Indigenous elders join U of A to bridge culture gaps, share traditional knowledge

When a young Bert Auger made his way down from northern Alberta to study social work at what was then Grant MacEwan College, he felt what many Indigenous students still feel when they leave their communities — isolation.
Being one of just two Indigenous students among 300, Auger would routinely want to leave the big city for the safety of his family and friends and sense of community he left on Whitefish Lake First Nation #459.
Every time he went to leave, the dean of social work and a &ld