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"All My Relations": Elders’ Teachings Grounding A Decolonial Bachelor Of Nursing Program Philosophy, Andrea Kennedy, Lynn Headley, Elizabeth Van Den Kerkhof, Giuliana Harvey, Asfa Riyaz, Roisin Dillon, Grandmother Doreen Spence, Elder Roy Bear Chief
"All My Relations": Elders’ Teachings Grounding A Decolonial Bachelor Of Nursing Program Philosophy, Andrea Kennedy, Lynn Headley, Elizabeth Van Den Kerkhof, Giuliana Harvey, Asfa Riyaz, Roisin Dillon, Grandmother Doreen Spence, Elder Roy Bear Chief
Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière
The aim of this paper is to share the process of developing a decolonial nursing program philosophical framework. Following cultural protocol, we asked two highly respected local Indigenous Knowledge holders and retired nurses to serve as Presiding Elders for the Bachelor of Nursing (BN) Curriculum Redesign Committee. Select committee members engaged with the Elders in a series of gatherings. Elders gifted ‘All My Relations’ as the unifying basis for their teachings of ‘The Four Realms’ and ‘Ani to Pisi -Spiderweb’ as the new BN program philosophical framework: local Indigenous teachings provide the standpoint for respectfully engaging with interconnected multiple worldviews …
Reconciling Taking The "Indian" Out Of The Nurse, Andrea Kennedy, Danielle H. Bourque, Domonique E. Bourque, Samantha Cardinal, R. Lisa Bourque Bearskin
Reconciling Taking The "Indian" Out Of The Nurse, Andrea Kennedy, Danielle H. Bourque, Domonique E. Bourque, Samantha Cardinal, R. Lisa Bourque Bearskin
Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière
Currently, we are faced with an important equity gap and opportunity for nursing in higher education related to Indigenous Peoples and health. While Westernized higher education often marginalizes Indigenous Peoples, there is an important opportunity to respectfully engage with Indigenous Knowledges. Furthermore, broadening perspectives beyond a dominant Westernized worldview has the potential to advance higher education for Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners alike. We are concerned that ongoing assimilation of Indigenous learners poses a profound risk of social injustice that is contrary to the aim of higher education. In our effort to reconcile nursing education in this context, we offer this …