CONT943: BC Indigenous Peoples Part 2
BC Indigenous Peoples, Part 2 explores how educators can position themselves as learners alongside their students. Through self-reflection and (un)learning, you will develop your understanding of the relationship between Indigenous populations and the state, how you have come to know your own identity as Canadians alongside Indigenous peoples, and how to transfer that understanding into educational practice. Truth and self-awareness are essential in educational environments to foster relationships with students, interact with the content, and promote equitable educational spaces.
This course focuses on the themes of reclamation, resurgence, and reconcili-action of Indigenous peoples and communities. Meaningful allyship can be achieved when Indigenous voices and knowledge are centred, honoured, and valued in classrooms. This leads to learning environments which prioritize cultural safety, teacher humility, and continuous relationship-building with local Indigenous communities, students, and families. This course will build your awareness and understanding of how to support Indigenous learners and how Indigenous perspectives can be meaningfully integrated into your daily practice.
Learning Outcomes
What You Will Learn and Do
In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to
- weave Indigenous survivance and contemporary realities into classroom learning
- examine collective wisdom and varied perspectives of Indigenous populations around the globe
- consider the legitimacy of Indigenous resurgence movements and how they affect Indigenous communities and self-determination
- explore how re-storying education benefits the holistic health and wellbeing of all learners
- recognize the importance of decolonial and culturally responsive safe pedagogy in classrooms to foster student wellbeing and relationship-building
- build an interdisciplinary curriculum that recognizes the importance of collaboration and how knowledge and learning are interconnected, not siloed
- synthesize learning and curate resources with the intention of supporting the continuous process of learning, unlearning, and fostering personal and professional growth
Assessments
Module 1
Positionality and Building Community and Capacity
Module 2
Global Indigeneity
Progress Update 1
Module 3
Empowering Indigenous Learners
Module 4
Contemporary Indigenous Realities
Formative Assessment
Module 5
Re-Storying Education
Progress Update 2
Module 6
Indigeneity Through an Interdisciplinary Lens
Module 7
Weaving it All Together
Summative Assessment