IEEP - Employees

Thank you for taking the time to complete this eight question anonymous online form. Your comments will help shape the future directions of Humber's Indigenous Education & Engagement. You do not need to answer all 8 questions. Some may or may not be applicable to you.

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Question 1

Do you identify as a First Nations/Inuit/Metis person?

Question 2

What can Humber do to enhance its existing academic programming and student services for Indigenous learners? (Learners include direct from high school, mature learners, workers requiring new skills or re-skilling, and professionals).

Examples of what we have heard to date:

Hire program and pathways Advisors for Indigenous learners to engage with prior to enrolment
Offer more pathways and flexible offerings (e.g., programs offered in home communities)
Provide more entrepreneurship education, applied masters, micro-credentials, trades & apprenticeship opportunities, dual credit programming
Review the Admissions Process to determine barriers experienced by Indigenous learners
Provide full sponsorship for Indigenous learners (tuition + living allowance)
Include IWBKD content in Orientation Programming
Hire a Resident Elder, Indigenous Counselor, and more Indigenous faculty
Offer coaching & mentoring for Indigenous learners while at Humber
Host PSE & Industry fairs

Question 3

What can Humber do to enhance its existing educational programming (inside and outside the classroom) for non-Indigenous learners as it relates to Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing (IWBKD)? (Learners include direct from high school, mature learners, workers requiring new skills or re-skilling, and professionals).

Examples of what we have heard to date:

Help learners understand how IWBKD relates to their profession
Provide resources such as case studies to assist in applying IWBKD to their profession

Question 4

What can Humber do to enhance programming and services for Indigenous employees?

Examples of what we've heard to date:

Provide access to knowledge keepers and elders, professional development experiences, and employee resource groups.
Support non-Indigenous employees to undertake reconciliation efforts.

Question 5

What can Humber do to enhance its existing educational programming for non-Indigenous employees as it relates to Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing (IWBKD)?

Examples of what we have heard to date:

Provide more information on the diversity of Indigenous peoples
Provide more education on cultural appropriation

Question 6

What specific initiatives has your department, program or Faculty undertaken that have made the most significant impact regarding Indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing (IWBKD)?

Question 7

What one big change could Humber make that would significantly differentiate its support to Indigenous education and engagement from other postsecondary educational institutions? Consider:

Building and leveraging strategic partnerships with communities, industry, etc.
Developing new credentials, programs, pathways, and/or curriculum
Growing our research and innovation activities

Some examples of what we heard to date:

Create an Indigenous-led Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub that integrates traditional knowledge with polytechnic education.
Build curriculum guided by the Indigenous world view.

Question 8

Are there additional comments you'd like to make?