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Truth and reconciliation reports

Progress toward Reconciliation is happening across SFU. These annual Reconciliation Reports and other major reports produced through the years inform, frame and guide our journey.

Reconciliation Reports

SFU’s Reconciliation Reports detail projects and initiatives across the university to build a picture of how we are Upholding Truth and Reconciliation at SFU today and chart where we want to go in the future.

The reports include Aboriginal Strategic Initiatives (ASI)-funded work that has been undertaken at SFU and a summary of the progress on the 34 calls to action set out in the SFU Aboriginal Reconciliation Council’s (SFU-ARC) 2017 report, Walk this Path with Us. Indigenous languages feature throughout the reports to amplify the voices of Indigenous peoples and honour Indigenous knowledge.

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Past reports

Walk This Path With Us

The SFU-Aboriginal Reconciliation Council’s 2017 Walk this Path with Us report communicates some of the key issues, challenges and opportunities that SFU faces in our collective efforts to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 2015 report and Calls to Action.

Walk This Path With Us highlights the work we need to do at SFU in our journey toward Upholding Truth and Reconciliation. Projects are well underway or complete across the university to implement the report’s 34 calls to action, organized into four main clusters:

  • Creating safe and welcoming spaces for Aboriginal peoples
  • Curriculum innovation and Indigenization
  • Student pathways and support
  • Administration, hiring and project implementation

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Looking Forward...Indigenous Pathways To and Through 91ÅÝܽ

This report responds to the Walk This Path With Us report, specifically Call to Action 15. It recommends multiple ways to improve Indigenous students’ access, transition and retention to and through SFU. The report is a comprehensive review and set of recommendations that address the following questions:

  • What are Canadian higher education institutions doing to address issues of access and inclusion for Indigenous students?
  • How does SFU compare with respect to the programs and services it offers to support the admission, access and retention of Indigenous students?
  • What are the identified educational visions and needs of local Indigenous communities and organizations?
  • How can SFU work with local Indigenous peoples to support their educational visions and needs?

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Engagement with Indigenous Governments, Communities and Organizations

This report details the findings of the first survey of its kind for faculty and staff on SFU’s engagement with Indigenous governments, communities and organizations. The survey was intended to gain further understanding of current external Indigenous engagement activities and work being done to deepen relationships and engagement with Indigenous partners.

The report showcases more than 50 examples of engagement initiatives with 55 Indigenous governments and communities and 16 other Indigenous organizations. These engagements take place not only in B.C., but also across the country, in 11 out of 13 provinces and territories, and even internationally in Guatemala and New Zealand.

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