UCN creates Department of Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation | 24CA News
A model new division that might be centered on reconciliation and on offering alternatives for Indigenous post-secondary college students has been created at a northern Manitoba school.
The University College of the North (UCN) has introduced the institution of the Department of Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation and stated the brand new division might be formally put in place on Jan. 3, 2023.
UCN, which has its essential campuses in Thompson and The Pas, and companies a big space of northern Manitoba with smaller studying centres primarily based in a number of northern and Indigenous communities, stated
the division might be centered on its “agenda of reconciliation.”
“UCN is committed to enlivening the principles and Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” UCN stated in a media launch.
“UCN acknowledges that fact should precede reconciliation. Therefore, UCN commits to in search of and to sharing the reality of Indigenous folks. This fact consists of the legacy of Indian Residential Schools, the Sixties’ Scoop, the appropriation of land, the failure to respect treaties, and the continuation of
colonization.
“The journey towards reconciliation begins with truths, and the work of reconciliation is the responsibility of all UCN faculties, departments and areas.”
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UCN has additionally introduced that Dr. Ramona Neckoway, a Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) member who has served UCN as an assistant professor and because the chair of the Aboriginal Northern Studies program, will lead the brand new division.
Smith stated UCN believes that Neckoway, who has a background in Indigenous language analysis, is a “natural fit” to guide the division.
“Dr. Neckoway has an exciting and ambitious agenda that will see UCN’s approach to reconciliation informed by Indigenous knowledge, research, culture, language, and community engagement,” Smith stated.
Neckoway stated she is worked up to tackle the brand new position and hopes the division will carry new and culturally related alternatives to Indigenous and non-Indigenous college students at UCN.
“As an Indigenous scholar from northern Manitoba, I embark on this new role with great humility, and I look forward to creating diverse and multifaceted opportunities,” Neckoway stated.
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