Thursday, June 30, 2016
The
Indigenization
of
universities
and
colleges
has
become
a
key
focus
of
discussion
on
many
campuses
in
recent
months.
This
follows
on
the
final
report
of
the
Truth
and
Reconciliation
Commission
that
called
on
post-secondary
institutions
to
play
a
leading
role
to
support
Aboriginal
languages
and
culture
as
part
of
a
broader
effort
to
heal
the
damages
of
past
wrongs.
The
challenge,
however,
is
that
Indigenization
of
the
academy
remains
an
often
murky
and
even
contested
concept.
What
does
it
mean
in
concrete
terms
for
academic
staff
associations
and
their
members?
“The numbers of Aboriginal faculty across Canada is minimal compared to women and other racialized minorities,” says Battiste. “The University of Saskatchewan, for instance, set out more than 15 years ago to hire Aboriginal people to match the population in our province, then at 13 per cent. Today the numbers are less than 1 per cent.” [...]
Read
the
full
story
in
CAUT/ACPPU Bulletin.