Themes
Language, kinship and heritage
Language revitalisation and education
Conference Papers
Session H2: Unpack the Gap 2. Navigating the Gap: whose gap is it anyway?
1. Mick Gooda: Treading the fine line: navigating away from the narrative of disadvantage
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Author bio
Mr Mick Gooda is the Chief Executive Officer of the CRC for Aboriginal Health. Mr Gooda is a descendent of the Gangulu people of central Queensland. He is a senior executive with 25 years experience and a record of attaining high-level goals and leading multi-million dollar service programs and organisational reform. Mr Gooda's extensive work history, in the public and community sectors, has involved the delivery of policy and program development and advocacy in Indigenous affairs throughout Australia. He possesses a comprehensive experience of working and delivering results in remote, rural and urban environments, based on an extensive knowledge of the diversity of circumstance and cultural nuances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Australia.
2. Shane Huston: The 'Gap’ and the urban/remote ‘divide’: the ideology and impact of discourses of difference
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