Guest Speaker - Senator Sarah Henderson

Victoria’s post-pandemic revival: challenges and opportunities

Sarah Henderson is an Australian politician and former journalist. She has been a Senator for Victoria since September 2019, representing the Liberal Party. She previously held the Division of Corangamite in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. Wikipedia

Fees for this event and donations will fund an Indigenous Nursing Scholarship.

We will be joined on the evening by;

Professor Mark Rose, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Strategy and Innovation, Deakin University.
Assoc. Professor Gabrielle Fletcher, Director, NIKERI, Deakin University.
Kelly Menzel, Senior Lecturer, NIKERI, Deakin University.

Indigenous Nursing Scholarship

The National Indigenous Knowledges Education Research Innovation (NIKERI) Institute at Deakin enables Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians the flexibility to access higher education while maintaining their family, work and community commitments.

Australian Rotary Health scholarship program is a jointly funded initiative between Rotary Clubs, State and Federal Governments to facilitate indigenous medical and nursing students to undertake training and achieve tertiary qualification to enable them to deliver vital services to remote Indigenous communities, thereby improve the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

RC Kardinia have contributed to these scholarships in the past and wish to participate again. With a contribution of $5,000 and a matching contribution from the Commonwealth Govt, we able to provide a scholarship for the 2nd and 3rd years of a nursing degree.