Hiring, Retention, Tenure, & Promotion Workshop Breakout II Breakout Group 2 (Faculty 1) 1. What considerations are critical to hiring and retaining Indigenous faculty and staff? Connections to local communities/territories Urban (relocated) Aboriginal people Mentoring, team teaching Courses/programs Collective agreements 2. What are the workload expectations of faculty and staff? Indigenous events and departmental expectations […]
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Workshop I Breakout Group 7 (Senior Administrators 2) Personal and Institutional Reflections on Indigenizing the Academy
Personal and Institutional Reflections on Indigenizing the Academy Workshop I Breakout Group 7 (Senior Administrators 2) A need to work more closely with all levels With good and bad past history institutions have some ‘trust building’ to do with First Nations communities. How to indigenize? Need a definition Need to start with Aboriginal advisors Have […]
It is very easy to underestimate the challenges involved — UFV Caucus Reflections
Staff (Caucus) observed that it was very easy to underestimate the challenges involved, and wondered how to make the curriculum more balanced for aboriginal students, and if there were a way to incorporate and promote understanding through staff training and development. It was suggested that ceremonial activities, like sweats, were important to indigenization, as they […]
Learn to think with your heart: Reflections on Indigenizing the Academy
Indigenizing the Academy workshops produced a lot of reflection around the best way forward for everyone, indigenous and non-indigenous alike. It was noted by Senior Administrators that Student retention was closely tied to support structures, including a culturally safe (decolonized) space, funding support, daycare support, community involvement, aboriginal advisors, elders in residence, and Indigenous faculty and programming. Elders […]
Personal and Institutional Reflections on Indigenizing the Academy– Report from Senior Administrators
Dr. Mark Evered, UFV During Senior Administration workshops, it was noted that Student retention was closely tied to support structures, including a culturally safe (decolonized) space, funding support, daycare support, community involvement, aboriginal advisors, elders in residence, and Indigenous faculty and programming. Elders and community members should be most welcome; and Traditional Knowledge could […]