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SHARING PERSPECTIVES AND IDEAS

Embrace Community

Our campus is located in one of Canada’s most diverse neighbourhoods. This is fitting: we are proud to be a welcoming community that embraces diversity and inclusion.

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WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT

Gain a New Perspective

We all benefit when we learn from one another — enriched by the sharing of culture, knowledge, and ideas. UÂ鶹´«Ã½ proudly welcomes learners around the world. Each year, we honour our community’s incredible diversity at major celebrations like Cultural Night, the Graduation Pow Wow, India Centre Dinner, and Pride Week. These activities are valuable occasions to learn something new. And by embracing these opportunities, you are getting ready to discover other worlds and make new friends.

94 countries are represented by our 1,650-plus international student population
11% of our first-year students self-identify as Indigenous: First Nations, Métis, or Inuit.
#1 the Two-Spirit Archive at UÂ鶹´«Ã½ is considered the most comprehensive in Canada

COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY

Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion

Indigenous Course Requirement Pride Spring Pow Wow Reconciliation Cultural Night

Indigenous Course Requirement

Indigenous Course Requirement makes Indigenous learning part of the undergraduate degree requirements for all new UÂ鶹´«Ã½ students.

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Pride

Pride is held annually to recognize and amplify 2SLGBTQ+ people and their voices; to commemorate successes and achievements, while remembering historic and current struggles and discrimination faced by individuals in these communities.

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Spring Pow Wow

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½'s annual Spring Pow Wow celebrates the academic achievements of UÂ鶹´«Ã½’s First Nation, Métis, and Inuit graduates.

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Reconciliation

UÂ鶹´«Ã½ acknowledges we are gathered on ancestral lands and is committed to implementing the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC): Calls to Action.

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Cultural Night

UÂ鶹´«Ã½’s Professional and Applied Continuing Education (PACE) program celebrates students’ international cultures during this annual event.

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½ is located on Treaty One Land in the heart of the Métis Nation

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DISCOVER AND CONNECT

Student Supports

Aboriginal Student Services Centre

A safe, educational, and culturally sensitive environment for all Indigenous students (First Nation, Métis and Inuit).

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International, Immigrant and Refugee Student Services

Provides a wide range of services, as well as fun events and informative workshops throughout the year.

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Accessibility Services (AS) & Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services

Supports students with disabilities or medical conditions to participate fully in all aspects of campus life.

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DIVERSITY IN ACTION

Our Community Cares

Axworthy Distinguished Lecture Series
English and Cree Cookbook
Langside Learning Garden
Métis Kitchen Table
Pride
Red Cross

Our Community Cares

Axworthy Distinguished Lecture Series

Front-ranking researchers, social commentators, and political leaders arrive at UÂ鶹´«Ã½ to deliver free lectures.

Our Community Cares

English and Cree Cookbook

‘The Forgotten Traditional Foods of Fisher River’ shares recipes, teachings, and stories of traditional foods and their importance.

Our Community Cares

Langside Learning Garden

This community-based garden transformed a once-derelict house and an empty lot into a space for learning and reflection.

Our Community Cares

Métis Kitchen Table

Indigenous art curators and scholars discussed art, knowledge systems, and community connections at Leatherdale Hall.

Our Community Cares

Pride

Our annual celebration honours successes while acknowledging struggles and discrimination faced by 2SLGBTQ+ individuals.

Our Community Cares

Red Cross

The Duckworth Centre was the epicentre for providing services to Little Grand Rapids and Pauingassi First Nations evacuees.

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