UQ Cultural Inclusion Council

The Council provides a consultative mechanism for developing and implementing inclusion initiatives focused on culturally and linguistically diverse staff across UQ.

We aim to:

• foster an environment that is respectful and allows for the empowerment of staff from diverse
• backgrounds
• establish strong policies in line with legislation that are anti-harassment, anti-discrimination and anti-racism
• provide resources and programs for the wider UQ community to raise cultural awareness and promote inclusive workplace practices
• develop and maintain an inclusive environment from staff of diverse backgrounds; along with increasing community connection
• implement UQ’s first CALD Inclusion Strategy.

Cultural Inclusion Council Focus Areas 2024 - 2025

• Inclusive recruitment, retention, induction, promotion and peer mentoring for CALD staff.
• Revise the UQ Induction pack to include the needs of CALD staff.
• Improving the awareness of the need for inclusion of culturally diverse individuals at the faculty, school and departmental levels through inclusion training.
• Arrange quarterly engagement/network/conferences/events and invite speakers from other universities, researchers, and governments. Create a forum/space to continue the interrogation of diversity and inclusion of staff from CALD backgrounds.
• Increase visibility of UQ as a culturally inclusive place for staff and students through an active UQ website promoting UQ CIC events and showcasing our successes.
• Improved learning experience for UQ Students from CALD backgrounds.
• Encourage more research on staff isolation, ostracism, belongingness, and intersectionality

Cultural Inclusion Council Terms of Reference (PDF, 175.7 KB)

CALD Staff Inclusion Action Plan (PDF, 2.7 MB)

	Rongyu Li – Executive Champion Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement)
	Associate Professor Remi Ayoko – Chair School of Business
	Faiza El-Higzi – Deputy Chair Postgraduate Student Representative HASS
	Hassan Khosravi Senior Lecturer, Learning Analytics, ITaLI
	Sebastian Hagebaum Manager, BEL Career Services
	Salit Kark Professor, School of Biological Sciences
	Karin Sellberg Lecturer, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
	Joerg Henning Associate Professor, School of Veterinary Science
	Jasmina Fejzic Lecturer, School of Pharmacy
	Jeffrey Mak Research Officer, Institute of Molecular Bioscience
	Bisakha Dewan – Member Postgraduate Student Representative Gatton
	Greg Hainge Head, School of Languages & Cultures
	Nilufar (Nell) Baghaei Senior Lecturer - Human Centred Computing, ITaLI
	Xiang-Yu (Janet) Hou Principal Research Fellow, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health
	Chris Kwon Student and Academic Administration Officer, Academic Service Division
	Salome Bowman Business Manager, Information and Technology Services
	Felipe Retamal Walter Lecturer in Speech Pathology, HABS
	Nasim Amiralian Senior Research Fellow, AIBN
	Aparna Hebbani  Senior Lecturer, School of Communication and Arts
	S. M. Qasim Ahsan Digital Assessment Support Coordinator,  Institute of Teaching and Learning Innovation
	Alain de Sales Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Andrew L. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership
	Workplace Diversity & Inclusion Officer - Secretariat Administrative Officer, Secretariat CIC , Workplace Diversity and Inclusion