Crafting Culturally Safe Learning Spaces: A Story of Collaboration Between an Educational Institution and Two First Nation Communities
This is a story of crafting a culturally safe learning space in the context of First Nations communities. It is told by two nurse educators working together, one who is Indigenous and one who is not. The word “crafting” is used to describe the collaborative and aesthetic process of co-constructing l...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:a9cfcad609fe43a58692ccf970757eb3 2023-10-29T02:36:20+01:00 Crafting Culturally Safe Learning Spaces: A Story of Collaboration Between an Educational Institution and Two First Nation Communities Joanna Fraser Evelyn Voyageur 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15402/esj.v2i1.204 https://doaj.org/article/a9cfcad609fe43a58692ccf970757eb3 EN eng University of Saskatchewan https://esj.usask.ca/index.php/esj/article/view/61484 https://doaj.org/toc/2369-1190 https://doaj.org/toc/2368-416X doi:10.15402/esj.v2i1.204 2369-1190 2368-416X https://doaj.org/article/a9cfcad609fe43a58692ccf970757eb3 Engaged Scholar Journal, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2017) decolonization indigenous knowledge cultural safety nursing education Communities. Classes. Races HT51-1595 Education (General) L7-991 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15402/esj.v2i1.204 2023-10-01T00:39:42Z This is a story of crafting a culturally safe learning space in the context of First Nations communities. It is told by two nurse educators working together, one who is Indigenous and one who is not. The word “crafting” is used to describe the collaborative and aesthetic process of co-constructing learning with students, community members and the environment. The relationship between the educational institution and the First Nations communities was guided by the concept of cultural safety. Cultural safety politicizes the notion of culture and disrupts the power imbalance between nurses and the people they work with. A process of collaborative conscientization was used to decolonize our institution and ourselves. This led to new possibilities of crafting an ethical learning space where Eurocentric ideologies could be dislodged from the center in order for Indigenous ways of knowing and learning to emerge. Students experienced a form of relational accountability for their learning through participation in community ceremonies and protocols. What resulted was a unique and transformative learning experience for fourth year Bachelor of Science in Nursing students offered in collaboration between an educational institution and two remote First Nations communities. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning 2 1 157 166 |
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This is a story of crafting a culturally safe learning space in the context of First Nations communities. It is told by two nurse educators working together, one who is Indigenous and one who is not. The word “crafting” is used to describe the collaborative and aesthetic process of co-constructing learning with students, community members and the environment. The relationship between the educational institution and the First Nations communities was guided by the concept of cultural safety. Cultural safety politicizes the notion of culture and disrupts the power imbalance between nurses and the people they work with. A process of collaborative conscientization was used to decolonize our institution and ourselves. This led to new possibilities of crafting an ethical learning space where Eurocentric ideologies could be dislodged from the center in order for Indigenous ways of knowing and learning to emerge. Students experienced a form of relational accountability for their learning through participation in community ceremonies and protocols. What resulted was a unique and transformative learning experience for fourth year Bachelor of Science in Nursing students offered in collaboration between an educational institution and two remote First Nations communities. |
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