VAEAI Wins Bid for 2008 World Indigenous Education Conference

“Established in 1976 as the Victorian Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (VAECG), the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc. (VAEAI) is a community based and controlled organisation. The major aim of the VAECG was to develop processes for the involvement of Victorian Koorie community members in decision making regarding education and training provision for Koorie students. This goal continues to be the core of the organisations' principles of Koorie community empowerment.”

VAEAI

Please see the link for further information on on the 2008 World's Indigenous Education Conference

WIPCE2008

Please see the below link for registration at the one in a lifetime opportunity!

WIPCE2008

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Until 1986, the term Aborigine and Aboriginal were used extensively to describe the Indigenous people of Victoria . In 1986, Victorian organisations started to use the term Koorie. The term Koorie (sometimes spelt Koori) is now used widely by a large number of people in the Victorian Aboriginal community. It is a distinctive term describing Indigenous people from Southern New South Wales and Victoria .