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Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Tuesday Feb 05, 2019
Liberals have promised billions of dollars for infrastructure and yet only a fraction of it is actually accounted for. How does that predict the future of all the money promised Métis people? Another U of M faculty member quits due to the systemic racism towards Indigenous students with no changes in sight. Colonial education systems and the devaluing of Indigenous knowledge in a world of reconciliation!
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Feminism and anti-colonial scholarship also challenge the centering of Western-centric knowledge systems. These approaches have a lot of currency in the humanities and the arts, and I think Indigenous ways of knowing are at least starting to be talked about. But if one is a student in engineering, I am not sure one will have much exposure. I sat with a guy in computer science (undergrad) and he listened attentively but...at the very end, admitted what I suspected: "I am kind of skeptical." Of course... like everyone.... and then I was exasperated! Yes, decolonising is a MASSIVE project and it will take a major reversal of status quo.
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
It is true also that colonial education systems tend to favour patriarchal, Eurocentric ways of knowing and a long tradition of Western (male, white) scholarship. Indigenous pedagogies are starting to challenge this. The book Research is Ceremony deals with Indigenous research and ways of knowing and analyzing phenomena. And this doesn't need to counter scientific processes; it can be complimentary. Lynn Gehl - Anishnabe kwe (and PhD) - writes about Indigenous knowledge and Western knowledge. Dr. Leclair's work on Métis environmental knowledge deals with this. Now universities are talking incessantly about Indigenising the University. My friend's mentor came from Aoteaora/NZ to talk about this at University of British Columbia in 2015. It seems to have. taken off now (and there is even Indigenous criticism of how Indigenizing is being implemented).
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
You are right that Elders must be paid. There is honoraria for Elders. Maybe some schools are not respecting this especially those with no Indigenous students. Sometimes Elders have so much knowledge they should be paid the fee of "consultants"...
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
In defense of teachers... I don't think that stereotype of getting other people to do your job while you do nothing is accurate. At least, it was not something I observed during my teaching years, though there were some cases. However teachers are not administrators and may want to hire Indigenous guests and then not be given permission or funds by admin. In my region, there is the Native North American Travelling College at Akwasasne and this is a service provides to schools, Canadian or Mohawk. The staff is paid by the College. I was doing this in 2001-2005; now it is finaly taking off and I am told that settler schools are working with Indigenous consultants. One of the consultants is not Indigenous but married to a Mohawk from the nation. Not ideal but something and she can do it in French. I think colonial institutions are never not going to be colonial though but some people are trying, with little training and resources.
Friday Feb 08, 2019
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