Resources

Office of Indigenous Initiatives

Office of Indigenous Initiatives – Guidelines for Working with Indigenous Community Members (PDF)

More than Words: A Guide to Land Acknowledgements at Western University

Indigenous Land Acknowledgment Guide (PDF)

This Guide aims to provide context around giving land acknowledgements at Western University, offering reflection questions along the way that will aid in writing your own oral land acknowledgement

Indigenous Teaching and Learning Resources

This unique online education series is geared toward university instructors with the goal to increase their understanding of the colonial roots of the academy, the movement to transform universities to be more inclusive of Indigenous peoples, and to inspire them to move toward decolonizing their pedagogies.

 Guide for Working with Indigenous Students

Mapping Approaches to Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Curriculum at Canadian Universities: Critical Reflections on Current Practices, Challenges, and Possibilities - The International Indigenous Policy Journal (PDF)

Reducing demands on campus EDI experts through self-guided curriculum decolonization by Heather Campbell, Western University

Indigenous Medical Student Pathway

Indigenous Dental Student Applicants

Indigenous MedLINCs

Indigenous MedLINCs is a six-week summer elective program through Schulich Medicine Distributed Education that places medical students with the Chippewas of Nawash and Saugeen First Nation communities in the Grey-Bruce region.

Research Western - Indigenous Research

Research Western - Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Decolonization in Research

Office of Indigenous Initiatives – Guidelines for Working with Indigenous Community Members (PDF)

Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada

Indigenous Dental Association of Canada

Indigenous Medical Students Association of Canada

National Collaborating Center for Indigenous Health

The National Consortium for Indigenous Medical Education (NCIME) - direct link to Resource Catalogue

First Nations Information Governance Center

First Nations Principles of OCAP – "The First Nations principles of ownership, control, access, and possession – more commonly known as OCAP® – assert that First Nations have control over data collection processes, and that they own and control how this information can be used."

Decolonizing Health Professions Educational Programs

Whose Land Is It Anyway? A Manual for Decolonization - Access to the full book

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (PDF)
The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a global human rights instrument adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on September 13, 2007 as “the minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of the indigenous peoples of the world.”

National Center for Truth and Reconciliation

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action (PDF)

Beyond 94 - a website that monitors progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action

Joyce’s Principle

Canadian Medical Association – Indigenous Health

First Nations Health Authority – Cultural Safety and Humility

Universities Canada’s commitments to Truth and Reconciliation