Nerida Blair

Nerida was born in the Kulin Nation, lives in Darkinjung Country on the Central Coast of NSW and works in Kuringai Country at the Australian Catholic University. Nerida has spent three decades working in universities in NSW and Victoria and over one decade in the Public Service Canberra; Department of Education, Department of Foreign Affairs and with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission in Sydney. Education is her passion believing education is the most powerful tool that Indigenous peoples have to fully engage in a safe and fulfilling lifestyle; education that is participatory, imag-ined, creative, holistic, sensual and story-based.