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An historic undertaking for Indigenous education in Quebec
Quebec’s first university by and for Indigenous Peoples in partnership with the First Nations Education Council and Quebec universities.
 
Quebec’s first university by and for Indigenous Peoples in partnership with the First Nations Education Council and Quebec universities.
The goal was to create a safe space that helped international students recognize their entanglement with settler colonialism as uninvited visitors to this land.
Scholars in Calgary, Odanak and Edmundston have recently spearheaded research projects on the revitalization of Indigenous languages. But where do universities fit in, and how should they be contributing?
Why Canadian universities need to think more holistically to effectively integrate more robust forms of equity.
As an academic community, we have a responsibility to teach this country’s history and invite cordial debate on Indigenous realities.
Impetus for the initiative, which also includes the Canada Foundation for Innovation, dates back to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 calls to action.
Indigenous artists are reclaiming space on university campuses, threading history and storytelling through creative works in a variety of mediums that enrich the student experience.
The inaugural class of 23 students completed the joint program in Canadian common law and Indigenous legal orders this spring.
Institutions of higher learning are ideally places where there is deliberation and reflection on hard questions, and a shared grappling with the public good.
The move signals ‘a new chapter,’ after years of grassroots advocacy, consultation and committee work.
University researchers add ‘one tool in the toolbox’ to help better understand the state of relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada.
Authors hope to increase awareness of the impact of climate change on Indigenous peoples’ health.
Sense of isolation during the pandemic spurred effort to unite senior Indigenous administrators across Canada’s universities.
The work of equity asks leaders to support movement toward justice, even when we cannot always foresee or predict the path forward.