CSIRO Space and Astronomy has received a Gold Pleiades award from the Astronomical Society of Australia’s Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Astronomy (IDEA) chapter. The award recognises sustained positive progress and leadership in promoting positive actions to other organisations in the astronomy community, including: Implementing mandatory gender diversity on recruitment panels, ensuring panel members undertake diversity, inclusion and belonging (DIB) training, and offering part-time roles as a default; Increasing DIB learning and Mental Health First Aid training completion rates; Celebrating key events across our sites to create opportunities for active and visible allyship and meaningful conversations; Using targeted affirmative measures for recruitment, such as identified roles and conscious inclusion, to increase the number of women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People joining our team; Improving oversight of our actions through regular monitoring and reporting; and Continuing to support bringing local Indigenous languages into regular use by renaming three meeting rooms at our Marsfield site with words of local significance in the Dharug language. CSIRO Space and Astronomy’s Director Dr Douglas Bock said, “We’re doing this because we value our people and want to deliver positive impact for the communities with whom we work, including the ATNF community.” (Image credit: Sabrina Einecke)
