TANYA HOSCH
Learning to Walk Again, with Judgement and Confidence
Tanya will share her challenges and experiences, both positive and negative, on the shock diagnosis of Charcot foot, a condition she had never heard of before. The story provides insight to her experiences of an Indigenous woman with type 2 diabetes and the many many health interventions from choosing a foot reconstruction to ultimately having a lower right leg amputation and then the rehab process to physical recovery to life with a prosthesis. Tanya tells it how it is and was, with respect for all of the support and reflections of moments where she felt anything but supported and culturally safe.
Biography
Tanya Hosch is the former Executive General Manager of Inclusion and Social Policy at the Australian Football League and in 2021 South Australian – Australian of the Year.
Ms. Hosch has a long and distinguished history in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy, advocacy, governance and is an accomplished public speaker.
Before joining the AFL as the first ever Indigenous person and second woman in their Executive ranks in August 2016, Tanya was the Joint Campaign director of the Recognise movement for constitutional recognition.
Tanya’s most recent work relating to inclusion focuses on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Gender Equity, Sexuality and Gender Diversity, racism and sexism.
Tanya is a Co-Chair of the Indigenous Advisory Group of the National Australia Bank, a Director of the Coaxial Foundation, ANU Council, was recently proudly appointed to the board of the Goodes O'Loughlin Foundation (GO Foundation) and was a member of the Referendum Council that led the process and final recommendation that resulted in The Uluru Statement from the Heart in May 2017. A career highlight was contributing as a Consultant on the ABC drama, Total Control, where she later appeared in a cameo part in Season Two.
In 2021, Tanya was listed at sixth on the Australian Financial Review’s list of Australian Cultural Influencers and, in December 2022, Tanya was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Flinders University.
Conference Organisers
ApodA staff: Phil McShane, Katrina Den Elzen, Pauline Taylor and Sara Virgo
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