Pat Anderson AO, Chairperson of the Lowitja Institute, was announced the winner of the public policy category in the 2015 Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards at a gala event in the Sydney Town Hall on 15 October. Ms Anderson was recognised for her outstanding contribution to Aboriginal and Torres...
Continue readingAboriginal literacy program flourishes
Adult Learning Australia recently published an article on the Literacy for Life Foundation. Read it here...
Continue readingYes, I Can! Yo! Si Puedo comes to Aboriginal Australia
Adult and Community Education Aotearoa (New Zealand) recently published an article on the Literacy for Life Foundation in their 2015 Spring Newsletter. Read it here...
Continue readingYES, I CAN! hits the ground in Brewarrina
Cuba’s Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Jose Montano Galego, will launch the Literacy for Life Foundation Yes, I Can! Aboriginal adult literacy campaign in Brewarrina in outback NSW on August 26th. Grace Gordon is Chairperson of the local Ngemba Community Working Party, which invited the Literacy for Life Foundation to bring the campaign to...
Continue readingLiteracy for Life Foundation board member Pat Anderson AO receives Elders Award
The following has been extracted from the Lowitja Institute’s newsletter: Congratulations to Lowitja Institute Chairperson, Ms Pat Anderson AO, who received a 2014 Elders Award in recognition of her contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander higher education. The award, made by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Advisory Council, recognises those...
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