Cultural Safety is an educational framework and pedagogy developed by Maori nursing
scholar, Dr. Irihapeti Ramsden (2002). Through this research, I explored the application
of Cultural Safety to the Greater Victoria School District’s Aboriginal Education
Enhancement Agreement. My research question is: What are the key elements that would
be included in the development of a Cultural Safety Agreement for the Greater Victoria
School District? This research is grounded in decolonizing, Indigenous and action
research methods. Theoretically, it employs critical and decolonizing perspectives to
critique the appropriateness of public education curriculum and teaching practices for
Indigenous students. This study utilized a qualitative research method called Action
Research and used an existing community council, the Aboriginal Education Council of
Greater Victoria (AEC) as a focus group. Data was collected from the focus groups and
enhanced through an individual interview with the coordinator of Aboriginal Education
in the Greater Victoria School District (GVSD). An outcome of this research is a draft
framework for cultural safety in the school district. The framework has now become the
property of the Aboriginal Education Council of the Greater Victoria School District. / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/3519 |
| Date | 29 August 2011 |
| Creators | Mitchell, Joanne |
| Contributors | Carriere, Jeannine |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | Available to the World Wide Web |
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