I am trying to gather more information about the relationship between indigenous Peoples and the Trades. However a lot of information seems to be from a very Eurocentric point of view. Unions come from very Eurocentric background and the information gleaned from them does not take into account other cultures that may have worked with them.
M2 P1 – Articles:
This first entry is a paper on how to become an indigenous ally. Individuals in Unions need to understand what is allyship, what are biases and stereotypes that prevent us from truly being strong allies.
Smith, J., ( 2016). Indigenous allyship: An overview. WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY. Indigenous allyship: An overview (researchgate.net)
M2 P2 – Canadian Labour Force
This was report by the Canadian Labour Force Development board looking at Canada’s indigenous populations and how they relate to the apprenticeship program in Canada. This report talk about “current statistics, an overview of apprenticeship in Canada, information about the Aboriginal experience in apprenticeship, barriers to apprenticeship, case studies, and recommendations”.
It can be found here: http://www.worldcat.org/formats-editions/43282033
This organization is a leader in the trades and are very aware of the indigenous community and how important they are to the Trades. They have done a lot of research and promotion regarding Indigenous Awareness and the Construction community. This is a booklet that they published regarding what it means to be an ally.
https://buildingtrades.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BT-IndigAlly_Booklet_WebCopy_ENG.pdf
M2 P3 – Land Restitution
Working on Indigenous land I think that I would like to learn more about Land Restitution, what Indigenous Peoples can do to make sure that their land is protected while companies are working on it. I also wanted to learn more about how land acknowledgement plays a part in this.
This post talks about Land Back from and indigenous perspective.
It was interesting learning more about it through a USA lens and how they also see what their Canadian counterparts have gone through.
Some resources that also helps to understand land back are:
https://thediscourse.ca/environment/building-pipeline-indigenous-land-complicated-even-if-you-own
The following video I found quite intersting because it is from a large corporation trying to incorporate indigenous culture while working on Indigenous land. They talked about using Western science and Indigenous knowledge and coming together to work and build on the land.
M2 P4 – Ironworkers
There has been strong link between Ironworkers and Indigenous communities. Some of it seems a little once sided as it comes from Unions. An example of this would be the information found in some of the websites of Ironworker Unions such as this webiste:
https://ironworkerslocal97.com/about/aboriginal/
However, I also came across an interesting lecture from Dr. Alan Downey.
As well as some extra information about Ironworkers.
From CBC:
How Mohawk ironworkers from Kahnawake helped build New York’s skyline
From Cornell University
Native ironworkers’ tradition continues on North Campus
M2 P5 – Online learning
The Information and Communications Technology Council published a report about online learning in Canada. In it there is a small section about the challenges that indigenous communities face when learning online. The report can be accessed here:
A great online resource that I found had a lot of information on education and indigenous culture. This I found particularly interesting because they talk about the some of the different models of education that Athabasca University created for teaching and learning in an Indigenous environment.