Being responsive to students' diverse needs within Continuing Studies is a benchmark that we strive for, but what does it look like in practice? Supporting Indigenous students in their learning journeys requires flexibility, dynamism, and a commitment to ensuring a decolonial lens is used from program conception to delivery, including within curriculum, instruction, policies/procedures, and identifying learning outcomes. We will collaborate as a group to share ideas and better practices around ensuring allyship within administration.
Workshop outcomes
Identify potential areas for taking a decolonial approach within the conception and delivery of Continuing Education/Studies programming, sharing better/best practices, and collaborative solution-generating to potential/real challenges we face in doing so.
Brennen Smith
With a background in non-profit & educational program management, Brennen has been working collaboratively with Indigenous communities for nearly a decade pursue opportunities for skills development and to develop training/learning programs. With a focus on justice, equitable access to education, and accessibility, Brennen takes a holistic approach to navigating inclusion within educational administration.
