Indigenous Education and Reconciliation

Dr. Jan Hare, an Anishinaabe-kwe scholar from the M'Chigeeng First Nation, serves as Dean of the UBC Faculty of Education and holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Pedagogy. Her transformative work focuses on centering Indigenous knowledge systems within educational reform, from early childhood to post-secondary education. As the inaugural holder of UBC's Professorship in Indigenous Education for Teacher Education, she has pioneered initiatives to integrate Indigenous perspectives and pedagogies into teacher preparation. Her significant contributions include developing the widely successful MOOC "Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education," which has reached over 70,000 learners worldwide. Her current research examines how instructors incorporate Indigenous knowledge frameworks across disciplines in higher education. Under her leadership, which began as Dean pro tem in 2021 and was formalized with a five-year appointment starting July 2024, she continues to advance equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization in education while maintaining robust Indigenous community engagement. Her academic credentials include a PhD in Educational Studies from UBC, an MA in Educational Psychology, a BEd from Nipissing University, and a BASc from Guelph University in Child Studies.