Guides: A Day in the Life of Indigenous Students: Companion Resource Guide: Postsecondary Education: Indigenous Insights

Indigenous Insights on Postsecondary Education

11 university students speak (2021 Building Reconciliation in Education Forum)
7 short videos. Students form First Nations and Inuit nations across Québec share their experiences in the post-secondary school system as well as their visions of reconciliation in education.

VIDEO PANEL: The challenges faced by Indigenous students in post-secondary education
CBC Indigenous host Lenard Monkman sat down with guests Tara Williamson, Ryan Beardy and Danielle Morrison to talk about the obstacles that Indigenous post-secondary students face, Indigenization of campuses, and what tips they have for students trying to finish school.

‘We have a right to be here’: To achieve in academia, four Indigenous scholars resist more than a century of colonialism, cultural genocide
A detailed and insightful overview of Indigenous student and faculty experiences at University of Manitoba.
The First Peoples' Postsecondary Storytelling Exchange
An Initiative to improve Indigenous students' Postsecondary experiences by sharing stories and perspectives. Includes data and findings based on the question: "‘What are your stories about postsecondary education?‘"
How Indigenous scholarship winners are busting myths and stereotypes
Macleans article interviewing three Indigenous scholarship recipients.
The Birth of a Teacher
A blogpost discussing a Cree woman's journey through university to becoming a teacher, and the challenges that she faced throughout.
What My Children Learn About Themselves in School
A blogpost discussing the failures of the Canadian and Quebec education system to properly educate students about Indigenous cultures and histories.
Intercollegiate Decolonization Network: Indigenous Voices
Articles, blogposts, interviews and more.

"Myths That Impact Indigenous Student Experience" From Pulling Together: A Guide for Front-Line Staff, Student Services, and Advisors by Ian Cull et. al.
Publication Date: 2019 [image by Kwakwaka’wakw artist Lou-ann Neel - used as part of CC BY-NC 4.0 license]

An open-resource book chapter addressing and demystifying misconceptions about Indigenous Students.
Colonized Classrooms by Sheila Cote-Meek
Publication Date: 2014

Indigenous students confront narratives of colonial violence in the postsecondary classroom while at the same time living and experiencing colonial violence on a daily basis. Using interviews with students, teachers and Elders, Cote-Meek deftly illustrates how colonization and its violence are, rather than a distant experience, being negotiated every day in universities across Canada.