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Native food and botanicals cultural careers expo 

22nd and 23rd August 
Tauondi Aboriginal College South Australia

Join us at Tauondi Aboriginal College to celebrate and explore Culture + careers with native foods and botanicals

Day 1: Thursday 22nd August 

Workshop 1 - First Nations women 

Journeying between and within, exploring culture + career

Meet and connect with First Nations women to  share stories and explore culture +career via native plants and food

10:00am - 11:00am

Workshop 2 - First Nations women

Weaving threads, making connections: possibilities within current career journeys and beyond.

Meet and connect with First Nations women to explore culture + careers 

11:30am - 12:30pm

Workshop 3 - First Nations women

Exploring research as an opportunity to connect culture + career journeys

Yarn with researchers about approaches to research native food and botanicals such as Michael Watkins from Uni SA

01:30pm - 02:30pm

Workshop 4 - First Nations women

Reflect and co-design programs

Identify learning, coaching and development needs to support your aspirations and inspiration for leading within the native food and botanicals sector.

02:45pm - 03:45pm

Workshop A - School stream

Introduction to bush food and bush medicine

Culture and native food and botanicals - bushfood /bush medicine traditional knowledge

10:00am - 11:00am 

11:30 - 12:30pm

01:30pm - 02:30pm

Workshop B - School stream

Yarning circle: What is culture?

Yarning circle exploring culture and identity

10:00am - 11:00am 

11:30 - 12:30pm

01:30pm - 02:30pm

Workshop C - School stream

Foraging for native plants and food

Identifying native plants on Country - sharing knowledge about how to identify plants, when to forage/wild harvest - local seasonal calendars and connecting to Country.

10:00am - 11:00am 

11:30 - 12:30pm

01:30pm - 02:30pm

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"Mentoring our students at a young age will provide them with the ability to develop employability skills, as well as teach them to create businesses of their own”

Crystal Donnelly Aboriginal Education Officer, Narromine High School

Day 2: Friday 23rd August 

Keynote Speaker

Workshops:

Workshop A:

Growing your own native foods

10:00am - 11:00am

11:30am - 12:30pm 

01:30pm - 02:30 pm

Learn how to propagate River Mint & make a quandong seed bracelet with Cate Cahill from Kaiyu Superfoods

Expression of interest - school stream 

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Native food and botanicals cultural careers expo - school stream

 

When

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22 and 23 Aug 2024, 8:30am - 2:30pm ACST

Where

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Tauondi Aboriginal College

1 Lipson St, Port Adelaide SA 5015, Australia

Event registrations - workshops for First Nations women 

Value+d Program Info Session
Value+d Program Info Session
When
26 Aug 2024, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm AEST
Where
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