When
Tue 26-May 11:00 AM - 01:30 PM
Register
Registration Closed
Campus Event
BeingKnowing
Indigenous Perspectives
The Australian National University (ANU) is proud to support the Walk for Truth 2026 – a national journey led by Travis Lovett, calling for truth-telling, healing and meaningful change.
As part of the Canberra leg, ANU will host the official Welcome to Country, led by Ngambri-Kamberri, Walgalu and Wiradjuri custodian Paul Girrawah House, followed by a smoking ceremony on campus. This will take place at the Lowitja O'Donoghue Centre on Tuesday 26 May, with the walk expected to arrive at approximately 11:00am.
ANU warmly invites our students, staff, alumni and broader community to join us for the Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony and be part of this important moment.
If you would like to attend, please register your attendance to assist with planning.
The walk will travel from Victorian Parliament in Naarm to Parliament House in Canberra, arriving on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country during National Reconciliation Week. This final leg brings communities together in the nation’s capital to support a national truth-telling process developed in partnership with First Nations peoples.
For those interested in joining the walk, participants are welcome at key points across Canberra:
9-11am: Public walk - Netball ACT (Thurbon Road) to ANU, 60 Barry Drive (approx. 4.5 KM) - register here
11am-12.30pm: ANU walk-through event (as listed above)
1.30-2.30pm AIATSIS event - register here
2.30-5.30pm Public walk - AIATSIS to Reconciliation Place (approx. 6km) - register here
This journey invites people across Australia to walk together toward truth, recognising the strength and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and honouring the world’s oldest continuing cultures.
More information, including full route details, is available on the Walk for Truth website.
As part of the Canberra leg, ANU will host the official Welcome to Country, led by Ngambri-Kamberri, Walgalu and Wiradjuri custodian Paul Girrawah House, followed by a smoking ceremony on campus. This will take place at the Lowitja O'Donoghue Centre on Tuesday 26 May, with the walk expected to arrive at approximately 11:00am.
ANU warmly invites our students, staff, alumni and broader community to join us for the Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony and be part of this important moment.
If you would like to attend, please register your attendance to assist with planning.
The walk will travel from Victorian Parliament in Naarm to Parliament House in Canberra, arriving on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country during National Reconciliation Week. This final leg brings communities together in the nation’s capital to support a national truth-telling process developed in partnership with First Nations peoples.
For those interested in joining the walk, participants are welcome at key points across Canberra:
9-11am: Public walk - Netball ACT (Thurbon Road) to ANU, 60 Barry Drive (approx. 4.5 KM) - register here
11am-12.30pm: ANU walk-through event (as listed above)
1.30-2.30pm AIATSIS event - register here
2.30-5.30pm Public walk - AIATSIS to Reconciliation Place (approx. 6km) - register here
This journey invites people across Australia to walk together toward truth, recognising the strength and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and honouring the world’s oldest continuing cultures.
More information, including full route details, is available on the Walk for Truth website.
Preparation
The preparation for your Campus KNoT will be different, depending on what it is.
The suggested preparation is to "do your research" into the activity/event. For example, if you are going to see a guest speaker present, do a little background research, such as spending some time reading their latest work, finding out about them (ie wikipedia, etc), or listening to an interview with them.
Completion
The default completion task for a Campus KNOT is a short reflection.
This should be the equivalent of 1 page, and can include pictures (such as a photo of you attending, or a picture of an important slide).
We encourage you to reflect on the skill or knowledge that you developed through the activity, particularly how it might be useful or not in your creating social change repertoire.A great prompt to reflect on is a question that you asked the presenter, or would have asked the presenter if there was time.