Dina Gilio-Whitaker, “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of Settler Privilege” November 08, 2018
An article that clearly refers back to Peggy McIntosh’s “white privilege” article, with another list of examples that while not specific to teaching, again highlight everyday things many people do, in and out of the classroom, that bear rethinking.
“How to do a territorial acknowledgement” by Jordan Mae Cook. Folio.ca. January 2019
A short piece that offers some guidance to faculty (or anyone) who wants to do a territorial acknowledgement (in a syllabus, for instance), but doesn’t know how or where to go from there.
“Is there space for Indigenous knowledge in academia?” Unreserved episode, CBC, Feb. 2018 (46 min).
A 46 min episode of the CBC show Unreserved. Feel free to comment on all of it if you like–but our focus here is especially on the first interview.
A really good resource; several short interviews addressing different aspects of this question. Especially interesting for many profs is probably the first interview with a student talking about being singled out in classes and the behaviours and practices of other students and professors
Dina Gilio-Whitaker, “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of Settler Privilege” November 08, 2018
An article that clearly refers back to Peggy McIntosh’s “white privilege” article, with another list of examples that while not specific to teaching, again highlight everyday things many people do, in and out of the classroom, that bear rethinking.
University of Color, “Decolonize the University”
A (now closed) petition that calls for democratizing and decolonizing the university. It’s a very comprehensive list–something here to provoke pretty well everyone on campus. Much of it addresses curriculum, but it also deals with other practices.
Universities Canada, “Universities Canada Principles on Indigenous Education”
A statement from Universities Canada that addresses, in point form, everything from governance structures to content and curriculum–all as responses to both indigenous presence on campus and “social and cultural imperatives” to think about indigenous inclusion.
CBC News, 1 June 2017
As part of the 2017 National Aboriginal History Month, Inuk journalist Ossie Michelin provides a friendly beginner’s guide for referring to Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
Michael Dudley (community outreach librarian at the University of Winnipeg) reviews Sandra D. Styres’ book, Pathways for remembering and recognizing Indigenous thought in education: Philosophies of Iethi’nihsténha Ohwentsia’kékha (Land) (University of Toronto Press, 2017):
“Don’t refer to things as your ‘spirit animal’ if you’re not Native. There are other ways to express affinity with something.”
–Kesiena Boom, “100 Ways White People Can Make Life Less Frustrating For People of Color”
“This one goes for trans and non-binary people…: Don’t use the term ‘two-spirit’ if you’re not an Indigenous person, even if it is an option on OK Cupid. Just stop.”
–AC Dumlao, “100 Ways to Make the World Better for Non-Binary People”