Resources at Ryerson | This is a Canadian Issue: Reflecting on TRC Calls to Action

Ryerson University has a long-standing commitment to supporting Indigenous students, faculty and staff. Here are links to important on-campus resources:

Ryerson Aboriginal Student Services
Director, Office of Aboriginal Initiatives
Aboriginal Liaison/Admissions Officer who supports the unique ‘wrap around’ admissions process that is being built for Aboriginal learners
Aboriginal Human Resources Consultant and the First Nations, Metis and Inuit Faculty, Instructors and Staff Community Group
Eagle Staff inclusion in important university events
A long-standing partnership with the First Nations Technical Institute to provide university-level education in social work, and politics and government
An active Aboriginal Education Council with a mandate to participate in the process of developing a new relationship of truth and reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people at Ryerson, and in the community at large, based on knowledge and respect
Chair in Indigenous Governance
Certificate program in Aboriginal Knowledges and Experiences

This is a Canadian Issue is a project by master's students at the Ryerson School of Journalism with support from Journalists for Human Rights (JHR).

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JHR's Indigenous Reporters Program broadly seeks to increase the quality and quantity of Indigenous voices and stories in Canadian media.

The concept: To build a pathway of opportunity for Indigenous journalists from remote reserves, through educational opportunity, through internships, to jobs in the media industry. Concurrently, JHR runs a program of workshops and curriculum development targeting non-Indigenous journalists and journalism students.

The end goal is to ensure that all Canadian journalists, regardless of their background, are equipped to do a better job of covering Indigenous issues in Canada.

This is a Canadian Issue was developed and designed by Lindsay Hanna and Sally Goldberg Powell of the Ryerson School of Journalism.

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