Indigenous Futures Seminar Series

The Indigenous Futures Centre invites Indigenous community members, staff, students and visitors, to our September Seminar Series featuring Professor Levon Blue and Professor Sharlene Leeroy-Dyer on Tuesday September 2 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm.

In this 2-person panel presentation, Levon Blue will revisit critical discussions surrounding Indigenous peoples’ early access to the age pension and superannuation exploring the question of How can the retirement income system be improved to meet the needs of Indigenous peoples? She will present findings based on a paper recently published with Peter Anderson & Mark Brimble in which there are ways to close the superannuation gap and create intergenerational wealth for Indigenous peoples.

Sharlene Leeroy-Dyer focuses on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment disadvantage, exploring what life is like in the workplace for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. She will present analyses from a paper recently submitted to the International Journal of Indigenous Business examining power and privilege in workplaces, applying intersectionality theory, critical race theory and Aboriginal feminist theory with the goal to dramatically shift the nature and scope of settler colonial relations aimed at critiquing and questioning the processes of inclusion and exclusion.

Together, the panel suggests ways in which workplaces and superannuation can better meet the needs of Indigenous peoples, transforming the design and delivery of policies, programs and services from one originally designed for white men to one that better suits Indigenous peoples’ needs.

Keywords: Racism, Whiteness, Race, Power and Privilege, Inclusivity, Intersectionality

Info: Associate Professor Levon Blue is a member of Beausoleil First Nation in Canada and lives in Queensland, Australia. She is the HDR Coordinator at The University of Queensland in the Office of the Deputy-Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Engagement and coordinates courses within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Major. Levon was awarded a PhD in 2016 that focused on financial literacy education practices in a First Nation community in Canada. Her research area includes financial literacy education and higher education with Indigenous peoples. Sharlene is a Saltwater woman, from the Garigal, Awabakal and Dharug Nations. She is a fulltime academic in at the UQ Business School where she is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Indigenous Business Hub. Sharlene was the first Aboriginal person to be awarded a PhD in Business from the University of Newcastle. Sharlene has extensive experience as an equity practitioner, having worked for over 40 years in industry.

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