SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ACTIVITY DISCUSSION 2022

Running head: SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ACTIVITY
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE ACTIVITY
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Introduction
Aboriginal services is a body within Conestoga college that is responsible for
providing ongoing support as well as services to aboriginal students studying at the college.
This service is aimed at assisting students to have a smooth transition into college life.
Christine Shawanais the director of this body and wants to determine whether the students are
aware of the current services that the body is providing. The manager also wants to check if
there is a need to increase awareness of the services that the body is providing and whether
they are aware of the issues affecting first Nations people at the college.
Objectives
The objectives of this report how to find out the current level of awareness that
students have about this body, to check if there is a need to increase the awareness of the
service, and to figure out whether the students are aware of the issues affecting first Nations
people at the college.
Methodology
To fulfill these objectives this report will be adopting primary data collection in the
form of surveys and also secondary data collection in the form of literature reviews that
would help in coming up with recommendations.
Survey results
A survey was conducted to find out the level of awareness that students have about
the body. A total of 134 responses were collected on the same. It is found that on a scale from
1 to 5 with 1 being not at all aware and 5 being very aware, 49% of the students responded
that they are not at all aware about the location of the aboriginal services office. Only 12% of
the respondents claimed that they were very well aware of it. Similarly 49% of the

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respondents said that they are not at all aware of the services that are provided by the
aboriginal services while only 11% are very aware of it.
Not at all aware
2
3
4
Very Aware
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
awareness of the services
provided by Aboriginal Services?
awareness of the
services provided by
Aboriginal Services?
A majority of 31% of the respondents claimed 3 on a scale of 5 on the awareness of
the history of the indigenous people in Canada. However 34% of the respondents claimed
that they are not at all aware of the truth and reconciliation commission in Canada. A
stunning majority of 51% people claim that they are not at all aware of the program for
indigenous land-based sustainability practices at the college while only 10% claimed to be
very much aware of it.
Not at all aware
2
3
4
Very Aware
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
awareness of the program for
indigenous land-based
sustainability practices at
Conestoga College awareness of the
program for
indigenous land-
based sustainability
practices at
Conestoga College