Mindset Session 3 – Decolonization Workshop: Moving Beyond Recognition Toward Ethical Engagement and Structural Change

(Guided by Apooyak’ii/Tiffany D. Hind Bull – Prete, Ph.D., Canadian Research Chair in Indigenous Resiliency, Assistant Professor | Department of Sociology | Faculty of Arts and Science, Iniskim (Sacred Buffalo Stone) | University of Lethbridge)

Monday, November 2
10:30 AM – 1:00 PM (EST)
Format : Online

Building on our exploration of colonization as an ongoing structure, this workshop examines what decolonization means and requires within educational institutions. Drawing on the scholarship of Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang, Dwayne Donald, and Willie Ermine, we will explore how colonial structures shape institutional practices, knowledge systems, and relationships. We will give particular attention to ethical engagement, accountability, and the responsibilities involved in moving beyond good intentions toward meaningful action. Through discussion and reflection, we will consider how we can contribute to challenging colonial structures and transforming relationships within our own educational contexts. 

Readings:

Tuck, E., & Yang, K. W. (2012). Decolonization is not a metaphor. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 1(1), 1–40.

Donald, D. T. (2009). Forts, curriculum, and Indigenous Métissage: Imagining decolonization of Aboriginal-Canadian relations in educational contexts. First Nations Perspectives, 2(1), 1–24.

Reflection questions:

  1. Tuck and Yang argue that decolonization is not a metaphor. What is lost when educational institutions use the term to describe general initiatives toward equity, diversity, or inclusion?
  2. How does Donald’s concept of Indigenous Métissage challenge the ways educational institutions understand relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples?
  3. What would meaningful decolonization require educational institutions to change in their structures, authority, and relationships?

Dialogue will be held in English, French, and LSQ (LSQ upon request, not later than October 23). 

Free Registration

Questions? Contact us at theclicproject@uqam.ca. 

We hope you’ll join us in this essential dialogue so that we may reimagine education as a space of liberation as well as instruction.