Indigenous Institute credential recognition

Responding to barriers to educational mobility experienced by Indigenous graduates, Six Nations Polytechnic proposed to assess the recognition of its Bachelor of Arts programming and identify possible parity-catalysing measures both internally and externally. The primary goals of the project were: 

• understanding the transfer experiences of BAOL students by exploring and analysing the specific hurdles to mobility they face;  
• documenting the lapses and lacunae in existing credit transfer pathways out of the BAOL program;  
• enhanced understanding of the Indigenous Institutes sector among Ontario universities and colleges, necessary to facilitate recognition of the credentials these postsecondary bodies are empowered to grant; and 
• identification of possible internal supports and external tools that could reduce disparities in the current credit transfer system (including possible changes to BAOL curriculum)