Early Learning Experiences of Post-Secondary Bangladeshi Students with a Study Permit Participating in an Online Indigenous Learning Event

This project explores the early learning experiences of Bangladeshi students on a study permit in Alberta, Canada after their participation in an online, asynchronous Indigenous-created learning event comprised of a video that explores issues of colonially imposed ideas around Indigenous identity and other colonial injustices. In this community-based mixed-method study that drew on principles of action research, I explored participants’ early learning experiences vis-a-vis Indigenous peoples in Canada in an informal setting and the challenges encountered in learning more about Indigenous peoples in universities across Alberta, Canada. The action research framework that informed my study guided me to take a solution-focused approach where, based on my findings, I suggest the need for mandatory learning in post-secondary intuitions for international students about Canada’s colonial past, before entering on the work of reconciliation. Due to the complexity of reconciliation, entering reconciliatory work requires careful and considered preparation in tandem with Indigenous peoples. The findings provide a broader view of how early learning experience ignited curiosity and awareness about Indigenous topics among participants, how they made meaning of reconciliation and post-secondary intuitional responsibility to create a mandatory learning session that is accessible, cost-free, and unevaluated by collaborating with Indigenous peoples.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education Graduate Program – Educational Research

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Werklund School of Education

Year dc:date.issued

2022

Author dc:creator

• Adrita, Nujhat Tasnim

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Poitras Pratt, Yvonne

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Kawalilak, Colleen
• Bhowmik, Subrata

• Indigenous
• Reconciliation
• Bangladeshi Students
• Community based action research
• International student
• Mixed method

Statement dc:rights

• University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/39765

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:1880/114650