ANNUAL REPORT 2017
SOCIAL POLICY AND INVESTMENT
Reconciliation
In launching KU’s first Reconciliation
Action Plan (RAP) in 2016, we
recognised that for reconciliation
efforts to be sustained and successful,
they must be embraced by the
whole organisation and embedded
within practice.
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One of the key deliverables within
our RAP is the development of
centre-based RAPs in each KU
centre, ensuring that KU’s journey
towards reconciliation is genuine,
and always reflective of the local
context. Throughout 2017, the
first cohort of individual KU centres
have embarked upon the process of
developing their own RAP.
Reflecting on their environments,
educational program and the
connections they already have,
or are yet to develop, with local
Aboriginal communities, centres have
been supported by KU’s dedicated
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Programs team. As part of KU’s
commitment to social investment,
additional resourcing saw the team
and programs expand in 2017.
Additionally, KU’s Regional RAP
Champions are at the forefront of
achieving the objectives set out
in KU’s RAP. In this first year, RAP
Champions have guided their own
centres through the process of
developing and publishing their own
RAP. This saw the publishing of 22
centre RAPs in 2017, with a further
2 under review.
Perhaps most impressive is the
additional 38 RAPs already being
developed by centres, under the
guidance and support of a RAP
Champion.
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INCREASE IN ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT
ISLANDER CHILDREN ATTENDING KU
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