Taking care of Indigenous Affairs at Grenfell

    Thursday, 2 November 2023 07:00

    By Tonya Organ

    Manager Kristen Pittman says they like to celebrate diversity at Grenfell and they keep everyone informed through a weekly email.

    Grenfell campus has about 300 students who identify as Indigenous. That’s one of the reasons why there is an Indigenous Affairs office at the university. Manager Kristen Pittman says they like to celebrate diversity at Grenfell and they keep everyone informed through a weekly email. Robert Park is an Indigenous Student Success Coordinator. He says some of these students are International as well as Indigenous. Pittman and Park were speaking on this week’s Qalipu Today with Lenny Benoit.

     

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