Reconciliation

Our vision is to increase awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories, knowledge, and leadership within our community.

Commitment to Our First Nations People

SCIA is committed to an equitable Australia and recognises the importance and significant contribution of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples on whose lands we live and work.

We are proud to have developed our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), our formal commitment to Reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in 2021 and more recently, in 2024, we submitted our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan which was approved by Reconciliation Australia in August 2024. We are incredibly proud of this RAP.

Over the coming years we will work collaboratively to ensure that our own services are culturally safe and welcoming so that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples on whose lands we live and work.

Sustainable Futures

As a for-purpose organisation we have a social responsibility, not only to the members we serve, but to the community in which we all live. For individuals to flourish they need to live in communities that are doing the same.

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Narration Through Optic

In 2024 we were deeply humbled to work with First Nations artist Hunter Barnes to create Narration through Optic incorporating motifs with dual representations, drawing from traditional Aboriginal culture and beliefs while conveying SCIA’s message.

Hunter is a proud Ngiyampaa man descendant of Jimmy Keewong and Kitty Nerange. He is well known for his realism oil paintings, portrait, and contemporary Aboriginal artwork as well as tattoo. We also launched our new Acknowledgement of Country developed by Dr Stacey Kim Coates.

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