If you are interested in exploring Kaupapa Māori approaches to health professional education, you will want to register for the online session commencing at 12 noon on Tuesday 24 November with Dr Rhys Jones from Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, at The University of Auckland. The session is organised by Ako Aotearoa.

In this 90-minute webinar, chaired by Professor Papaarangi Reid - Tumuaki/Head of Department at Te Kupenga, Dr Jones will speak on Transforming health professional education to achieve a Tiriti-compliant health sector.

He believes that if we want to create a culturally safe health workforce we need to critically examine the underlying ideologies, values and norms. We can’t just tack on a Māori health or cultural safety curriculum in health professional education programmes. We need to work to decolonise curricula and institutions in order to foster a health system that is anti-racist and pro-equity.

In his presentation, Dr Jones will discuss how he and the Te Kupenga Hauora Māori team have approached this challenge in health professional education programmes at The University of Auckland, identify key teaching and learning principles to draw on, and reflect on experiences to date.

Registrations for this session close 9:30am, Tuesday 24 November.

Part of our Tuia Te Ako Hui Ipurangi series

Ako Aotearoa is facilitating five online sessions featuring presentations from leading Māori in tertiary teaching and learning. The series launches in November with Dr Jones’ session and continues into 2021. 

The series is brought together under the banner of Tuia Te Ako Hui Ipurangi (an online version of our well-established Māori tertiary education hui – Tuia Te Ako) and supports the commemoration of 180 years since the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the founding document of our nation.

By connecting tertiary education and Te Tiriti o Waitangi, these sessions will help us learn from the past, share current good practices, and plan for a Tiriti-led future.