Amplifying Multicultural and Multilingual Initiatives

This webinar will explore initiatives that celebrate and acknowledge the multilingual and multicultural landscape at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). It highlights the Say My Name campaign – a decolonial approach into celebrating and acknowledging names deemed ‘tricky’, ‘unfamiliar’ or ‘foreign’ in Anglo linguistic contexts.

The presentation also discusses the campaign’s research extension, Say Our Names, which gathers data on multicultural workforce experiences and offers tools for fostering culturally inclusive environments. Additionally, the AoC (Acknowledgement of Country) project will be discussed, focusing on connecting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and Culturally and Racially Marginalised (CARM) communities with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander reconciliation efforts through a translation project wherein the AoC was translated into 37 languages and spoken out loud and recorded by the translators.

Through such language and cultural engagement, the project aims to build meaningful connections, support reconciliation and celebrate linguistic diversity. These efforts resonate with multicultural library services and library staff across Australia and will soon be made available online for everyone to use.