Shauneen Pete

A community-based assessment is a holistic practice that provides prospective learners with the experiential learning and information necessary to start or return to their educational journey. Our positionalities depend on the environment and the context we are a part of. There are intersecting pieces, some of which we show more of and some less, depending on the relationships we are forming or maintaining.

In 2015, Universities Canada committed to the Principles of Indigenous Education, resulting in several initiatives, including establishing senior Indigenous leadership positions. Hiring more Indigenous faculty was a key strategy to achieve the reconciliation goals. By 2018, only 1.4 per cent of all faculty self-declared as Indigenous. But since then, the number of emerging Indigenous scholars has continued to grow.

Brenda Anderson; Wendee Kubik; and Shauneen Pete For nearly 20 years, our colleague, Dr. Carrie Bourassa has claimed Metis ancestry. On October 27 (2021), a CBC report concluded that Dr. Carrie Bourassa was in fact, not an Indigenous person. Further investigations by the University of Saskatchewan, CIHR, and Institute of Indigenous Peoples Health led our editorial team (Dr. Brenda Anderson, Dr. Wendee Kubik and Dr. Shauneen Pete) to take time to process these findings. Following our meeting of Nov.