30. A Different Lens with Letitia Holmes

We revisit Letitia Holmes, who originally appeared in Voices of BlueScope episode 12. Letitia outlines her experience of joining BlueScope as a full-time laboratory technician at the Innovation Labs in Port Kembla, Australia, since completing the CareerTrackers internship program. She also shares her Indigenous identity and heritage and gives an insight into her family history.

Chapters

1. Introduction: 0:00
2. Interview with Letitia: 1:51
3. Conclusion: 17:35

Links

• Read a transcript of the episode.
• Watch an excerpt of Letitia’s interview alongside statements with her manager, Detlev Mueller, in a Faces of BlueScope video on TVBlueScope. 
• At the beginning of the episode, you can hear a reading of BlueScope’s version of an Acknowledgement of Country. Learn more about what it means to make an Acknowledgement of or Welcome to Country for First Nations Peoples in Australia.
• Country
• 12. Meeting CareerTrackers Interns (Voices of BlueScope podcast episode)
• CareerTrackers
• FocusOn BlueScope's Innovation Laboratories (TVBlueScope video)
• Darumbal
• Yeppoon, Queensland
• Peel Island
• Indigenous Australians (or First Nations Peoples, with further information about distinctions such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
• Leper colony
• Medical physics
• Indigenous Tailored Academic Program (ITAP) at the University of Wollongong
• The Dreaming
• Dharawal
• Massacre site returned to Darumbal people in central Queensland (ABC News story — this article contains information that some readers might find distressing.)
• ‘Mob’ is a colloquial term used by First Nations Peoples in Australia to refer to a group of people to whom they belong.
• Technical and Further Education (TAFE)
• Artificial intelligence
• Digital imaging
• Predictive modelling

Connect with Us

• Corporate website
• LinkedIn page
• TVBlueScope on YouTube

Credits

• Edited by Martin Feld
• Recorded by Tim Robinson