{"id":57,"date":"2024-05-22T11:06:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T18:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/indigenouschem\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2025-01-14T19:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T02:20:22","slug":"indigeneity-decolonization-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/indigenouschem\/indigeneity-decolonization-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigeneity, Decolonization, & Reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Maksim Sokolov (maxergon.com) – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=138396950<\/span><\/p>\n

Pulling Together: Foundations Guide<\/a> (2-4 hours\u00a0\/ reading & reflection<\/em>)<\/p>\n

What differentiates First Nations, M\u00e9tis, and Inuit peoples? How is meant exactly by the terms ‘colonization’ or ‘reconciliation’? If you are unfamiliar with the language you have been reading on this topic, or the history of Indigenous peoples in Canada, this guide provides a strong foundation for future learning.<\/p>\n

Weaving Relations Course<\/a> (2-4\u00a0hours<\/i>\u00a0\/ reading, watching,\u00a0reflecting<\/i>)<\/p>\n

If you want to learn more the historical context behind reconciliation, this course developed for new UBC Applied Science faculty is a great resource. It guides you through topics like current\/historic Indigenous-Canadian relations, our relationship to colonialism, and ways to be an advocate in your work. Why should we engage in reconciliation? A really good balance of text, videos, and reflection questions; 100% worth your time.<\/p>\n

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Developing Stamina for Decolonizing Higher Education: A Workbook for Non-Indigenous People<\/a>(90 minutes \/ reading & reflection<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Recognizing the need for decolonize change is a good first step, but it must translate into substantive action to mean something. The intended audience is individuals in post secondary education, who feel unsure how to approach this work in their own practice. The questions for reflection are hard-hitting at times, but they do a really good job of forcing one to reconsider some deep-rooted ideas. I think the entire thing is 100% worth reading, but I found the Introduction (Ch 1), Some Questions for Getting Started (Ch 5), and 10 Things to Remember When Things Inevitably Go Wrong (Ch 9) to be the most practical.<\/p>\n

100 Ways to Indigenize and Decolonize Academic Programs and Courses<\/a> (10 minutes \/ reading<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Written for University of Regina faculty, this a rapid-fire list of suggestions for ways to decolonize. While this canvas page is focused on Indigenization of education, this document expands the scope to the level of department and faculty. Consider how these initiatives could translate to UBC and what you could be involved in.<\/p>\n

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