{"id":49,"date":"2021-02-17T10:14:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indigenousresurgence.blog.ryerson.ca\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2021-02-17T10:14:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T15:14:55","slug":"hiring-of-indigenous-faculty-and-a-word-about-poaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/indigenousresurgence.blog.torontomu.ca\/?page_id=49","title":{"rendered":"Hiring of Indigenous Faculty and a Word About &#8220;Poaching&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt;-->\n \n  \n \n\n\n<!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt;-->\n \n  Normal\n  0\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  false\n  false\n  false\n  \n  EN-CA\n  X-NONE\n  X-NONE\n  \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n  \n  \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n  \n<!-- [if gte mso 9]&gt;-->\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 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In\nsome cases, like north of the colonial North American boarder, this has been a\nresponse to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Report in 2015.\n\n<!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nPrior to the TRC, most Indigenous hires focused on disciplines like\nIndigenous studies and professions with accreditation standards that require\nstudents to learn about Indigenous peoples, like education and social work.\nNow, other disciplines, such as medicine and law are requiring and\/or\nencouraging Indigenous education. The pedagogy for this required education is\nmoving beyond the workshops on cultural competency, bringing in an unpaid or\nnominally paid guest lecturer or at worst, expecting the one Indigenous student\nin the class to educate the instructor and other students. The latter\n(workshops\/guest lectures\/burden placed on Indigenous students) is very often\nseen in infusion models, where there is an expectation for Indigenous content\nto be dispersed throughout curriculum, without hiring an Indigenous person in a\nsecure tenure-track position.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nThere has been a proliferation of Indigenous scholars in the past decade,\nwith some choosing not to join the colonial academy, some not being able to\nobtain a tenure-track position, some choosing to wait for positions in their\nown region\/territory\/province, and some taking positions in outside of their\nterritory and\/or province.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nAt the institution in which I work the number of Indigenous faculty held\nsteady for over a decade and in the last two to three years the number has\nincreased almost four-fold, moving across five of the seven faculties\n(excluding the Graduate School as the programs are Interdisciplinary).\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nRecently, there is some dialogue about &#8220;<em>poaching&#8221;<\/em> of\nIndigenous scholars and the need for institutions to hire Indigenous people\nfrom their own territory. Interestingly enough, <strong>I&#8217;ve heard this from\nIndigenous academics with secure tenure and promotion who have positions in\nprovinces very far from the regions or territories they call home. <\/strong>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nFirst, I want to consider the terminology that is being used &#8211; poaching &#8211;\nand how this aligns somewhat with violent colonial acts. such the theft of land\nwith the creation of reserves. The late Vern Asin Harper shared many stories\nwith me, one of which was the intentionality of the creation of reserves to,\nnot just take the land, but to separate us to weaken us. I want to draw your\nattention to the pass system, and the inability for people to leave the reserve\nwithout approval from the Indian agent. If there is one thing that we should\nhave now is choice.<strong> Indigenous academics should have the choice to take\na position where they reside or elsewhere.<\/strong> Granted, if someone is\ntrying time after time to attain a tenure-track position in or near the\nterritory they call home this raises other concerns. Others want to move away\nfrom their home territories and that is no business of anyone, except theirs.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nOn the term, poaching. Seriously! Poaching is the illegal hunting and\ncapturing of animals. Yes, the terminology is often used about institutions\npoaching someone, but again, this is problematic as it suggests unfair or\ndishonest tactics, but worse, assumes the person who may take a position\noutside of their territory has no ability to choose.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normal 0 false false false EN-CA X-NONE X-NONE Academic institutions across Mother Earth are making a concerted effort to hire Indigenous academics with focused job posting, cluster hires, and incentives such as research chairs, competitive salaries and other promises. 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