“In my experience with the delivery of the Pulling Together guides, the Indigenous facilitators have really created and supported safe environments for learning,” said Valerie Cross, director of Collaborative Projects and Indigenous Engagement at BCcampus. These guides provide that starting place.” Reconciliation can only happen if everybody plays their role, which means everybody has to do some work. “When people say, ‘I don’t know what to do,’ this is a place for them to start doing the work on their own, which is vital because often people just want really quick answers and solutions, but that rarely works. “The usefulness of the guides is that they are a place to start,” said Kory Wilson, executive director of Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships at British Columbia Institute of Technology. Working with the team - giving each other confidence and supporting each other through the process - was a big learning for me.” “It was a huge project, with many complexities in terms of defining the target audiences and recognizing that the different sectors of post-secondary intersect with Indigenous students in very different ways. “The collaborative approach to this project gave us courage,” said Marlene Erickson, executive director of Aboriginal Education at the College of New Caledonia. Funded by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training, the Indigenization guides provide a set of resources to support learning, reflection, and constructive action.
post-secondary system by supporting individual and institutional efforts toward reconciliation, decolonization, and Indigenization. This project began in 2016 and was one of the first projects for BCcampus aimed at transforming the B.C.
The series is a living collection, and adaptations are invited, as the local context, traditions, and territories have a place in these resources. This completes the collection of the Pulling Together Learning Series guided by Indigenous leaders and authored by a large collaboration of Indigenous educators and allies in the B.C. This year we welcomed the release of the final Pulling Together guide, Researchers: Hiłḱala (allowed, has permission).
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