Indigenization of Post-Secondary Education - What does Indigenization look like in practice?

• Hiring, promotions and tenure: o Ensuring that Indigenous Peoples are hired as faculty and staff throughout the institution and not just in Indigenous Studies departments or in Indigenous student services; o Hiring Indigenous faculty and staff in cohorts or groups so that they are not the sole Indigenous representative and have supportive peers; o Providing training, mentorship and support in or. [...] CUPE Research 1 [Grab your reader’s attention with • Recruitment and admissions: o Identifying and eliminating barriers to recruitment of Indigenous students; o Providing targeted scholarships and financial aid to Indigenous students; o Providing culturally appropriate supports to new Indigenous students to help them succeed. [...] • Research: o Providing scholarships for Indigenous graduate students and post-docs; o Funding Indigenous researchers in their chosen areas of scholarship; o Respecting Indigenous forms of knowledge sharing and gathering as a valid form of scholarship; o Investing in research into Indigenous history, culture, and ways of knowing; o Setting a high ethical standard for research involving Indigenous. [...] • Leadership and administration: o Ensuring that Indigenous Peoples are represented at senior leadership levels within the Institution including senior administrators and on the Board of Governors; o Constantly evaluating, reporting on, and seeking to improve the practice of Indigenization with representation from Indigenous communities included in the committee or working group tasked with this r. [...] CUPE Research 2 • Campus and community spaces: o Providing safe spaces for Indigenous students, staff, and faculty to gather; o Ensuring that First Nations, Inuit, and Métis art and symbols are represented on campus; o Recognizing the land the campus is on in signage, on the website, and on institutional documents and literature; o Including First Nations, Inuit, and Métis names for buildings and.