At MOB Academy, Reconciliation Week isn’t something we tick off in a school calendar — it’s an opportunity to pause, reflect, and lean into conversations that matter.
This year, during National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week, our staff and students came together to honour the truth of this country’s history and explore what it means to walk forward with respect, awareness, and unity.
A reminder that the work of reconciliation doesn’t stop with a social post or a flag raised — it’s in the daily actions, the honest conversations, and the choices we make about the kind of culture we want to build.
Holding Space for Hard Conversations
Throughout the week, our staff opened space for discussions about the impact of colonisation, intergenerational trauma, and the resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
For many of our students — some of whom come from Indigenous backgrounds — this was personal. They spoke with pride about their families, their cultures, and the challenges they’ve seen firsthand. Others listened, often quietly, but with genuine care and openness.
We don’t always get it perfect. But we show up. We ask questions. We sit in the discomfort when it comes. And we keep learning.
A Culture of Respect
At MOB, cultural safety and respect are embedded into how we teach, lead, and show up for one another. It’s in our language. It’s in our mentoring. It’s in our willingness to hold space for identity and difference.
We don’t just want our young men to know about reconciliation — we want them to feel it, live it, and carry it with them in how they treat others.
Because building better men isn’t just about jobs or grades — it’s about raising good humans.
Moving Forward
Reconciliation Week reminds us that the responsibility of healing doesn’t sit on the shoulders of First Nations people alone. It belongs to all of us.
To our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, staff, and families — we see you, we thank you, and we walk with you.
And to the broader MOB community — let’s keep the conversations going. Around the dinner table, in the car, in quiet moments with our boys. Let’s keep learning. Keep listening. And keep showing up.
Because now, more than ever, reconciliation matters.
