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Sulínek, Lorna Andrews, is the Teaching and Learning Specialist (Indigenization). She is from T'eqt'aqtn of Nlaka’pamux territory and married into the Shx’wow’hamel First Nation within Stó:lō territory. She has worked within Stó:lō and Indigenous communities for over twenty years focussing on employment, training, and post-secondary education. She is a proud UFV Alumni with a Bachelor of Arts in Adult Education and takes pride in serving as the Director of the Indigenous Student Centre at UFV from 2013-2019. She has a Master’s Degree in Education from Simon Fraser University with a focus on post-secondary curriculum and instruction as it relates to building Indigenous student success. Her research focussed on the history and impacts of colonization on Indigenous peoples, adult education, adult learning, ethics, identity, and success factors as it pertains to Indigenous learners and education. She is excited to have the opportunity to work with faculty, staff, students, and the communities of UFV through using her personal stories and realities connected to residential school and 60’s scoop survivors, MMIW, child welfare, education, health care, and criminal justice systems. She believes that through sharing her education and personal experiences, she can provide an understanding about the truths and realities of Indigenous peoples to assist and support faculty and staff to decolonize and Indigenize their practices. 

Master’s Degree in Education, Simon Fraser University 
Bachelor of Arts in Adult Education, University of the Fraser Valley

Her philosophy is grounded with Kirkness and Barndardts (2001) Four R’s model, so she thrives in building relationships in the world of academia from a First Nation perspective. She believes that the work of decolonization, Indigenization, and reconciliation are overlapping, continuous, and a personal journey.