Understanding and Addressing Barriers to Indigenous Learners in Business and Accounting Studies ...

This research addresses a significant gap in understanding the barriers Indigenous peoples face as they pursue business and accounting disciplines at the post-secondary level. Using structured interviews and content analysis, the study explored barriers and means the learners used and opined to remo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andrews, Cyril Robert
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Graduate Studies 2023
Subjects:
CPA
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/41427
https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/116584
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Summary:This research addresses a significant gap in understanding the barriers Indigenous peoples face as they pursue business and accounting disciplines at the post-secondary level. Using structured interviews and content analysis, the study explored barriers and means the learners used and opined to remove or reduce those barriers. In addition, the research offers policy recommendations, including but not limited to the accounting profession, to address these challenges. The research also examines Indigenous peoples’ attitudes toward the accounting and business profession. This practical approach, with application to the accounting profession, bridges the practitioner-scholar gap noted in extant research. The findings suggest that the challenges are complex and interconnected and are deeply socialized in the fabric of Canada through societal biases and structural impediments within institutions that directly result from government policy, reserves, and residential schools. The research highlights issues not ...