CANADA

Universities get funding to ‘indigenise’ their campuses
The TD Bank Group has donated CA$1.2 million (US$915,000) to three Atlantic Canada universities – Mount Saint Vincent, Acadia and Memorial universities – for their Indigenous student support services. Jennifer Auld, vice-president of the TD Canada Trust Atlantic Region, said it was a step towards reconciliation, writes Elizabeth McSheffrey for Global News.Mount Saint Vincent University President Mary Bluechardt said the donation would be used to continue supporting a special advisor for Aboriginal affairs at the university, who supports Indigenous students and develops initiatives, programmes and policies that respond to Indigenous needs. It will also allow for CA$10,000 per year in renewable scholarships for First Nations learners.
Patrick Small Legs-Nagge, who works as the special advisor on Aboriginal affairs to the Mount Saint Vincent University president, said the funds will go a long way towards “indigenising” university campuses. “I think at the end of the day that’s what it comes down to, is trying to make the campus more inclusive,” he said.
Full report on the Global News site