Module 2- Post 4- Multiculturalism is not Indigenization

https://opentextbc.ca/indigenizationcurriculumdevelopers/chapter/the-need-to-indigenize/

This article truly opened  my eyes and clarified the difference between multiculturalism and Indigenization. This quote might incapsulate the ideas represented in this resource: “While multiculturalism presents a valuable approach to honoring diversity, Indigenization is a distinct process that needs to be practiced in its own right, and the two should not be merged together in policy or practice.”. I feel ashamed to have thought in the past that perhaps these two ideas came from the same premise.  They are similar and distinctly different at the same time.  This article does a great job explaining the difference and WHY they are different.  It also provides a valuable resource Two-Eyed Seeing – Elder Albert Marshall’s guiding principle for inter-cultural collaboration [PDF][1]. This resource bring perspective to how to bring multiple perspectives together.

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