Post 5- Excuse me: who are the first peoples of Canada?

This article written by Erica Neegan gave me a new perspective on viewing the Education System in Canada. Written by a woman who is a visible minority whose partner is Cree, her view on how the education system is Eurocentric and the way schools are set up provide limited support for visible minorities and the schooling system is viewed as being unsupportive for First Nations people. There is a lot of fear around teaching about who the First People of Canada are, but there is also fear around the Canadian education system and its Eurocentric Colonial structure. This perspective shows that there is a lot we can learn from Canadian history and there are many changes that could be made in our own classrooms and schools to be more supportive of all students and their cultures.