The Queensland Catholic Education Commission will hold its next First Nations Education Conference in Toowoomba in 2025. Source: Toowoomba Catholic Schools.
This conference provides staff of Queensland Catholic schools with a platform to showcase the achievements of their work in supporting successful outcomes for First Nations students and school communities. It also engages educators in professional learning in cultural competency and introduces them to culturally appropriate and innovative teaching and learning practices for First Nation’s students.
It also engages educators in professional learning in cultural competency and introduces them to culturally appropriate and innovative teaching and learning practices for First Nation’s students.
The conference is held every two years in one of the five Queensland dioceses. A symbolic conference cross, which is passed on to the host diocese, is now on display in the Toowoomba Catholic Schools Office.
Aunty Rosemary, a Quandamooka woman and former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education coordinator for Brisbane Diocese, organised the crafting of the conference cross using wood from the Ngutana-Lui Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Studies Centre in Brisbane. Shells were collected from the shore of Stradbroke Island to place on one side of the cross.
Michelle Na-Kui (Pink Water Lily) Ballesteros, who is a descendant of the Darumbal Clan from Central Rockhampton, was commissioned by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander committee to create an artwork that symbolises the coming together of the five dioceses. This appears on the other side of the cross.
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Toowoomba to host First Nations Education Conference in 2025 (Toowoomba Catholic Schools)
