by juliet | Feb 14, 2020 | Equity, diversity & inclusion, From the OPMCSA
Kia ora koutou Over the last year, one of the focuses of the Chief Science Advisor Forum, in particular myself, Tahu Kukutai and Gary Evans, has been on building a bridge between the science advisory system and te ao Māori. This culminated last year in a hui with the...
by juliet | Dec 19, 2019 | Equity, diversity & inclusion, From the OPMCSA
Kia ora koutou As a final reflection for 2019, it seems apt in this year of commemoration to ponder the interface of our two knowledge frameworks. Tahu and I were honoured to be asked to write a forward for a New Zealand Science Review Special Issue on Mātauranga and...
by EllenR | Oct 8, 2019 | Equity, diversity & inclusion, From the OPMCSA, Internships
Click here for up-to-date information This post has been superseded. Please click here to read the most up-to-date information. Nāku te rourou, nāu te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi We are excited to announce two new internships to complete a Tairāwhiti-centred project. The...
by juliet | Aug 30, 2019 | Equity, diversity & inclusion, In the news, Internships
One of our interns, Dr Tara McAllister (Te Aitanga ā Māhaki), and her fellow researcher, Dr Sereana Naepi, joined RNZ to talk about their research into the stubbornly low numbers of Māori and Pasifika working at New Zealand universities. Read and listen to the...
by juliet | Aug 30, 2019 | Equity, diversity & inclusion, From the OPMCSA, Internships
Kia ora koutou It has been a high profile week for equity, diversity and inclusion issues in science and academia, so it seemed timely to update on some of our intern projects. We have three projects in this space, with interns David Pomeroy, Tara McAllister and...
by EllenR | Sep 6, 2018 | Equity, diversity & inclusion, In the news
Juliet was interviewed by RNZ journalist Charlie Dreaver following the release of a report on diversity in the science sector from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). Under MBIE’s new initiative they are going to collect and report on the...
