2012 Event and activities

UQ's 2012 Diversity Week will be packed full of rich and vibrant entertainment, including debates, public lectures, awards, dinners and photo competitions.

Date Topic Venue
Monday 21 May
12.00-2.00pm		 Diversity and Freedom of Speech - A/Prof. Kath Gelber Sir Llew Edwards Building
Monday 21 May
2.00-3.30pm		 HPRC panel and discussion forum: Unity in Diversity -
Perspectives from Ancient Literature		 Forgan Smith Building
Monday 21 May
5.00-8.00pm		 Unity in Diversity: A Feminist Forum Chemistry Building
Tuesday 22 May
10.00-2.00pm		 UQ Union Cultural Fiesta Campbell Place, St Lucia
Tuesday 22 May
10.00 - 11.00am		 UQQC Workshop: When no means no Michie Building
Tuesday 22 May
2.00-4.00pm		 SMI Diversity Week Discussion Panel Sir James Foots Building
Wednes 23 May
10.00 - 11.00am		 UQQC Workshop: Sitting on the Fences Michie Building
Wednes 23 May
11.30-1.30pm		 UQ Gatton International Food Festival UQ Gatton campus
Wednes 23 May
12.00-2.00pm		 UQ Ipswich Unity in Diversity Research Showcase Building 11, UQ Ipswich
Wednes 23 May
3.00-4.00pm		 School of Journalism and Communication interactive
discussion: Represent - representation of ethnic
minorities in the media		 Sir Llew Edwards Building
Wednes 23 May
3.00-5.00pm 		 UQ Union Presents Diversity in the Workforce: The Hon.
Michael Kirby AC CMG and Vice Chancellor Professor
Deborah Terry		 Student Union Complex
Wednes 23 May
4.30-7.30pm		 Graduate School film screening: Le Havre Schonell Theatre
Wednes 23 May
5.45-7.45pm		 Social Justice Forum 3: Indigenous Rights and Legal Issues Sir Llew Edwards Building
Thursday 24 May
9.30-11.30am		 The Equity Office: Peer Coaching Workshop Sir Llew Edwards Building
Thursday 24 May
10.00-11.00am		 UQQC Workshop: What's in a Pronoun Michie Building
Thursday 24 May
4.30-7.00pm		 Vice-Chancellor's Equity and Diversity Awards and Panel
Discussion		 UQ Centre
Thursday 24 May
10.00-2.00pm		 Guide Dogs QLD Experiential Stall Near Merlos, Duhig Building
Thursday 24 May
6.30pm		 Women of the World Workshop TBA
Friday 25 May
1.00-2.30pm		 Reflect and Connect: Ethics in Professional Practice Michie Building
Friday 25 May
2.00-3.00pm		 Seminar: Developing a Positive Social Role Identity for
People with Disabilities		 Chamberlain Building
Friday 25 May
3.00-5.00pm		 Public lecture: By Science, United AIBN
Friday 25 May
5.00-6.00pm		 UQ Art Museum Public Programs: 'Reframe: Animals
and Difference' panel discussion		 James and Mary Emelia
Mayne Centre

Photo competitions

UQ Gatton Photo competition: Behind every pair of shoes is a story - entries close 11 May 2012

What is yours? Submit a picture of a pair of shoes (be as creative as you like!) that most represent YOU and explain in a short statement the story behind them and what they mean to you. Wear your shoes along to our UQ Gatton International Food Festival in the Central Walkway on 23 May from 11.30am - 1.30pm.  Email your picture and statement to Erin Pearl - e.pearl@uq.edu.au.  

Faces of Diversity - entries close 14 May 2012

Students from the School of Journalism and Communication are asking 'What makes you, UniQue?' Visit www.facebook.com/iamuniqueuq, upload your photo. Great prizes on offer plus a chance to tell your story on JACRadio.

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