There is no national requirement for Canadian business schools to mandate an Indigenous course that Call 14 describes. A small number of individual business schools have introduced mandatory Indigenous content for undergraduate students, most notably the University of Lethbridge’s Dhillon School of Business (2021) and the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business (Fall 2023 curriculum). Several other business schools have developed dedicated Indigenous business programs, electives, and embedded content without requiring a standalone course of all students. The dominant pattern across Canadian business schools is voluntary integration through electives or embedded content rather than mandatory standalone courses meeting the full scope outlined in Call 14.
Call 14 is closely aligned with Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Call to Action 28, which directs law schools to require an Indigenous course, and Call to Action 92, which directs the corporate sector to provide management and staff training on Indigenous history, UNDRIP, Treaties, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal-Crown relations. While Call to Action 28 has driven measurable change in Canadian law schools, no equivalent national mandate exists for business schools.
