In celebration of NAIDOC week 2017, My Pathway and James Cook University would like to invite you to a panel discussion presented by The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation

Monday 3 July 2017

A Commitment to National Reconciliation
10–10.30am tea coffee and networking |10.30–11.30am Mykelle Bingarape - a Yidinji woman singing a Yidinji Kawal in the Gimuy dialect and a panel discussion and Q&A | The Cairns Institute Lecture Theatre D3.054 | James Cook University, McGregor Rd, Smithfield

The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) consult with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Speaker Group Elders from across Australia. Their repeated lament is that their languages are becoming extinguished, dormant or endangered. Without exception, these First Language speakers acknowledge that the trans-generational capacity to speak, read and write in their own language is transformative to the health, wellbeing, education and future of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Their message is clear. The community want resources in their own languages which are made by the community, with the community and for the community. Join us for a discussion of a practical and innovative initiative to support literacy in Australia’s First Languages. Our Languages Matter.

Speakers

ALNF Board Member, Professor Tom Calma AO

ALNF Executive Educational Advisor, Eric Brace

ALNF Early Language and Literacy Trainer, Virginia Chatterton

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