{"id":24024,"date":"2019-07-02T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/?p=24024"},"modified":"2025-04-08T10:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:59:50","slug":"indigenous-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/2019\/indigenous-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Initiatives"},"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                        Indigenous Initiatives\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"carleton-university-indigenous-strategic-initiatives-committee-cuisic\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carleton University Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Committee (CUISIC)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-24025 size-medium\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/CUISIC-Co-Chairs-240x158.jpg\" alt=\"CUISIC Co-Chairs facilitate a discussion on-campus\" class=\"wp-image-24025\"\/><figcaption>CUISIC Co-Chairs lead an on-campus consultation session<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/indigenousinitiatives\/\">Carleton University Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Committee (CUISIC)<\/a> was formed in Fall 2018 to devise a concrete response to the federal government\u2019s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and forge stronger relationships with Inuit, First Nation and M\u00e9tis on campus, in the Ottawa region and across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by co-chairs Benny Michaud, Kahente Horn-Miller and Jerry Tomberlin, the committee is more than halfway through its mandate and has conducted more than 30 consultations \u2013 on campus and off \u2013 that included more than 370 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-24026 size-medium\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/Theresa-Hendricks_300x230.png\" alt=\"Theresa Hendricks\" class=\"wp-image-27793\" width=\"272\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/Theresa-Hendricks_300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/Theresa-Hendricks_300x230-200x153.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><figcaption>CUISIC Special Projects Officer Theresa Hendricks<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>CUISIC was endorsed by Carleton\u2019s Board of Governors and Senate, which both passed formal motions showing full support of the committee\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/indigenousinitiatives\/2019\/special-projects-officer\/\">Special Projects Officer Theresa Hendricks<\/a>, the committee is comprised of 33 members, which includes a broad representation of people from across campus and Indigenous communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"hiring-indigenous-faculty\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hiring Indigenous Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 2019, Carleton University and Carleton University Academic Staff Association (CUASA) issued a joint statement on working in partnership toward the goal of recruiting ten additional Indigenous tenure-track faculty members over the next two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"more-in-this-section\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">More in this Section<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/2019\/experiential-learning\/\">Experiential Learning<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/2019\/community-engagement\/\">Community Engagement<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/provost\/2019\/student-success\/\">Academic Initiatives Contributing to Student Success<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Committee (CUISIC) The Carleton University Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Committee (CUISIC) was formed in Fall 2018 to devise a concrete response to the federal government\u2019s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and forge stronger relationships with Inuit, First Nation and M\u00e9tis on campus, in the Ottawa region and across the country. 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