Canada Beyond 150: Decolonizing the Public Service
I’ve been searching for material to help guide how to offer culturally inclusive and responsive service in the library. I can see a lot of parallels between the guidance offered in this report and how I support staff and students in my library. At it’s core, library service is public service. Although the guidance in this report is intended for government relationships, many of the principles are transferable. In particular, supporting and encouraging public servant learning journeys and shifting to holistic support with long term relationships. One thing I could see bring very beneficial and entirely possible: secondment opportunities to work with Indigenous communities. Secondments are fantastic learning opportunities, if the participants are willing to immerse themselves in a new environment.