UCRH launches our Yarning Circle

As part of NAIDOC Week 2024 celebrations, the University Centre for Rural Health has launched our new Yarning Circle. The beautiful installation is an outdoor space for education, meetings and informal gatherings that reflects and represents Aboriginal culture. The Yarning Circle was funded through the University of Sydney’s One Sydney, Many People strategy, which sets out the whole-of-University commitment to journey together, valuing, respecting and celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s knowledges and cultures. Head of Indigenous Health at Sydney Medical School and Academic Lead, Aboriginal Health at University Centre for Rural Health Emma Walke said the Yarning Circle embodies the importance UCRH places on cultural immersion. “We want to walk lightly on this country and provide a strong education and cultural grounding for anyone who spends time here with us,” she said. “The Yarning Circle is something the Aboriginal staff at UCRH wanted to bring to life. It gives us a place to yarn, but it also a place of learning and we can use it to help teach our students in a tangible tactile space. “We want to see everyone who works here use the Yarning Circle as somewhere to meet, talk, reflect and learn.” Watch this video to learn more about the Yarning Circle and what it means to staff at UCRH.