Tag Archives: BCIT School of Nursing

M2 P4: BCIT’s Indigenous Vision

This framework is the basis for the Indigenization of the nursing program at BCIT. It is broad and ambitious, but serves as a guiding framework for the work being done by faculty to ensure Indigenous student success in the programs. It is openly available to the public on the BCIT website. This vision prioritizes three actions around inclusion, accountability and collaborative relationships. The faculty working within this framework works closely with Indigenous educators and leaders from BCIT Indigenous services.

https://www.bcit.ca/indigenous-vision/

“Truth is the foundation. Indigenization is the action. Reconciliation is the goal”.

British Columbia Institute of Technology. (n.d.-a). BCIT’s Indigenous vision. BCIT.Ca. Retrieved February 21, 2021, from https://www.bcit.ca/indigenous-vision/

M1 P2: On reserve Indigenous student graduation rates

When working on a paper for another MET course, I discovered that a lack of remote/flexible approaches in publicly funded post secondary institutions limits the availability of education to Indigenous Peoples living in areas such as reserves. This is demonstrated by the Aboriginal peoples census data in 2016 which reports that only 37% of all Indigenous people living on reserves in B.C. had completed high school by age 25 (Statistics Canada, 2020).

Given that this is only pertaining to people living on reserve, I wonder about the statistics for those not living on reserve – are they better or the same?

Most health care education programs require high school and even post-secondary level pre-requisites, along with a high GPA.  This makes these programs, such as nursing, unavailable for many Indigenous students living on reserve.

 

 

https://www.bcit.ca/programs/nursing-bachelor-of-science-in-nursing-full-time-8875bsn/#entry

Statistics Canada. (2020, January 14). 2016 census aboriginal community portrait – British Columbia. Statcan.Gc.Ca. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd