Education for Reconciliation
Call to Action 62:ii. Provide the necessary funding to post-secondary institutions to educate teachers on how to integrate Indigenous knowledge and teaching methods into classrooms ()
The IHPP is in the process of designing a faculty development workshop with the guidance of an Indigenous advisory group and in collaboration with the Faculty Development Office.
The following are some of the IHPP鈥檚 educational initiatives:
Indigenous Awareness Weeks
(2018)
Matriarchy and Indigenous women: Panel discussion on midwifery and infant-maternal health (2019)
Scan of current and emerging practices in Indigenous health curricula across Canada (Winter 2019)
Consulting with all partners to design a community event around teaching and learning Indigenous health (Winter 2019)
A with Indigenous community partners and 91社区 faculty to understand the needs and perspectives of Indigenous communities in Quebec focused on implications for healthcare education. An open provides a summary and thematic analysis of the dialogue at the curriculum retreat (2019)
Launch of an Elders-in-Residence (traditional knowledge holders) program in 2019 for both student and educator support.
