Presenters : Kayla Boileau, Karine Vanthuyne

 - Indigenous Students

Institution: University of Ottawa 

Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 94 Calls for Action summoned post-secondary institutions to integrate Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods into their classrooms. Since then, most Canadian universities have pledged to Indigenize their programs. While numerous nation-wide surveys and case studies exist regarding how these higher education institutions have implemented this commitment, still little is known about non-Indigenous faculty's involvement in this process. What are their beliefs and practices related to that type of educational reform? How, if at all, do these beliefs and practices differ according to employment status, disciplines, and institutional cultures? Drawing on mixed-methods questionnaires and interviews that were conducted at the University of Ottawa between 2022-2023, we aim to highlight what are the key drivers and obstacles to the respectful integration of Indigenous ways of knowing, doing, and being into post-secondary curricula.