Abstracts
Abstract
In recent years, Ontario universities have increasingly targeted Indigenous and international students for recruitment. Focusing on three southern Ontario universities, I examine how service delivery for these student groups is organized in space. In light of Henri Lefebvre’s work, I argue that the spatiality of the information hubs created to support them differs significantly, each being defined in the interactions between institutional assumptions about the student group, the social presence and activities hosted, and the lived experiences of the students utilizing these services. Whereas Indigenous student services are organized as a resource centre to create a separate space for Indigeneity on campuses, international student services take the form of an experience desk to emphasize rapid integration into the mainstream. Based on interviews with students and staff, I reflect on the differences between the two models to discuss the spatial politics of information hubs within the context of Ontario universities.
Résumé
Les universités ontariennes ont récemment accru leurs efforts de recrutement d’étudiants autochtones et internationaux. Dans cet article, j’examine l’organisation spatiale des services offerts à ces deux groupes dans trois universités du sud de l’Ontario. À l’instar des travaux d’Henri Lefebvre, je maintiens que la spatialité des centres de service créés diffère, car elle se fonde sur des préconceptions institutionnelles spécifiques à chaque groupe, des activités distinctes, ainsi que des expériences vécues uniques. Tandis que les services offerts aux étudiants autochtones prennent la forme d’un centre de ressources, soit un espace distinct dédié aux questions d’autochtonie, les services offerts aux étudiants internationaux s’organisent en bureau d’expérience, visant leur intégration rapide à la population étudiante générale. À la lumière d’entrevues avec des étudiants et des membres du personnel, les différences entre ces deux modèles sont examinées afin de mieux comprendre l’effet de la spatialité de ces centres dans le contexte ontarien.
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