Taryn Lee
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MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights University of London 2013 Roberta Sykes Scholar 2012 Aurora Study Tour |
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Taryn is a Yawuru woman from Broome, who lives in Melbourne. As a Roberta Sykes Scholar, she completed with Distinction, a MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London in 2014.
She graduated from Victoria University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Laws, and from the College of Law with a Diploma of Legal Practice. She also holds a Global Executive MBA from the University of Sydney. Prior to her current role as the General Manager, Social Impact and Policy at Collingwood Football Club, Taryn was a Director at PwC Indigenous Consulting and before that, Director, Aboriginal Affairs Policy at the Department of Premier and Cabinet in Victoria. She also serves on a number of boards, including as Board member of the Victoria Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission and the Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation. Articles Top 50 public sector women (VIC) 2018, Public Sector Women Awards The most lasting effect of the [Study Tour] is my new-found inspiration to embrace the culture of excellence that I saw exhibited by the people and institutions I was exposed to. The trip crystallised a vision of myself as someone who can do more than simply complete an undergraduate degree... I can feel things inside me shift and grow and that's very exciting. |
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