SAGE – Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement

SAGE
SAGE – Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement – is a province-wide, inter-institutional, peer-support/faculty-mentoring educational program. The program supports Aboriginal students to make significant educational and social change using research, Indigenous knowledge, and community oriented approaches. Non-Aboriginal graduate students engaged in Indigenous research are also encouraged to participate in SAGE.

SAGE Goals:

  • Increase the numbers of PhD/EdD Aboriginal and Indigenous students/graduates
  • Assist all Indigenous students transitioning to master’s and doctoral programs
  • Develop graduates with a cultural and community consciousness to positively affect change within Indigenous communities
  • Support the academic success and cultural affirmation of students by linking their academic graduate research with culturally-informed mentors
  • Establish and encourage mentorship pods and cohorts across the province in post-secondary institutions
  • Create network opportunities and community- building for graduate students participating within and among pods/cohorts
  • Collaborate with post-secondary institutions across Canada and beyond to foster new SAGE opportunities on national and international levels.

The SAGE program operates on the principles of respect, reciprocity, relationships and responsibility.

Visit the SAGE Blog. To join the SAGE listserv, email the SAGE Provincial Coordinator at grad.sage@ubc.ca.


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