Thematic Analysis of Indigenous Students’ Experiences with Indigenization at a Canadian Post-secondary Institution

Paradoxes, Potential, and Moving Forward Together

Bibliographic Data

ID18973258
AuthorsIloradanon Efimoff (0000-0002-4169-1798, First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume13
Issue1
Publication date2022-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Indigenous Policy Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1916-5781 • E-ISSN: 1916-5781
PublisherUniversity of Western Ontario, Western Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18584/iipj.2022.13.1.10700
OpenAlexW4283788374
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

Indigenization is a relatively new phenomenon in Canada. It is a broad concept that includes everything from changing physical spaces to challenging Western epistemologies and the status quo. In this study, I describe nine Indigenous students’ experiences with Indigenization at the University of Saskatchewan. Students were impacted both positively and negatively by their engagement: They described both opportunities borne of engagement with Indigenization and detriments such as exhaustion and lack of basic needs. In terms of methods to Indigenize, the participants described the importance of representation, centring Indigenous values and knowledges, and creating communities that can Indigenize. I end the paper with four policy recommendations for post-secondary institutions interested in Indigenization

Epistemology · Indigenization · Indigenous · Institution · Phenomenon · Political science · Pooling · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Status quo · Thematic analysis · Anthropology · Computer Science · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Service-Learning and Community Engagement

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