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Mentorship helps emerging Indigenous physicians succeed
Programs help offset longstanding deficiencies in education, guidance and representation.
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Strengthening the circle: empowering success for Indigenous learners through community-based assessments and reciprocal relationships
Meeting learners within their Indigenous communities to promote higher education is a powerful demonstration of respect and support.
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Book review: Indigenous lessons for healing our society
Blair Stonechild, The Knowledge Seeker: Embracing Indigenous Spirituality, Regina: University of Regina Press, 2016, 224 pages.
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Hidden eco warriors
Academics who research and teach accounting are quietly championing environmental efforts.
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The road to reconciliation
Universities Canada’s new commitments to truth and reconciliation will be a living document.
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Continuing education at First Nations University of Canada focuses in on reconciliation
The latest offering from the Indigenous Continuing Education Centre taps into the public appetite for guidance around the TRC’s calls to action.
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New workshop series offers nursing faculties training in implementing TRC’s calls to action
The two-hour, voluntary sessions provide training in Indigenous specific racism, cultural humility, cultural safety and integrating the truth of colonization.
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Telling Indigenous stories through medicines of the land
Kwantlen U library collection features plant-based skin care items.
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Ethical considerations for the integration of Indigenous knowledge into open education resources
Consent, consultation and collaboration are key.
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Concordia launches program to increase Indigenous student graduation rate in engineering
The initiative is the latest bridging program at a Canadian university to address the under-representation of Indigenous students in STEM fields.
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The important role of Indigenous elders in the academy
We must ensure that elders are integrated into teaching and learning, not separated from it.
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Going beyond self-identification in recruiting Indigenous faculty
A few high-profile cases involving faculty members who may have falsely presented themselves as Indigenous are calling into question the practice of self-identification.
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A question of identity
Unpacking the challenge of Indigeneity in higher education.
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Quebec initiative is helping fund Indigenous women’s research while contributing to Joyce’s Principle
The second recipient of the Joyce Echaquan Scholarship is hoping to develop a new care model.
