{"id":53253,"date":"2019-01-25T12:06:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T17:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=53253"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:39","slug":"carleton-university-and-carleton-university-academic-staff-association-joint-statement-on-indigenous-hiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2019\/carleton-university-and-carleton-university-academic-staff-association-joint-statement-on-indigenous-hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton University and Carleton University Academic Staff Association Joint Statement on Indigenous Hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton University and Carleton University Academic Staff Association Joint Statement on Indigenous Hiring\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p><em>Carleton University and Carleton University Academic Staff Association acknowledge and respect the Algonquin people, traditional custodians of the land on which the Carleton University campus is situated and where our collective agreement was bargained.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 12, 2018, President Benoit-Antoine Bacon announced Carleton University\u2019s commitment to revitalize the University\u2019s Strategic Indigenous Initiatives and strengthen its relationships with First Nations, M\u00e9tis and Inuit communities, in keeping with the spirit of the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University and Carleton University Academic Staff Association (CUASA) are honoured to work in partnership toward the goal of recruiting ten additional Indigenous tenure-track faculty members over the next two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A strong and inspiring complement of Indigenous faculty members will bring invaluable Indigenous knowledge, research, ways of knowing, and perspectives to the Carleton community across a diversity of disciplines, schools, and departments. Our faculty will better reflect the experiences and cultures of our student body and the population at-large, thus enhancing and enriching mentorship of students and fostering valuable new community partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University and the Association are proud to collaborate on this initiative to deepen the quality and diversity of scholarship in our institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>\n<h3><strong>Jerry Tomberlin<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Interim Provost &amp; Vice-President (Academic)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Carleton University<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td><td><\/td><td>\n<h3><strong>Root Gorelick<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>President<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Carleton University Academic Staff Association<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth Murphy<br>\nCommunications Co-ordinator<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8834<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Elizabeth.Murphy@carleton.ca\">Elizabeth.Murphy@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton Flipboard account:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@carletonstories\/carleton-stories-0gbu905my\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@carletonstories\/carleton-stories-0gbu905my<\/a><br>\n<strong>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\n<strong>Need an expert?<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Go to:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University and Carleton University Academic Staff Association acknowledge and respect the Algonquin people, traditional custodians of the land on which the Carleton University campus is situated and where our collective agreement was bargained. 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