{"id":8758,"date":"2024-07-30T03:04:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T03:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/emerging-leader-program-2-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T03:35:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T03:35:10","slug":"indigenous-bursary-recipients-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/indigenous-bursary-recipients-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Bursary Recipients 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/treetops-homepage.jpg” bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_stretch=”true” enable_3d=”true” min_height=”500″ js_vertical_centered=”true” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” section_id=”donate” el_class=”donate-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”70px”][mk_fancy_title font_family=”none” align=”center”]INDIGENOUS BURSARY RECIPIENTS 2024[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”67″][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789112768{padding-right: 36px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_left”][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”15″ visibility=”visible-sm”][mk_padding_divider visibility=”visible-tl”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” el_class=”terrain-title-2″]SUPPORTING FUTURE LEADERS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”60″ visibility=”hidden-nb”][mk_padding_divider size=”20″ visibility=”visible-nb”][vc_column_text el_class=”sub-head” css=”.vc_custom_1722308822168{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]July 2024[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”5″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1699845516005{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722310179043{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Growing up in the Aboriginal community of Yarrabah, Nyoka Hrabinsky never imagined she would one day work in ethnobotany. But her life in the community, and earlier at Kowanyama on Cape York Peninsular, was laying strong foundations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went out a lot on Country, fishing, hunting, camping out. We learnt how to naturally dye leaves and do weaving. And when my family moved back to Yarrabah, we lived out in the bush with no electricity, with gravity-fed water, kerosene lamps\u2026 It really influenced me to have a passion for the environment and for cultural knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nyoka has since worked as a national park ranger, established an indigenous-themed caf\u00e9 with her husband and become an ethnobotany research assistant \u2013 a role that\u2019s inspired her to study environmental science at James Cook University majoring in biodiversity and land management.<\/p>\n

Bursaries for three James Cook University students<\/strong><\/p>\n

She recently received an indigenous bursary from not-for-profit environmental organisation Terrain NRM to help with her studies. Nyoka is one of three James Cook University students who\u2019ve received the bursaries, aimed at helping with studies and future employment opportunities in the environmental and agricultural sectors.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a first-year university student can be daunting, especially when it comes to managing expenses. I work a few days a week, but this will be immensely helpful,\u2019\u2019 she says.<\/p>\n

Her goal is to become an ethnobotanist in her own right, studying plants, their practical uses over time, traditional knowledge and how it can strengthen western science.<\/p>\n

Funds to help with study expenses, work experience…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two other 2024 Terrain NRM Indigenous Bursary recipients, Chelsea Perry and Tara Ganley, are also studying environmental science at James Cook University. Tara hopes to use bursary funds to take some time off work so she can volunteer as a ranger.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1563789122720{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 34px !important;}” el_class=”great_header_right”][mk_padding_divider size=”206″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_padding_divider size=”50″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722309344101{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\"\"[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1700534677201{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1722310255255{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\u201cBorn and raised in Cairns, I\u2019ve always been passionate about the environment and being close to natural world heritage sites. There is no better place to be studying environmental science.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chelsea is a Yidinji\/Kalakadoon woman from the Atherton Tablelands.<\/p>\n

\u201cI pride myself on my indigenous culture. I have a deep connection to the natural world around me and I\u2019m hoping, after graduating, to become a voice for indigenous perspectives and to create a brighter future both for the indigenous mob in the Wet Tropics in the scientific community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Networking opps within environmental and agricultural sectors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Terrain NRM\u2019s Natural Capital Fund Chair Pete Faulkner said the bursary program, now in its fourth year, was introduced to encourage more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to become future leaders in natural resource management through $3000 bursaries and the chance to meet people across the sector.<\/p>\n

The annual program is open to students studying, or planning to study, at university or TAFE in courses focused on the environment, agriculture, natural resource management, conservation or sustainable development. Find out more.<\/a><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section el_class=”grean-btn-sec” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”47″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_button dimension=”outline” url=”https:\/\/terrain.org.au\/what-we-do\/biodiversity\/” align=”right” el_class=”green-btn” outline_skin=”custom” outline_active_color=”#175137″ outline_active_text_color=”#ffffff” outline_hover_bg_color=”#175137″ outline_hover_color=”#ffffff”]Read More[\/mk_button][mk_padding_divider size=”100″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section section_id=”great-1-blog” sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”105″ visibility=”hidden-sm”][mk_fancy_title size=”28″ letter_spacing=”4″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”none” align=”right” el_class=”terrain-title”]RELATED NEWS[\/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider visibility=”hidden-sm”][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”true” fullwidth_content=”false” id=”post_grid_filter_1″][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”grid_greate_3″ css=”.vc_custom_1651022120669{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

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