Pillar 3: Supporting reconciliation and Indigenous excellence

Key objectives:

Develop and enhance a culturally inclusive and supportive community, and increase a sense of belonging for Indigenous students, staff, and faculty at the University

• Strive for diverse Indigenous participation across all levels of institutional decision-making, including Indigenous representation in governance structures.
• Review UWinnipeg policies to remove harmful colonial assumptions and promote Reconciliation and Indigenous excellence; encourage consultation with Indigenous community when revising policy.
• Facilitate increased collaboration by creating a University-wide strategy to advance Reconciliation and Indigenous excellence in collaboration with internal and external Indigenous partners, including shared definitions for key terms.

Foster Indigenous excellence across research, scholarship, teaching, and learning to support Indigenous students and scholars as leaders

• Increase inclusion of Indigenous knowledges and practices across curricula.
• Revise policies and procedures to support Indigenous research and engagement with Indigenous communities, as well as related considerations (e.g., community expectations, Indigenous data sovereignty, benefitting and empowering community).
• Foster an environment that supports the growth and development of Indigenous employees and students, ensuring access to meaningful opportunities and resources.
• Establish short- and long-term strategies for the recruitment and retention of Indigenous faculty, staff and students.

Build and prioritize respectful and reciprocal relationships with Indigenous communities, both internally and externally

• Align University and community priorities to foster meaningful relationships, shared understanding, and the pursuit of mutually beneficial goals.
• Co-create opportunities to welcome Indigenous communities into campus life, and, likewise, University community to participate in Indigenous community spaces (both in Winnipeg and in rural communities) in pursuit of shared objectives.