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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Professor Thomas Edwin "Tom" Calma, AO (born 27 December 1953) in Darwin, Northern Territory an Australian Aboriginal elder of the Kungarakan people and member of the Iwaidja tribal group whose traditional lands are south west of Darwin and on the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory respectively, a human rights and social justice campaigner, is the sixth Chancellor of the University of Canberra, a post held since January 2014. Calma is the first Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander man to hold the position of Chancellor of any Australian university.Prior to his appointment as University of Canberra Chancellor, Calma served on the University Council from October 2008 and was the Deputy Chancellor. Since March 2010 Calma has been the Federal Government appointed National Coordinator, Tackling Indigenous Smoking, leading the fight against tobacco use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.Calma served as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner from 2004 to 2010 and as Race Discrimination Commissioner from 2004 until 2009 at the Australian Human Rights Commission.Calma was named as 2013 ACT Australian of the Year and awarded an Order of Australia; Officer of the General Division in 2012 in recognition of his work as an inspirational advocate for human rights and social justice and distinguished service to the Indigenous community.For over 40 years Calma has championed the rights, responsibilities and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. He has been involved in Indigenous affairs at a local, community, state, national and international level and worked in the public sector focusing on rural and remote Australia, health, education, justice reinvestment, research, reconciliation and economic development. Calma’s 2005 Social Justice Report – focusing on Indigenous health equality – was the catalyst for the Close the Gap campaign."@en }

• Tom_Calma abstract "Professor Thomas Edwin "Tom" Calma, AO (born 27 December 1953) in Darwin, Northern Territory an Australian Aboriginal elder of the Kungarakan people and member of the Iwaidja tribal group whose traditional lands are south west of Darwin and on the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory respectively, a human rights and social justice campaigner, is the sixth Chancellor of the University of Canberra, a post held since January 2014. Calma is the first Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander man to hold the position of Chancellor of any Australian university.Prior to his appointment as University of Canberra Chancellor, Calma served on the University Council from October 2008 and was the Deputy Chancellor. Since March 2010 Calma has been the Federal Government appointed National Coordinator, Tackling Indigenous Smoking, leading the fight against tobacco use in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.Calma served as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner from 2004 to 2010 and as Race Discrimination Commissioner from 2004 until 2009 at the Australian Human Rights Commission.Calma was named as 2013 ACT Australian of the Year and awarded an Order of Australia; Officer of the General Division in 2012 in recognition of his work as an inspirational advocate for human rights and social justice and distinguished service to the Indigenous community.For over 40 years Calma has championed the rights, responsibilities and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. He has been involved in Indigenous affairs at a local, community, state, national and international level and worked in the public sector focusing on rural and remote Australia, health, education, justice reinvestment, research, reconciliation and economic development. Calma’s 2005 Social Justice Report – focusing on Indigenous health equality – was the catalyst for the Close the Gap campaign.".