Wednesday, December 13, 2017
IRCA Board and staff reps have been out and about over the last month, attending conferences and meeting with members, government and stakeholders: 1. CBAA CONFERENCE, GOLD COAST, 9-12 NOVEMBER IRCA Chairperson Dot West and staff Daniel Featherstone (GM), Jennifer Nixon (AM) and Susan Locke (Research and Policy) attended the recent CBAA conference. Dot was on the debate panel on Day 1 of the conference, and...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Batchelor Institute will be delivering Certificate III in Screen & Media in Alice Springs next year. Delivery will be based at the DPC campus. The course will run over four two week blocks starting on 19 February 2018 and finishing on 25 May 2018. You will learn a range of industry skills including basic audio recording and editing, and radio presentation skills. You can contact Batchelor Institute for more information. Freecall:...
Monday, December 11, 2017
It has been a busy tail end of the year for the inDigiMOB project. Digitial inclusion activities continue in five Alice Springs town camps, Yuendumu and Yuelamu, with more communities coming on-line in late 2017 and early 2018. The inDigiMOB project kicked-off in 2016 and the team has been steadily working away throughout this year. The project is all about improving digital inclusion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote...
Thursday, December 7, 2017
We are saddened by the loss of Mr Bostock, a pioneer in First Nations filmmaking in this country. We send our condolences to his loved ones at this difficult time. Mr Bostock was a tireless voice for First Nations people, inspiring and mentoring those who walked with him and those who followed him. A Bundjalung man from Box River Reserve in New South Wales, Mr Bostock was unable to read or write when he left school at just 13. Undeterred, he...
Thursday, November 9, 2017
NAIDOC 2018: BECAUSE OF HER, WE CAN! Next year NAIDOC week will honour and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and will be held nationally from Sunday, July 8, until Sunday, July 15. "For at least 65,000 years, Indigenous women have carried our dreaming stories, songlines, languages and knowledge that have kept our culture strong and enriched us as the oldest continuing culture on the planet. As leaders, trailblazers,...
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Yokai Yarning, a media information service for Aboriginal Stolen Generations Survivors, has just been launched and is now available on the internet at www.yokai.com.au. “We’re embracing new technology and social media to get vital information to elderly and infirm Stolen Generations Survivors and their families, many of whom find it difficult to travel to meetings and forums. It will contain news and information that is relevant to our target...