Elisabeth Murdoch College

Elisabeth Murdoch College's vision for reconciliation is to ensure that:

• the rich and thriving cultures, knowledge and experiences of the First Peoples of Australia are celebrated by the EMC community
• all students, including every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student, are afforded equal and equitable opportunities to achieve their potential, succeed in life, and feel strong in their cultural identity
• the relationship and yet distinctions between ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education’ and ‘reconciliation in education’ is recognised, including a further focus on engaging all students, staff, and all members of the EMC community with the importance of reconciliation, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures and futures
• a focus on reconciliation, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content and perspectives, is meaningfully incorporated into the curriculum, across all areas of study
• reconciliation actions are genuinely embedded into everyday practice.

We continue to work towards achieving this vision and leading systemic based change.  Based on our reconciliation journey and learnings so far, we reaffirm our commitment to continue to walk alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their families, and the wider Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community connected to EMC. At EMC, we ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and families feel seen and be heard. 

EMC considers reconciliation involving a community joining together not just to celebrate, but to answer calls to action to make things better. EMC understands that when we celebrate together, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, we are building relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures, histories and futures. We will work in driving self-determination for Aboiriginal and Torres Strait Islander education alongside the Victorian Government.