The symposium confirmed that Western education was deficient in its application of scientific knowledge for all Aboriginal students, including those in the nursing program. Aboriginal ways of knowing were mostly missing from the science education curricula, which consequently offers a non-relevant science perspective for Aboriginal students.

However, the symposium shed light on Aboriginal successes in the scientific community and the field of education. In moving science education into the future, research efforts are necessary to in order to understand how to bridge the gap between Aboriginal Science and the current Western science education curricula, to address it, and to motivate and sustain Aboriginal student interest in the sciences.

Kulig J, Duke M, Solowoniuk J, Weaselfat R, Shade C, Lamb M, Wojtowicz B. (2010). Aboriginal science symposium: enabling Aboriginal student success in post-secondary institutions. Rural and Remote Health, 10. Retrieved online from http://hdl.handle.net/10133/1260