Ms Tonia Chalk
| Name | Tonia Chalk |
|---|---|
| Pronoun | She/Her/Hers |
| Position | Lecturer (Education) |
| Section | School of Education |
| Office | G403 |
| Location | Toowoomba Campus |
| Phone | +61 7 4631 2338 |
| Extension | 2338 |
| Qualifications | BEd USQ , BA(Hons) USQ |
Tonia Chalk (BA (Creative), BA (Hons), B.Ed.) is an Aboriginal woman from Southwest Queensland whose family has lived and worked on Budjiti, Kunja, and Bidjara country. She is a PhD candidate at Griffith University, Nathan Campus in the School of Humanities, Languages, and Social Science. Her PhD examines eleven inquests of death files of Aboriginal females that occurred during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Queensland, through the lens of the file's discursive practices and colonial references. By viewing the coronial inquest file not only as a government document but also as a space for multiple narratives and voices, the project provides a new way of thinking about inquests in Queensland, and about the archival record in Aboriginal family stories, including my Aboriginal family. She is a Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, and a First Nations archivist.
* Archival Records - Aboriginal Family Stories
Australian History
* MMIW&G - Aboriginal women and girls and archival records - inquests
Queensland history
* The archive as cultural artefact
* First Nations pedagogical frameworks
* First Nations Education and the Australian Curriculum
* Member of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)
* Member of USQ Academic Board (2014-2023)
* Member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Board
* Tertiary Representative for the QCAA B31 Panel - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
*Indigenous Branch Committee Member of USQ's National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU)
Registered Teacher - Queensland College of Teachers
EDS2402 - Junior Humanities C & P
EDS3450 - Senior Phase C & P
EDP4200 - The Reflective Practitioner
EDC2200 - First Nations Education
EDS4408 - Secondary Humanities Curriculum and Pedagogy
EDM5002 - Diversity in Educational Contexts
EDM5007 - Cultivating Supportive Learning Environments
14 Years
10 Years