Grant: Project Grant

As universities across Canada Indigenize and decolonize spaces, processes, and policies, little attention is paid to the impacts that these changes have on the health and wellness of Métis students, faculty, and staff. Métis people are the fastest growing Indigenous Nation in Canada, and yet Métis epistemologies and ontologies are often not considered in the design and implementation of these Indigenization strategies, and many organizations ground their understanding of Métis in-group organizing in historical research that privileges male perspectives. Through data collected as part of a series of gatherings, interviews, and qualitative surveys, this project will measure the outcomes for Métis women and Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer peoples engaged in Métis-specific spaces, and provide a framework for post-secondary institutions in their own creation of Métis-specific spaces. The final stage of this project will be an evaluation of the efficacy of the framework when taken up by new institutions.