Vice-Chancellor's Indigenous Advisory Committee

The Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee is the primary source of Indigenous consultation and advice regarding the progression of matters contained within the Indigenous Policy. The committee may advise the university on Indigenous education, employment, and social and cultural matters relevant to the progression of the policy.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee reports directly to the Vice-Chancellor and refers any proposed changes to the committee’s terms of reference and composition directly to the Vice-Chancellor for decision.

2021 meeting dates

Tuesday 6 July
Tuesday 16 November

Time: 9.30am to 11.30am
Location: Chancellery Boardroom, level 4A, building 1, Broadway

Committee contact

Jenny Luong
Senior Governance Support Officer (Electoral Officer)
Tel: 02 9514 1235
Email: Jenny.Luong@uts.edu.au

Composition and membership

All members of the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee will be Indigenous people external to, and not currently in the employ of, the university. Members will be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor on the recommendation of the Chair, in consultation with the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) and the Director, Equity and Diversity Unit.

Composition	Membership	Current term
Indigenous member of Council (Chair) or, where there is no Indigenous member of Council, a Chair appointed by the Vice-Chancellor	Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt, AO, member of UTS Council	Interim Chair
Up to 10 (and no less than five) external Indigenous people, drawn from the Indigenous community, industry and/or the higher education sector	Professor Janet Mooney, Institute for Positive Psychology & Education, Australian Catholic University Nathan Moran, Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council Professor Robert Morgan, Founding Director, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research Professor Mark Rose, Executive Director, Indigenous Strategy and Education, La Trobe University Professor Juanita Sherwood, Pro Vice Chancellor First Nations Engagement, Office of Indigenous Engagement, Charles Sturt University	until 31 December 2022

In attendance at meetings

Provost
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement)
Associate Dean (Indigenous Research)
Associate Dean (Indigenous Teaching and Learning)
Director, Indigenous Students and Community Engagement
Manager, Indigenous Employment
other staff, at the invitation of the Chair.

Terms of reference

The Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee will:

monitor the university’s progression of the objectives contained in the Indigenous Policy
advise the Vice-Chancellor on Indigenous education, employment, cultural and/or Indigenous community matters that may assist the university in achieving the objectives contained in the Indigenous Policy, and
work in partnership with the university to promote UTS within the Indigenous community and its networks.

Procedural matters

Term of office

The term of office for a member of the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee other than the Chair is two years.

Where the Chair is the Indigenous member of Council, the Chair’s term will cease when the Chair’s membership of Council ceases. Where the Chair is not an Indigenous member of Council, the Chair’s term of office will be two years, with re-appointment at the discretion of the Vice-Chancellor.

Review of membership

The composition and membership of the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee will be reviewed periodically by the Chair in accordance with the procedures approved by the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Strategies Committee and amended from time to time.

Quorum

The quorum shall be one-half of the current members of the committee, if one-half is not a whole number, the next higher whole number shall be used.

Vacant positions on the committee do not count toward the total membership of which one-half is required to reach a quorum.

Frequency of meetings

The Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee will usually meet at least twice per year.