Lethbridge brothers fund university scholarships for Indigenous students – Lethbridge [Video]

It all started in 1985, now a program at the University of Lethbridge has expanded and is celebrating 40 years of perseverance.

In that time, the University of Lethbridge’s Dhillon School of Business has offered an Indigenous Business Management Education program to empower Indigenous people in southern Alberta.

“It was developed by Indigenous people for Indigenous people,” said Kerry Godfrey, the dean of the Dhillion School of Business.

“It’s not the university saying ‘this is how you do it,’ it’s creating a platform, a space for the Indigenous community to say ‘this is how we want to do it and this is how we’re going to do it.’”

It’s just another innovation coming out of the west side of Lethbridge.

“We’re the first business school to require all of our undergraduate students to take an Indigenous knowledge course as part of the degree program. That’s just one step on our road to supporting reconciliation through education,” said Godfrey.

During a celebration of the programs historic …