of the privileges that are held in social institutions and the culturally based messages that are sent through the practices
within them (Corntassel, 2012). We need to consider not only past harms, erasures, and displacements, but also ongoing
traumas to Indigenous peoples, lands, and non-human entities.
Indigenous populations in Canada are growing (Health Canada, 2009). With increased opportunity for cross cultural
interaction between Indigenous and non-Indigneous peoples comes increased responsibility. There is a need to reconsider
how to meet the diverse needs of Indigenous students and workers to support sustainable and reciprocally prosperous
relations between Indigenous nations and non-Indigenous Canadians. We have learned that the tactics of the past are not
helpful in paving a pathway to the future. We need to collectively reflect on how we may create safer and nurturing spaces
that allow for all peoples to thrive. Indigenous peoples often believe in the interconnectedness of all things; when one of us
succeeds, we all do.
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