Peterborough
ON – (December 10, 2020) Fleming College is pleased to partner with Kenjgewin Teg to
offer Practical Nursing training to Indigenous learners on Manitoulin Island,
Ont. (Mnidoo Mnising). The two institutions recently signed a five-year
agreement to offer Fleming’s Practical Nursing program through Kenjgewin Teg,
an educational institute on Mnidoo Mnising that provides Indigenous culturally
relevant learning.
“Fleming College is committed to
Truth and Reconciliation and as a post-secondary institution, we have an
opportunity and an obligation to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into our
curriculum,” said Maureen Adamson, Fleming College President. “Fleming College
is honoured to partner with Kenjgewin Teg and support the principles of Truth
and Reconciliation that will create positive change in healthcare,” said
Maureen Adamson, President of Fleming College.
Kenjgewin Teg will act as the
service provider to offer Fleming’s Practical Nursing program, tentatively
scheduled to start in Spring 2021. Theory curriculum will be delivered virtually,
while clinical learning will be on-site at other key local partner locations
including the Manitoulin Health Centre, St. Joseph’s General Hospital Elliot
Lake, Mnaamodzawin Health Services Inc. and Noojmowin Teg Health Centre.
“Going forward, our local Mnidoo
Mnising and surrounding communities will continue to see more opportunities in
health and wellness programs at Kenjgewin Teg as we continue working together
with valued partners like Fleming College and other Indigenous institutes who
support culturally relevant training and education hosted closer to
home,” said Stephanie Roy, President of Kenjgewin Teg.
“Manitoulin Health Centre is excited
to support a locally grown Practical Nursing program,” said Paula Fields, Vice
President Clinical Services & Chief Nursing Officer at the Manitoulin
Health Centre. “Recently, due to COVID-19 and additional opportunities for
nurses, we have found a shortage of local nursing staff. It is beneficial to
offer a program locally as graduates will have ties to the Island and be aware
of the unique diversity of the patients that we serve, resulting in positive
outcomes for patients. It is really a win-win for the students and our
Manitoulin Island communities.”
“Especially,
and even more so at this time during a global pandemic, this new partnership
will allow us to provide ongoing support and help meet the ever-growing needs
of not only our local and regional First Nation health sector organizations,
but will also help Ontario’s health sector too by supporting goals of hiring
diversity of both Indigenous people and Indigenous perspectives in healthcare,”
said Natasha Abotossaway, Kenjgewin Teg’s Health and Wellness Programs
Coordinator.
In 2015, Fleming College signed the
Indigenous Education Protocol for Colleges and Institutes Canada. This
partnership highlights Fleming’s commitment to underscoring and prioritizing
the importance of structures and approaches required to address Indigenous
peoples’ learning needs and support self-determination and socio-economic
development of Indigenous communities.
Kenjgewin Teg is one of seven
members of the Indigenous Institutes Consortium in Ontario recognized under the
Indigenous Institutes Act, 2017. Kenjgewin Teg is dedicated to lifelong
learning by providing an Anishinabewin community-based approach to education,
training and business support services and opportunities.
Maureen Adamson, President of
Fleming College and Stephanie Roy, President of Kenjgewin Teg are both pleased
to see a new agreement officially come into effect. Additional team members who
were instrumental in bringing this to fruition from Kenjgewin Teg include
Beverley Roy, Director of Quality Assurance, Natasha Abotossaway, Health and
Wellness Coordinator, and Elder Josh Eshkawkogan; and the team members from
Fleming College are Elder Shirley Williams, Elizabeth Stone, Academic Chair of
Indigenous Studies at Fleming College, Nick Stone, Chair of Fleming School of
Health & Wellness, and Molly Westland, Dean of Fleming School of Health
& Wellness.
About Fleming College
Fleming College respectfully acknowledges that we are situated on Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg lands and territory. Located in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleming College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming, the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Arts and Heritage, Business, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, General Arts and Sciences, Health and Wellness, Justice and Community Development, Skilled Trades and Technology, and Continuing Education. Fleming College has more than 6,800 full-time and 10,000 part-time students, and 75,000 alumni.
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About Kenjgewin Teg
Kenjgewin Teg is located on Mnidoo
Mnising (Manitoulin Island, ON) and is one of seven members of the Indigenous
Institutes Consortium in Ontario recognized under the Indigenous Institutes
Act, 2017. Kenjgewin Teg is dedicated to lifelong learning by providing an
Anishinabewin community-based approach to education, training and business
support services and opportunities.
For more information, please contact:
Amar Shah
Communications Officer, Fleming College
amar.shah@flemingcollege.ca
705.749.5530 x 1370
Beverley Roy
Director of Quality Assurance, Kenjgewin Teg
beverleyroy@kenjgewinteg.ca