U of A Faculty of Native Studies now offering PhD for first time

Five Indigenous students have become the first cohort to undertake a PhD at the University of Alberta’s faculty of native studies, a watershed moment for the province’s largest university.
The faculty, recognized as the only independent faculty of native studies in North America, has been building the three-year postdoctoral program since 2012 to add to its four undergraduate programs and master’s program. 
One of the architects of the program, faculty dean Chris Ande