Colleagues at Western University have published on five common approaches Canadian universities are engaging in to decolonize and/or Indigenizing their curriculum.
These approaches are:
- Including Indigenous knowledges and perspectives across the disciplines
- Capacity building through curriculum support and informal learning/unlearning opportunities
- Mandatory Indigenous course requirements
- Increasing Indigenous autonomy by elevating and creating Indigenous programs and offices
- Creating partnerships with Indigenous organizations
Authors argue that while most of these approaches are minor changes, there is promise for more substantive change if Indigenous Peoples, lands, and knowledges are centred, especially through leadership and structure.
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CITATION: Brunette Debassige, Candace, Pauline Wakeham, Cindy Smithers-Graeme, Aisha Haque, and Sara Mai Chitty. 2022. . The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 13(3), 1-24.