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Indigenous Specializations: Dreams, Developments, Delivery and Vision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2013

Kinewesquao/Cathy Richardson ,
Qwul'sih'yah'maht/Robina Thomas ,
Kundoque/Jacquie Green  and
Naadli/Todd Ormiston
Kinewesquao/Cathy Richardson*
Affiliation:
School of Social Work, Indigenous Specializations, University of Victoria, Canada
Qwul'sih'yah'maht/Robina Thomas
Affiliation:
School of Social Work, Indigenous Specializations, University of Victoria, Canada
Kundoque/Jacquie Green
Affiliation:
School of Social Work, Indigenous Specializations, University of Victoria, Canada
Naadli/Todd Ormiston
Affiliation:
School of Social Work, Indigenous Specializations, University of Victoria, Canada
*
address for correspondence: Catherine Richardson, School of Social Work, Indigenous Specializations, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 Victoria, BC, CanadaV8W 2Y2. Email: cathyr@uvic.ca, robinat@uvic.ca, jlgreen@uvic.ca, toddo@shaw.ca
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Abstract

This article documents the establishment of the Indigenous Specializations program in the School of Social Work at the University of Victoria. In the absence of funding for Indigenous programs, First Nations professors Robina Thomas and Jacquie Green developed the Indigenous Specializations program ‘off the side of their desk’. This article describes the process of creating a culturally specific program for Indigenous students in a mainstream university. Many of the challenges depicted in the article are ongoing, alongside various successes and victories for Indigenous graduates.

Keywords

Indigenous educationpedagogyIndigenous worldviewsocial work programming
Type
Research Article
Information
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , December 2012 , pp. 173 - 180
Copyright
Copyright © The Authors 2013

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