How a university and a Haudenosaunee-governed institute are working to make opportunities for Indigenous learners

Wilfrid Laurier University and Six Nations Polytechnic (SNP) have a long history of collaboration. Although the two schools have worked closely together for around 30 years, they recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to “strengthen academic ties to better serve Indigenous peoples in Ontario,” according to a news release. It’s one of the ways Laurier is trying to use its “power and privilege as a Western institution” to “support, build and enhance