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The Unsustainable Nature Of Ignorance: Measuring Knowledge To Effect Social Change - Measuring Knowledge To Effect Social Change. First Results Of An On-Line Survey Of Aboriginal Knowledge In An Ontario University, Jennifer Massey
Jennifer Massey
Based on research carried out at Queen's University, Ontario, this paper argues that one of the principal problems for Native Education in Canada is the unawareness about Aboriginal people in Canada. Through consultation with Aborigial educators and community members, educators and survey design soecialists, the authors designed an awareness survey and delivered it to over 3000 first-year university students. The results of the survey and a discussion of its impact are presented. The results are provocative as are the workds of these students. They performed poorly on the test, failing it on average by over 22%. They performed best on …