Topic: Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization
Health and safety, Online education, Students, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Tuition and student fees
How universities can support Indigenous online learners in the COVID-19 pandemic
Indigenous people with experience guiding culturally safe talking circles in an online environment can work with students to nurture safe virtual spaces. […]
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Equity and social justice, Politics, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission
Egerton Ryerson: Racist philosophy of residential schools also shaped public education
Black Lives Matter protesters threw pink paint on a statue of Egerton Ryerson at Ryerson University in Toronto on July 18, 2020. […]
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Short-term anti-racist training is not enough to counter systemic racism in Canadian education
Ministries of education need to embed ongoing anti-racist training into their teacher education programs. Short-term anti-bias training has little impact. Here, a […]
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Collective bargaining, Equity and social justice, Hiring, promotion, and tenure, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization
Indigenization through collective bargaining: Lessons and ideas for academic staff associations
Introduction In June 2020, members of the Brock University Faculty Association (BUFA) ratified a new collective agreement that contained important contract provisions […]
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Collective bargaining, Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Governance, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization
Rising to the challenge: Reflections on a round of pandemic bargaining
Bargaining is an intensive and complex process during the best of times, but what happened when the Brock University Faculty Association found […]
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Residential school literature can teach the colonial present and imagine better futures
A detail of the book cover for ‘Seven Fallen Feathers’ by Tanya Talaga. (House of Anansi Press/’Seven Fallen Feathers,’ book cover art […]
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Equity and social justice, Ethics, History, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization, Universities and the academic mission
Universities must open their archives and share their oppressive pasts
The archives of academic institutions can tell previously untold stories of eugenics. Universities can begin to undo oppressive legacies by opening them […]
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Teaching truth and reconciliation in Canada: The perfect place to begin is right where a teacher stands
Despite challenges, teacher education offers a path to begin righting inequities and injustice. Here, people stand on a map from the Indigenous […]
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What does ‘We are all treaty people’ mean, and who speaks for Indigenous students on campus?
While there has been a recent growing awareness of Indigenous cultures at Canadian universities, racism, violence and dismissal still dominate conversations on […]
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Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls: An epidemic on both sides of the Medicine Line
Commissioner Michèle Audette speaks during ceremonies marking the release of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report in Gatineau, Que., […]
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