Torres Strait Islanderss

The Europeans had a climate where they were able to grow productive crops and domesticate animals, creating a surplus of food, freeing some people from food production to become specialists who were able to create advanced tools and weaponry. Because the Europeans had time, steel, and immunity to smallpox, due to their exposure to domesticated animals, they could decimate populations, appropriate there resources, and conquer the world. The first inequality that geography caused was the development

Digicel is a mobile phone network provider operating in 33 markets across the Caribbean, Central America, and Oceania regions. The company is owned by the Irish billionaire Denis O'Brien, is incorporated in Bermuda, and based in Jamaica. It has about 13 million wireless users. (Rouse, 2006) In 2006, Digicel expanded into the Pacific. Digicel's sister operation in the Pacific Islands region operates in Samoa and in Papua New Guinea running at 900 MHz GSM with GPRS & Edge data services and in PNG Digicel

Student Name: Amar Sablouh Student ID:100793096 Email Address: 100793096@student.swin.edu.au Phone Contact: 04555 666 51 Unit Code and Name: COM 10006 – Academic Literacies: Learning and communicating practices (OUA SP2) Assignment Title: First Essay: Participation on Higher Education Tutor’s Name: Kythera Watson-Bonnice Date of Submission: 26/07/2015 I declare that (the first four boxes must be completed for the assignment to be accepted): □ This assignment does not contain any material that has

the project, the development of the approach used, and to quantify the change that occurs. Oxfam itself has identified Close the Gap as a human rights campaign that aims to close the life expectancy health gap of 10-17 years for Aboriginal and Torres Strait within a generation (Holland 2014, p.46). Vizard in her exploration of Sen’s capability approach (2005, p.24), emphasises the marriage of capabilities with human rights, citing poverty as one of the key exclusions to fundamental freedoms and human

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are a distinct traditional cultural group of the Australian population. The historical wealth of the importance of contribution to country by the Indigenous people of this nation is truly significant. At the Indigenous Future-Venture Research Institution (IFVRI) we place at the forefront of our mission, the aim to develop and implement, through the in-depth research and analysis of data, new material for awareness platforms and information that will primarily

Introduction Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is the obstruction of blood vessels that supply the heart muscle, due to the deposition of lipid material [1]. Figure 1 illustrates various modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors, influencing the prevalence of CHD within Australians. Figure 1: Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors affecting the prevalence of Coronary Heart Disease in Australia [19] Modifiable Risk Factors Non-Modifiable Risk Factors Obesity Increasing age Hyperlipidemia Gender

and improving appropriate Indigenous health care. Unfortunately, this is a factor in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women avoiding culturally unsafe care and aggravates the vicious cycle that leads to poor maternal and perinatal outcomes (Kruske, Kildea & Barclay, 2006). One of the recommendations made by the ‘Close the Gap’ campaign involves increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health care workers (Kelly et al., 2014). It is thought that doing this will encourage

assessment 1. I plan to close the gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people and between non-Indigenous people by putting in place strategies that advocate cultural inclusivity. The first strategies I would use would be would be to make people aware. Being aware of the local aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander communality. Also being aware of their local heritage. When the centre is aware of the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander community and the issues they may have. The

“There is an indisputable relationship between the enduring impact of colonisation and current health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people” (Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, 2016). The society of Indigenous peoples have been affected by the British colonisation in 1788; highlighted through all aspects of Aboriginal lifestyle, culture and beliefs being changed by the ‘settlers’. (E. Bourke & Bourke, 1995) Over many years it has been an ongoing task to improve the health status

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, language and culture are part of who we are as Australians. It is important for me as a pre-service teacher to be aware of how my personal background, experiences and ideas about identity will influence my teaching philosophy to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. My ability to understand the cultural identities of all students in my class is necessary for addressing their individual needs. We all bring our own perspectives and ways