The faculty association letter alleges racism against Indigenous professors — particularly women — in tenure evaluation, transfer requests, research approval and other areas. For example, one new Indigenous professor was assigned to teach eight courses with no terms off, a far higher load than typically expected, said the letter. Another had their sabbatical denied because the college's dean "was not in favour of proposed scholarly activity involving Indigenous knowledge development," said the letter. Others spoke about Indigenous voices being "diminished" and "silenced."

Their only specific claims of discrimination are being asked to work. Throughout the article they make claims of disenfranchisement, but this is the best they can point to? They want "Indigenization as one of [their] main goals, but some say little has changed. Indigenization involves incorporating First Nations, Inuit and Métis people, their histories and their world views into every part of the university."

They want UoS to acknowledge First Nations' history. But they are going about it by trying to flip the structure of the university from the bottom up. Universities have already lost a lot of credibility; they need to return to their original functions, not be further molested to conform to "safe spaces".

Indigenous cultures are, in my opinion, largely ignored and forgotten to all of our detriment. We should have more respect and curiosity for the people that survived on this land who did so without a Western worldview, because that broadens our horizons. But the way native people have been treated by our government is in a lot of ways not healthy. Earlier Canadian (and North and South American) governments are responsible for cultural genocide at least, and total genocide at worst (Hispanic conquistadors particularly). This is a tragedy. But unfortunately we as Canadians have been so guilt ridden that we have created a corrupt reconciliation that dis-incentivizes a harmonious unification of our cultures. We live in a two-tiered citizenry with Indigenous peoples and communities having extra rights, privileges, and support and less natural burdens. The old civilization of the "Indian" is as dead as any other past civilization, and we aren't helping anyone by pretending that it is not.

The way we have "helped" these people has corrupted them. We have created a spoiled child. It's time we end the corrupt reservation system and create a single fair and equal class of citizenship for all Canadians.