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Collaborative Processes and Co-Creation for Supporting Urban Movers in Transition

Research Start-up Summary and Abstract: Collaborative Processes and Co-Creation for Supporting Urban Movers in Transition Urbanization influences the transformation of Indigenous cultures around the world (King, Smith and Gracey, 2009). As of 2006, migration of Indigenous people in Canada changed significantly from half a century earlier; more than half of identified Indigenous people lived in […]

Wahkohtowin: Learning Together about Justice and Injustice in the City

Research Start-up Summary and Abstract: The “Wahkohtowin: Learning Together about Justice and Injustice in the City,” project brings together university students from Law, English, Indigenous Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies with students from “outside” the university—specifically, Indigenous youth from Oskayak High School and former gang members from STR8 UP, a gang prevention organization. This […]

Urban Aboriginal Postsecondary Student Experience: Facilitators and Inhibitors of Learning Environments for Maximum Potential

Research Start-up Summary and Abstract: Background: Studies suggest that if the Aboriginal population could reach the same level of education and social well-being as their non-Aboriginal counterparts, Canada’s GDP could rise by $401 billion by 2026 (Kar-Fai & Sharpe, 2012; Sharpe & Arsenault, 2010). Closing education gaps between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people could bring “a […]

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