Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., has received support to revamp its outdoor Indigenous learning space to make it more accessible for students and community members. Here's how the renovations will support the school's efforts to create a culturally-safe learning environment.
Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., has received support to revamp its outdoor Indigenous learning space to make it more accessible for students and community members. Here's how the renovations will support the school's efforts to create a culturally-safe learning environment.
"We're looking at what we can do to use that as a year-round space right now," said Denise Baxter, a member of Marten Falls First Nation and vice provost of Indigenous initiatives at Lakehead. "If you're not from Thunder Bay, where your family may be, you are coming to a larger centre and you are coming to a city of potential strangers," she said.
The space is also part of the school's ongoing Gichi Kendaasiwin project, which means "higher knowledge" in Anishinaabemowin. The goal is to decolonize educational institutions and make them more inclusive for Indigenous learners.
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