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Supporting Aboriginal Student Success

passed from speaker to speaker to remind the
speaking participant of the responsibility they
have for their words and to remind the listening participants of their responsibility to listen.
The sharing circle provided opportunities for
participants to speak in ways that honored
their own cultural teachings and that upheld
national ethical standards (Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics, 2014).

Participants of AHRP
The AHRP included 175 Aboriginal student
surveys, six Aboriginal student sharing
circles (ranging from 4 to 20 participants) at
each institution, five interviews with Aboriginal student services coordinators, and one
interview and one sharing circle with Native
housing organizations. The descriptive statistics of the AHRP survey (N = 175) show that
its participants were older than average (i.e.,
over 21), with an average age of 32 years (SD
= 10.8)-the youngest participant was 17, and
the oldest was 64. Participants who attended
technical college tended to be younger, with an
average age of 26 (SD = 2.0); in contrast, the
average age of participants at the research-intensive university was 35 (SD = 12.14). The age
distribution at the university was influenced
by the fact that participants were from undergraduate and graduate programs. Fifty-two
percent of the participants had dependents,
which is higher than their non-Aboriginal peer
group of the same age. In terms of marital
status, 56% of the participants were single,
38% were married or in a partnership, 5% were
divorced, and 1% were widowed.
As Table 1 demonstrates, of the 175 AHRP
survey participants, 63% lived off campus,
9% lived in on-campus accommodations,
6% owned their own home, another 6% lived

with family, and 8% lived in Native housing
(5% family, 3% single). The AHRP survey also
asked participants how many others lived with
them. Sixteen percent of respondents lived on
their own, 27% lived with one person, 20%
lived with two people, 18% lived with three
people, and 15% lived with four or more people.
The EBI-CRA survey assesses the various
factors of a quality student housing program
as identified by the ACUHO-I standards and
principles. The present study focused on the
Aboriginal student responses to this survey,
which included all students who resided in oncampus housing at one Western Canada institution. We have not revealed the identity of this
institution due to confidentiality agreements
that allow only anonymous and confidential reporting of the survey data. On a biennial basis
(2007, 2009, and 2011), the survey was sent to
all students living on campus at a university in
Western Canada. Each year the survey had approximately a 50% response rate.

Table 1
Where Aboriginal Students Live
Survey item: Where they live
Off campus

AHRP (N = 175)
63%

University/college housing

9%

Own home/condo

6%

Live with family

6%

Native housing (family)

5%

Native housing (single)

3%

Other

8%

Note: "Other" includes couch surfing, living in shelters,
and staying with friends or in hostels or hotels.

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