This session discusses the collective development of a Collaborative Online Indigenous Intercultural Learning (COIIL/VE) Special Topics Framework as a tool for exploration of what it means to be Indigenous serving through Internationalization of the Curriculum.

This Framework interweaves Indigenous pedagogies, intercultural perspectives, and land-based approaches with academic expectations that can be adapted to any post-secondary course offered within the community/context.

This collaborative Framework is being created through dialogue with Indigenous  stakeholders and communities across five BC partner institutions. Drawing on existing expertise within the network ensures intercultural competencies and agreed-upon Indigenous pedagogical approaches are prioritized, in culturally appropriate ways across contexts. Embedded within Indigenous ways of knowing, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are integral to the framework development, enhancing our ability to connect with Indigenous needs and goals on a global level.

Understanding the complexities and diversities involved in being Indigenous-serving requires ongoing dialogue. At the heart of the Framework lies the commitment to reconciliation, decolonization, and Indigenization, with the voices of Indigenous communities leading the conversations.