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The article argues that knowledge is critical to the business of the academic enterprise and that the relationship the academy has with knowledge is fundamental; for the academy to truly reconcile, then, changing that relationship is essential. This article describes the experiences of University College of the North as it undertakes reconciliation and how it is seeking toredefine its relationship with knowledge within the context of a larger and westernized post-secondary environment.  \nKeywords: reconciliation, indigenization, higher education  \nIntroduction  \nThe question of the role that post-secondary institutions can and should play in contributing to reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada has been asked as recently as earlier this year (Sampson, 2017) . There are few definitive answers. In reality, others are better situated than I to lead an in-depth discussion on indigenous issues – I am a political scientist, raised in an Irish Catholic home in southern Manitoba who finds himself serving in a senior executive role at a northern university college with a mandate to serve a region whose population is more than 70% Aboriginal. I cannot speak authoritatively about experiences with colonization, decolonization, and the impact those concepts have had and continue to have on Indigenous peoples, their history, culture, or language. However, I am able to talk more credibly about the “Indigenization of the academy,” and what that might mean in practical terms. I can certainly talk authoritatively on how University College of the North (UCN) is going about pursuing the matter. In this article, I seek to describe the practical approaches being undertaken by UCN in the task of reconciliation, and in so doing, demonstrate how UCN’s efforts reflect the critical need for the academy to change its relationship with knowledge.  \nThere are many reasons for universities and colleges to participate in reconciliation. A very pragmatic and dramatic example of this need is the involvement of at least one Canadian university in nutritional experiments on Aboriginal people in The Pas and Norway House in the 1940s (Aboriginal Nutritional Experiments had Ottawa’s Approval, 2013; Special Committee on Reconstruction and Re-Establishment, 1944; Weber, 2013) . It may not be possible to know whether and how other universities might have been involved in such experiments until more sources become available (Weber, 2013) . However, one instance may be enough to establish at least the prima facia case for the urgency of the academy’s involvement in reconciliation.  \n1 I am indebted to Harvey Briggs for his careful review of an early manuscript and his helpful recommendations for improvement. All remaining errors and omissions are mine.  \nIn exploring the practical aspects of reconciliation in a post-secondary setting, I will focus on my own particular context – how changes in academic and research processes at UCN seek to support and advance an agenda of reconciliation. In so doing, I hope to contribute to and share UCN’s growing understanding of reconciliation in the academy while at the same time providing some practical advice and examples to those who are seeking to better understand what reconciliation might look like in post-secondary education.  \nAbout University College of the North  \nEstablished in 2004 from the former Keewatin Community College, UCN was created as and remains a public institution. UCN operates two main campuses in Thompson and The Pas, each respectively located 800 km and 600 km north of Manitoba’s capital city of Winnipeg. UCN also maintains 12 regional centres throughout the north, nine of which are located in First Nations communities. 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