Nurses Learning Our Way, From the Land, With the People

• Published in: Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse
• Main Authors: Joanna Fraser, Evelyn Voyageur, Paul Willie, Patricia R. Woods, Victoria Dick, Kate Moynihan, Jennifer Spurr, Heather McAnsh, Cara Tilston, Heidi Deagle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: York University Libraries 2020
• Subjects: Immersioni Learning; Indigenous Research Methodology; Nursing Curriculum; Transformational Learning; Cultural Safety; Nursing; RT1-120; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.25071/2291-5796.54; https://doaj.org/article/f68a3063b58f4f31981c565478e2d090

The story of land-based immersion learning for nursing students in remote First Nations communities is told through the stories of ten authors. We represent a collaboration between First Nations Knowledge Keepers, nursing students, and nursing faculty. Our inquiry draws on Indigenous knowledge paradigms and research methodologies. Currently in the preliminary stages of gathering our findings, we are learning how transformation happens through culturally safe relationships and ethical learning spaces. We are learning that inquiry requires commitment, authenticity, and a respect for differences. Most importantly, we are learning that nurses need to uncover ingrained and colonized assumptions in order to imagine new possibilities for learning and inquiring with Indigenous people and communities.