Respectful Relations Update

I. Develop and implement Arts strategies for recruitment and retention of Indigenous faculty and staff

II. Develop and implement Arts strategies for recruitment and retention of Indigenous students

III. Create a plan for integrating Indigenous content in Arts curricula and encourage pedagogical approaches that value Indigenous voices and ways of knowing

IV. Encourage and appropriately reward mutually beneficial research collaborations involving researchers and Indigenous communities

• Increased Indigenous students to 234 (3.8% of Arts undergraduate students; goal is 5%)
• Created Arts Working Group on Indigenous Initiatives (AWGII) to develop strategies to support recruitment, programming and supports for Indigenous staff, faculty and students

• Developed new Faculty Evaluation Committee standards for engaged community research
• Renamed Institute of Prarie and Indigenous Archaeology to emphasize Indigenous community engaged research
• Formalized the Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute as an academic institute