{"id":195,"date":"2020-04-02T11:55:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T16:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webtest.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/?page_id=195"},"modified":"2025-05-13T10:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T15:54:40","slug":"our-commitment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/our-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon University has been a leader in Indigenous education for decades. In 1975, BU was the first university in western Canada (and only the second in Canada) to establish a Native Studies Department. Our engagement with Indigenous programming continues today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_203\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 260px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/blueprint-signing-640-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"Former BU President Gervan Fearon at Indigenous Blueprint signing\" width=\"260\" height=\"186\" class=\"wp-image-203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/blueprint-signing-640-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/blueprint-signing-640-180x129.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/blueprint-signing-640-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/blueprint-signing-640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former BU President Gervan Fearon (left) alongside Assiniboine College President Mark Frison at the Indigenous Blueprint signing in 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Manitoba Indigenous Education Blueprint<\/h2>\n<p>On Dec. 18, 2015, we reaffirmed our commitment by signing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/IndigenousEducationBlueprint_signed.pdf\">Manitoba Indigenous Education Blueprint<\/a>. The blueprint commits us and our fellow signatories to 10 objectives that will enhance Indigenous education. These new commitments will inform our future efforts, and join the initiatives we have already begun.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Work of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/?page_id=735&amp;preview=true\">Indigenous Education Senate Sub-Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/buapc-logo-150x150.png\" alt=\"BUAPC logo\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright wp-image-200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/buapc-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/buapc-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/buapc-logo-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/buapc-logo-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/buapc-logo-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/buapc-logo-250x250.png 250w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/buapc-logo-640x640.png 640w, https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/indigenous\/files\/buapc-logo.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\n<h2>Proud partnership<\/h2>\n<p>Brandon University was a founding partner in the<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/buapc.ca\/\">Brandon Urban Aboriginal Peoples\u2019 Council<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>in 2010, and has maintained a close and fruitful working relationship ever since. In 2016, we proudly participated in the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the BUAPC and the City of Brandon,\u00a0to\u00a0<span>promote Indigenous education, employment and business inclusion in Brandon.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon University has been a leader in Indigenous education for decades. In 1975, BU was the first university in western Canada (and only the second in Canada) to establish a Native Studies Department. Our engagement with Indigenous programming continues today. 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