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Queen’s Native Students Association responds to report on Indigenous students – Queen’s Journal

Indigenous students at Queen’s find OUSA ‘Indigenous Students report’ misses mark

November 24, 2017

Although the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance released a policy paper on Nov. 9, many Indigenous members of the Queen’s community feel the report missed the mark.

The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) and their report

Titled “Indigenous Students,” the report was ratified following OUSA’s Fall General Assembly on Oct. 29 and released Nov. 9. Indigenous students from McMaster, Brock and Laurier, as well as staff from Queen’s, Western, Laurier, McMaster and Brock collaborated with OUSA on the project.

According to a press release, the focus of the OUSA report is to identify “barriers that impede the participation of indigenous peoples within Ontario’s universities and outline strategies to combat these obstacles.”

Read More: http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2017-11-24/news/queens-native-students-association-responds-to-report-on-indigenous-students/

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