Indigenous Knowledges Standing Committee

Purpose

The COPPUL Indigenous Knowledges Standing Committee facilitates communication among COPPUL institutions, identifies and fosters opportunities for collaborative action and advises COPPUL staff and Board of Directors in support of COPPUL’s strategic priorities, including:

• In relationship with First Nations, Inuit, Métis and other Indigenous Peoples, ensure that respectful and culturally responsive care for culturally sensitive knowledges is upheld.
• Cultivate respectful and reciprocal relationships with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples to inform the work of decolonization and reconciliation.
• Support and coordinate practices that advance decolonization and reconciliation.

COPPUL institutions are guests on the territories and homelands of many Indigenous Nations. COPPUL commits to being a better guest on Indigenous lands.  As IKSC members, we are similarly guests on this committee, and strive to work together to have an ongoing commitment to engage with, learn from, and collaborate with Indigenous communities.