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    Reflective of our inclusive practices and scholarship, we use the words Indigenous and Aboriginal interchangeably throughout the chapter.

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    Comments from surveys and interviews in this chapter resulted from several research studies conducted at UVic from 2009 to 2015.

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Rodríguez de France, M., Scully, A., McIvor, O. (2018). Beyond the Classroom: The Impact of a Required Indigenous Education Course in the Lives of Pre-service Teachers. In: Whitinui, P., Rodriguez de France, C., McIvor, O. (eds) Promising Practices in Indigenous Teacher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6400-5_7

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