An NDHU Team Experienced “Kāupapa Māori” through a Cultural Immersion Study Abroad Program

The College of Indigenous Studies (CIS) at the National Dong Hwa University (NDHU) in partnership with Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi (TWWoA) and Te Wānanga a Aotearoa (TWoA) organized a study abroad team to Aotearoa New Zealand in early November. This study abroad group had the specific learning objectives of gaining a Māori-centered immersion education…

2018 Forum Series on Indigenous Education in Taiwan, Aotearoa and Australia

The Center for International Indigenous Affairs (CIIA) has been serving since its establishment in 2014 to dedicatedly and committedly promote academic cooperation between international and Taiwan’s indigenous peoples. The CIIA, the Department of Ethnic Relations and Cultures of the National Dong Hwa University and the Hualien Tribal College planned and held jointly the ‘2018 Forum…

Taiwan to Host WINHEC’s Annual General Meeting in 2019

The 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC) just ended this September. Since its inception in 2002, the WINHEC has been a crucial partner with those working on international indigenous higher education. Having been actively establishing contact and communication with the WINHEC over the past year or so,…

Canadian Lesson and Experience – NDHU Students Visit First Nations

In early October, Professor Jolan Hsieh(Bavaragh Dagalomai / 謝若蘭), Director of the Center for International Indigenous Affairs(CIIA)led a group of students from College of Indigenous Studies to visit Canada for a two-week field research course. The group went to the traditional territory of the First Nations in Ontario and participated in the traditional Hall Harvest…

Taiwan academics promote Awanuiārangi partnership

Potential partnerships between Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi and higher education institutes in Taiwan have been canvassed by a group of Taiwanese academics. The team representing the Taiwan Connection Project visited Awanuiārangi in Whakatāne as part of the Taiwanese government initiative to promote and deepen partnerships with higher education and research institutes in Aotearoa, particularly…

Te Ara Tika Guidelines for Māori research ethics: A framework for researchers and ethics committee members

Hudson, Maui, Moe Milne, Paul Reynolds, Khyla Russell, and Barry Smith. 2010. “Te Ara Tika Guidelines for Māori research ethics: A framework for researchers and ethics committee members.” Te Ara Tika Guidelines for Māori research ethics: A framework for researchers and ethics committee members, pp. 1-29. Auckland, New Zealand: Health Research Council of New Zealand on behalf of the…

2018 Forum Series on Indigenous Education in Taiwan, Aotearoa, and Australia — 【Forum I】《Voices of Junior Academics and Ph.D Students 》

2018 Forum Series on Indigenous Education in Taiwan, Aotearoa, and Australia   【Forum I】《Voices of Junior Academics and Ph.D Students 》 ●Date: 08:30-17:30, Oct. 26, 2018, Friday ●Location: B123, Conference Hall, College of Indigenous Studies, National Dong Hwa University 【CONTACT】Tuhua Binkinuan (03-8905722 / iia@gms.ndhu.edu.tw) 【WEBSITE】https://goo.gl/pNyof8 【DEADLINE】17:00, Oct. 23, 2018, Tuesday ●●●●●●●● 08:30-08:40 【Registration】 08:40-09:00 【Opening…

2018 Forum Series on Indigenous Education in Taiwan, Aotearoa, and Australia — 【Forum II】《Indigenous Education as Rights to Self-Determination: Constructing Sakalatamdaw Pedagogy》

2018 Forum Series on Indigenous Education in Taiwan, Aotearoa, and Australia   【Forum II】《Indigenous Education as Rights to Self-Determination: Constructing Sakalatamdaw Pedagogy》 ●Date: 08:30am -12:00pm, Oct. 27, 2018, Saturday ●Location: B123, Conference Hall, College of Indigenous Studies, National Dong Hwa University 【CONTACT】Tuhua Binkinuan (03-8905722 / iia@gms.ndhu.edu.tw) 【WEBSITE】https://goo.gl/i9VhUX 【DEADLINE】17:00, Oct. 23, 2018, Tuesday ●●●●●●●●●●●● 08:30-08:50 【Registration】…

Gender analysis and social change: Testing the water

BACCHI, CAROL, JOAN EVELINE, JENNIFER BINNS, CATHERINE MACKENZIE, and SUSAN HARWOOD. 2010. “Gender analysis and social change: Testing the water.” Mainstreaming Politics: Gendering Practices and Feminist Theory, pp. 61-86. Adelaide, Australia: University of Adelaide Press.     Abstract:           The title to this chapter indicates the major goal of the Gender Analysis Project : to identify…