WSU faculty and students Saturday time at the Pulima Art Festival (located in Hualien County Cultural and Creative Industries Park) A quick recap of a Saturday spent together with our WSU faculty and students in Hualien City! We explored the exhibits that are a part of the Pulima Art Festival inside of the Hualien Cultural…
Western Sydney University faculty and students visited Tafalong’s Kakita’an and their new museum. A recap of WSU’s visit to Tafalong, the largest Pangcah (Amis) community here in Hualien, Taiwan. The Western Sydney University students visited Tafalong’s Kakita’an and their new museum. They were welcomed by Tipus Auntie and our guide Sifo Lakaw. They finished they…
This afternoon our visiting WSU students and faculty members were able to participate in a Jade Craftsmanship Workshop taught by Mr. 林銀火 and assistant teacher Ms. 毛皓亞.
Western Sydney University attended the first Aboriginal Knowledge Public Lecture Series presented by Professor Kerim Friedman. This morning our wonderful students from Western Sydney University attended the first of their Indigenous Knowledge Public Lecture Series. This lecture, taught by Professor Kerim Friedman, was titled “What does it mean to be ‘Indigenous’ Taiwanese?”. The students were…
Western Sydney University‘s first day on campus. Today was Western Sydney University’s first day on campus! They were welcomed by CIS’s very own dance troupe led by Mr. Pasuya Yasiungu Ne Niayoeova. Together they learned about songs and dances from several different Indigenous Peoples across Taiwan. #Facebook…
This upcoming week we have a series of public lectures facilitated by the Center For International Indigenous Affairs, and taught by our wonderful professors here at NDHU’s College of Indigenous Studies. This is a lecture series on Indigenous knowledge organized for our visiting Indigenous scholars from Western Sydney University, but also open to the rest…
After exchanging gifts, the visiting dignitaries and the host of NDHU posed for a photograph (from left: Tina Wehipeihana-Wilson, Adele Mason, Renee Bates, VP Hui-Mi Hsu, President Han-Chieh Chao, Dean Chung-shan Shih) National Dong Hwa University（NDHU）has been committed to promoting international exchanges since its establishment. Recently, the university had the privilege of hosting a visit…
Team Taiwan visited Effie Kokrine Charter School. From left to right : Bavaragh Dagalomai、Temi Pihu、Ciwas Pawan、Ifuk Saliyud、Away Maya Titiyon 、Mulas Ismahasan Islituan The 2023 Mrs. Fumei Wu Scholarship-winning team from National Dong Hwa University’s（NDHU）Center for International Indigenous Affairs（CIIA）participated in the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium（WINHEC）Annual Conference held in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, from July 17th to…
WINHEC co-chairs Dr.Bavaragh Dagalomai and Dr. Elmer Guy (second and third from the left) and the Executive Committee (2019-2023) took Photo with WINHEC Paddle during Aalaska AGM The World Indigenous Higher Education Consortium（WINHEC）originated from the signing of the “Declaration of Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education” in Canada in 2002, initiating a transnational organizational effort to…