| Summary: | "The 2020 ALISE statistical data reveals Indigenous students comprise less than one-half percent of the total number of students across reporting programs. The MLIS program 2020-21 Indigenous student population at the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), University of Alberta is seven percent. There is a story to tell. With this telling, showing up, active listening, and reflection are welcomed alongside questioning and commenting as forms of engagement with the panel’s insights into a Canadian case of Indigenous-engaged education. Importantly, the session serves the aim of socially engaged forms of LIS education and educational experience aimed at addressing deeply rooted structures in society that transcend the specific case. While it operates within the context of decolonization, indigenization and anti-racism in Canadian academia, this case has potential for informing broader advancements in recruitment, teaching and learning, experiential learning, community-engaged research and scholarship, academic service, and educational approaches that decolonize curriculum and pedagogy. This political will is inspired by the Universities Canada Principles on Indigenous Education. ""Universities Canada represents universities across Canada, which educate more than a million students each year. Indigenous students continue to be underrepresented in Canadian higher education institutions and our universities are committed to do their part to close this education gap, recognizing the urgency of this issue for the country. Closing the gap will strengthen Indigenous communities, allow Indigenous peoples to continue to strive for self-realization, enhance the informed citizenship of Canadians, and contribute to Canada’s long-term economic success and social inclusion."" (Universities Canada, 2015) With the 2015 publication of the Truth and Reconciliation Final Report by the Government of Canada, reconciliation between Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) on Turtle Island and settler Canadians ...
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