The Age of Reconciliation: Transforming Postsecondary Education

Abstract

The recent release of the Truth and Reconciliation’s (TRC) Call to Actions in Canada has caused many postsecondary institutions to re-examine how they are providing educational services to Indigenous students. However, it is important to recognize that Indigenous peoples have been advocating for changes to the education systems for many decades. Drawing on personal and professional experience, the author focuses on transformative strategies that have been utilized to bring about a positive movement of change to support Indigenous learners at one postsecondary institution in the province of Ontario. It aims to capture the notion that the work being accomplished today is rooted in the past and the present and recognizes the challenges and complexities of bringing about a sustained change.