating, inspiring and emotional, Jayde recommended that other Indigenous people and those working in the education space attend.
“It was a big week, full of interesting workshops and events,” she said.
“It was powerful to have around 2,5000 people who have similar experiences and share the same passion in one space.”
WIPCE 2025 will be held in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
