The vice-provost, Indigenous engagement works alongside Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in and outside of the university to achieve the  academic mission of the university, broadly intersecting with such areas as governance, teaching, learning and student experience, and research.

In addition, the vice-provost, Indigenous engagement provides the guidance and leadership necessary to engage students, faculty, and staff so that members of the university, as a whole, see themselves working towards and contributing to Indigenization and Reconciliation initiatives as identified in the university vision, mission and values statements and the emerging University Plan.

• Indigenous Engagement website

The vice-provost, Indigenous engagement reports to the provost and vice-president academic.

Dr. Angela M. Jaime (enrolled member of the Pit River tribe) is the Vice Provost, Indigenous Engagement and a Professor in Indigenous Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Jaime arrived in Saskatoon July 2020 after accepting the position of the Vice Dean, Indigenous for the College of Arts and Science. Dr. Jaime spent 16 years at the University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming) as Professor in and Director of Native American & Indigenous Studies and Associate Director of the School of Culture, Gender, and Social Justice. Dr. Jaime has been teaching, consulting and researching in the areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, anti-racism/anti-oppression, critical race theory, social justice and Indigenous Education for more than 25 years. Dr. Jaime completed her doctorate at Purdue University in 2005 and her master’s degree from San Francisco State University’s College of Ethnic Studies in 1997. Her areas of research are in critical race theory, Indigenous education, Native women and their experiences in higher education, and research methodology through an Indigenous and anti-racist/anti-oppression lens. She promotes social justice by critically examining systematic racism/oppression and discrimination of Indigenous people and people of color in higher education.

Most importantly, she is a mother of two amazing boys.

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