Indigenous Knowledge Strategic Planning History

2019 Events

In February 2019, the IKSC and the Collections Committee joined together for a morning of discussion and collaboration as part of the COPPUL spring meeting at Vancouver Island University. The following are the summaries of member responses to the pre-meeting questionnaire as well as a presentation on the intersections and opportunities between the Indigenous and CDSN committees. 

• Discussion Group 1: Vendors and Decolonization
• Discussion Group 2: Considerations and Competencies for Indigenous Monograph Selection
• Discussion Group 3: Donations of Indigenous Materials: Considerations and Challenging the Assumptions of Policies
• The Indigenous Knowledge Standing Committee and the Digital Stewardship Network: Intersections & opportunities

IKSC members contributed to the planning of the "Sorting Libraries Out: Decolonizing Classification and Indigenizing Description" symposium, which took place in March 2019. The program, selected presentations and other materials are available on the symposium website.

2018 Events

COPPUL hosted an Indigenous-themed event, Indigenous Community - Academic Library Considerations: Competencies, for Directors and their "+1" guests at Royal Roads University entitled 

• Meeting Agenda
• Graphic Recordings: Collective Action, Working with Indigenous Knowledges, Truth-Telling
• Indigenous Relations Behavioural Competencies (Province of BC)

2017 Events

COPPUL hosted an Indigenous-themed event for Directors at Mount Royal University.

• Meeting Agenda
• Notes from small group exercise