Decolonization of Our Education System

Vision

Decolonization is a process of unlearning or undoing colonization practices.  Before we can begin to decolonize education we must first understand that it is a process. It is one that requires you to understand the history of colonization in our education system, analyse our current system and envision a new system that will require you to reflect often, persevere through the unknown because it is not always straight forward. Your next steps will take you out of your comfort zone, by asking for help, make connections with self, land, community through exploration using your ears for listening, eyes for observing, hands for thanking, your voice for sharing, and your heart to feel. 

 Canada experienced settler colonialism as Europeans aggressively took lands from Indigenous peoples and over time displaced and then greatly outnumbered them. Settlement by Europeans began first on the east coast of Canada. There were known encounters with the Vikings more than 1,000 years ago. Evidence also exists of Basque sailors along the coast of Labrador in the 1500s. The Hudson’s Bay Company set up a fur trading post in North West River, just north of what is now Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador in the 1830s. Over time, European settlement moved west and south across Canada, reaching the west coast in the 1800s. The largest wave of colonization occurred mostly along Canada’s southern border with the United States.

By getting Involved you are taking first step to heal , reflect, and re-imagine what our education system could be if we all work together one classroom at a time.

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