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Mentorship helps emerging Indigenous physicians succeed
Programs help offset longstanding deficiencies in education, guidance and representation.
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Sharing circle: Our learnings from organizing an anti-colonial intercultural dialogue program
The goal was to create a safe space that helped international students recognize their entanglement with settler colonialism as uninvited visitors to this land.
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What role should universities play in revitalizing Indigenous languages?
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?
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Equity and academic programming: beyond simply an additive approach
Why Canadian universities need to think more holistically to effectively integrate more robust forms of equity.
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Indigenous research spotlighted in new government report on climate change
Authors hope to increase awareness of the impact of climate change on Indigenous peoples’ health.
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New national Indigenous leadership association looks to support systemic change
Sense of isolation during the pandemic spurred effort to unite senior Indigenous administrators across Canada’s universities.
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An update on the renaming of Ryerson University
The work of equity asks leaders to support movement toward justice, even when we cannot always foresee or predict the path forward.
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Questioning colonialism in university administration
We must shift our conceptions of leadership beyond the confines of individualist, transactional and hierarchal notions toward more complex, relational and collectivist ways that recognize Indigenous nationhood and knowledges.
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Reflections on being racialized and Indigenous in student affairs
A recent CACUSS panel shed light on the realities that many racialized staff face.
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Indigenous students, faculty weigh in on renaming process at Ryerson
The university is now seeking input from members of the community through Dec. 7.
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Want to reach out to an Indigenous scholar? Awesome! But first, here are 10 things to consider
Many Indigenous scholars forge ahead to passionately contribute to systemic change; however, as requests mount, and there’s not enough time to go around, we are stretched incredibly thin.
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Taking steps towards reconciliation
An invitation to decolonize universities through collaboration.
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Universities mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Some university campuses will be closed for the new statutory holiday.
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National Day for Truth & Reconciliation: universities and schools must acknowledge how colonial education has reproduced anti-Indigenous racism
Reconciliation in education begins by acknowledging how educational systems — in particular, our universities, teacher education programs and curricula — have reproduced systemic anti-Indigenous racisms across Canada.
