Algonquin College announces next steps on Truth, Reconciliation and Indigenization
Posted on Monday, June 21st, 2021
On National Indigenous Peoples Day, Algonquin College President and CEO Claude Brulé outlined the College’s next steps as a community to further embed Indigenous knowledge and culture “into who we are as a College and how we operate.”
He said that next steps include: 1) Over the next year, the College will develop a multi-year Truth, Reconciliation and Indigenization Strategic Plan, in consultation with the College community and our Indigenous partners and 2) develop a Student Leadership Pack that will create opportunities for Indigenous learners to share and celebrate Indigenous culture with their peers and College community and Indigenous partners.
“I would like, on this National Indigenous Peoples Day, to reaffirm Algonquin College’s commitments,” said Brulé at an employee gathering on Monday, June 21. “Let us mark this annual day in the future by reflecting on how we are meeting our goals and vision. How are we living up to our commitments to Truth and Reconciliation?”
Emily Ferguson, the Algonquin Students’ Association (SA) President, also spoke, providing further details on the Student Leadership Pack and discussing the Association’s own commitments to working toward Indigenization and Truth and Reconciliation.
“Right now, as Claude mentioned, the SA is developing an Indigenous Student Leadership Program called the Student Leadership Pack. The Pack program will help Indigenous students develop and enhance their leadership skills, boost confidence, and the sense of belonging at Algonquin College,” explained Ferguson. “Along with all of this, it will create opportunities to share and celebrate Indigenous culture in the campus community.”
Watch the Honorable Murray Sinclair, former Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, speak with Jamie Bramburger, Manager of Community and Student Affairs at Pembroke Campus, about making this “a national day to fight racism.”
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