Tackling the Tough Questions -  Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson

November Reading conference 2018 | Concurrent Session

Many educators fear ‘getting it wrong’ when working
on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island-related topics
with students. What is the best way to lead students to
a stronger understanding of and respect for Australia’s
indigenous people and culture?

Join Boon Wurrung Elder, Aunty Fay Muir and author
Sue Lawson in this open and honest conversation about
where to find relevant, respectful and accurate resources
and how to use them in your library and school. There
will be opportunities for questions, so bring along your
greatest concerns and issues to discuss with Aunty Fay.

Aunty Fay Stewart-Muir is an Elder and Traditional
Owner of Boon Wurrung Country. She is the senior
linguist at the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for
Languages in Melbourne. Fay is working with her
own Boon Wurrung language, recording and putting
language into the database for future and present
generations. She presents language-related workshops
to community members who are reclaiming their
languages, as well as universities and TAFEs that are
interested in understanding the many and challenging
aspects of language reclamation. She also goes out
to schools to educate the students about language
and culture and to teach language. Nganga is her first
children’s book.

Sue Lawson writes books for children and young adults.
She has won the Australian Family Therapists’ Award
for Children’s Literature and was short-listed for the
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and the Children’s Book
Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards.

Tackling the Tough Questions - Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson

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