Reclaiming Hiring

The miyo‐wîcêhtowin Hiring Framework

Bibliographic Data

ID9782811
AuthorsKayla Benoit (0009-0008-0338-515X, Edwards School of Business University of Saskatchewan, corresponding author)
Year2025
Publication date2025-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4840 • E-ISSN: 1754-7121
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/capa.70033
OpenAlexW4414736697
LanguageEN
References cited9

This article introduces the miyo‐wîcêhtowin Hiring Framework , an Indigenous‐led, values‐based model developed to transform public sector hiring practices. Grounded in Cree teachings of “building good relations,” the framework emerged from a mixed‐methods analysis of over 1,500 municipal job descriptions from the City of Saskatoon. The study uncovered systemic bias across categories such as age, race, ability, language, and education, revealing how hiring language can exclude Indigenous peoples and other equity‐deserving groups. Drawing on Critical Race Theory, intersectionality, discourse analysis, and human rights frameworks, the research repositions hiring as a relational and governance act—not a neutral HR function. The miyo‐wîcêhtowin Hiring Framework offers practical tools and cultural principles to reimagine hiring systems grounded in respect, reciprocity, and Indigenous resurgence. It calls on public institutions to move beyond symbolic REDI commitments toward structural change by embedding Indigenous worldviews and leadership into recruitment processes, advancing equity and self‐determination in Canadian public administration

Corporate governance · Equal employment opportunity · Equity (law · Grounded theory · Indigenous · Public sector · Racism · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Industrial relations · New Zealand Economic and Social Studies

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