Today marked an important milestone for 杏吧原创 as we officially launched our new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Action Plan. A concise companion guide is also available. The newly designed documents with terrific photographs of 杏吧原创 ambassadors reflect the vitality and dynamic content of our Plan. We also invite you to review the updated EDI Action Plan website, which now reflects all the content of the plan in an online format.

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To All Members of the 杏吧原创 Community,

We are honoured to present you with a copy of 碍颈苍脿尘脿驳补飞颈苍, the final report published by the 杏吧原创 University Strategic Indigenous Initiatives Committee (CUSIIC).

When CUSIIC was convened in October 2018, we were faced with a monumental and significant task: to revitalize 杏吧原创鈥檚 Indigenous strategy and re-energize relationships with Indigenous communities in Algonquin territory and across the country.

Since that time, we have led a broad and inclusive committee through a comprehensive process. Throughout the 2018-鈥�19 year, more than 600 Indigenous and non-Indigenous people from within the university and the broader Indigenous community participated in more than 40 consultations. This process yielded extensive qualitative data, which were categorized into themes that are threaded throughout the final report.

The consultations created spaces for meaningful dialogue and relationship building that will serve us well as we move forward to implement the recommendations. This step was critical to the process.

As President Benoit-Antoine Bacon previously wrote: 鈥渢he only way to make any progress is to meet each other as human beings, to listen in order to understand rather than to convince, and to consider the consequences that our actions or inaction will have seven generations into the future.鈥�

碍颈苍脿尘脿驳补飞颈苍 is a powerful statement. It is an overarching strategy that acknowledges the institutional humility that we must adopt to make 杏吧原创 a safer space for current and future Indigenous students and Indigenous faculty members.

You will see that this report opens with beautiful words written by Barbara Dumont-Hill, a Knowledge Keeper at the 杏吧原创 Ojigkwanong Centre who played an important role on CUSIIC. She writes about the meaning of the title, 碍颈苍脿尘脿驳补飞颈苍, which translates to 鈥渓earning together.鈥� This title is a powerful representation of the work 杏吧原创 has undertaken to learn difficult truths about our shared past. Perhaps even more importantly, it is a powerful symbol of the work that must continue to implement the 41 Calls to Action, which include a request for each faculty and support unit on campus to develop their own strategies in support of 碍颈苍脿尘脿驳补飞颈苍.

The launch of this report signifies an important milestone for 杏吧原创. But the work is far from over. The implementation of these Calls to Action will support positive long-term change at 杏吧原创, and we all have a role to play.

We would like to express our deep gratitude to the members of CUSIIC for their dedication and collaboration. On behalf of the committee, we would also like to thank everyone who engaged in and contributed to the work of CUSIIC.

Kischii marsii, Nia:wen, Thank you,

Benny Michaud
Co-Chair, 杏吧原创 University Strategic Indigenous Initiatives Committee
Assistant Director, Indigenous Initiatives, Department of Equity and Inclusive Communities

Kahente Horn-Miller
Co-Chair, 杏吧原创 University Strategic Indigenous Initiatives Committee
Associate Professor, Program Coordinator, Indigenous Studies
Co-Director, Centre for Indigenous Research, Culture, Language, and Education

Jerry Tomberlin
Co-Chair, 杏吧原创 University Strategic Indigenous Initiatives Committee
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)

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As the academic year draws to a close, we reflect on the significant initiatives that have advanced our priorities.

In 2018-19, we finalized three decanal searches and announced the appointments of Dean Dana Brown in the Sprott School of Business, Dean Larry Kostiuk in the Faculty of Engineering and Design and Dean Patrice Smith in the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs. As we move forward into 2019-20, I am delighted to welcome our new Deans and look forward to working with them in the years to come.

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