Meeting Together in a Good Way: A Discussion on the Educational Mapping Activity of Indigenous Content in a Nurse Practitioner Program

Abstract

A Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner program carried out a unique curriculum mapping activity related to Indigenous content which resulted in the creation of a report entitled Maawanji'idiwag: Meeting Together in a Good Way. The activity was carried out by a working group which consisted of Indigenous knowledge keepers, Elders, faculty, and a student. The curriculum mapping activity prioritized the health-related Calls to Action from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation of Canada (TRC), the Calls to Justice from Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and the articles from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) as ‘Action Calls’ within a Nurse Practitioner Program. The mapping process was also guided by Bartlett’s decolonizing research framework The associated literature with the intersecting concepts of decolonization, Indigenization, reconciliation, cultural safety, and humility were linked to these national reports and the curriculum mapping activity and subsequent report. The goal of this paper is to share the many insights and learning from the curriculum mapping report to promote further deep dialogues, involvement and meaningful change within nursing education and health care.