Reflection

At the beginning of the term, I thought that this FNIS topics were important to understand simply because it seemed to be something that the university valued.  Consequently, I decided to take the FNIS 100 to search for answers for the questions that arose.  However, I believe that I will be leaving the course with more questions than answers as I have come to realize that I do not know very much and having been ignorantly blissed. I have been blind to so many systems of oppression that I have been benefiting from my entire life which have and still do hurt so many communities.  It is through this course that I have begun not only to gain knowledge of the challenges that Indigenous communities are facing, but I have begun to value these issues.  I think that finding the value in something is much more important than any knowledge regarding the issue itself. We will not remember everything that we learn in a class nor will everything we learn be relevant. With this issue now being valued, it will continue to fuel my curiosity pertaining to FNIS topics and have allowed me to see the world through this lens wherever I embark in throughout life.  I feel that this is how social change is made and how we can make our world a little bit better.  Change occurs when the awareness for an issue touches the lives of more people in our world, and this comes from a coming together of disciplines and people of all backgrounds.  I feel the importance of sharing this knowledge with other people and to speak up when others are perpetuate systems of colonial oppression, whether intentionally or unintentionally.  I feel that it is a responsibility that I, as a non-Indigenous student, hold leaving this class and a responsibility to be critical about our world, ask questions and engage in these issues.

 

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