Decolonization

Looks at ways of valuing and using Indigenous knowledge on an equal footing with Western methods, and integrating the two when appropriate. Explores issues such as disconnection from practice, unclear researcher responsibility, forms of neutrality, and overlooking participants cultural protocols.

Explores the question of multinational forms of citizenship using two perspectives, one of shared identity and one of getting on with business.

International Development Studies Theses (M.A)--Dalhousie University, 2018.

Discussion on cooperative environmental resource management agreements Aboriginal peoples have entered into and the three categories these agreements can be divided into, namely land claims-based agreements, conflict- or crises-based co-management agreements, and multi-stakeholder environmental management agreements.

Compares Western and Indigenous worldviews focusing on ways of dealing with conflict.

Looks at the different relations between reader and text as well as different readings of literary elements. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Looks at images and filmic representations found in global media and the issues surrounding culture, identity and ethnicity.

Interdisciplinary Indigenous and Creative Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2016.

Discusses the challenges involved in development and delivery of the distance education portion of the program.

Author examines some of the projects currently under way in libraries which respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action; discusses possible first steps for cataloguers to add Indigenous Syllabics to records for Cree and Inuit Materials.

Canadian Studies and Native Studies (M.A.)--Trent University, 2006.

Author looks at three pedagogical events to form a theory regarding removal from homeland.

Argues that stories about food gathering and recipes have become ways to revitalize food knowledge, cultural integrity, and community and therefore are necessary when healing trauma from colonization.

Explores arts-based research methods.

Describes a research project at the University of Saskatchewan which challenges Eurocentric views.

A discussion on the need to decolonize the Canadian educational system and the steps required to get there. Duration: 1:25:46

Book review of: Decolonizing Education by Marie Battiste.

Book review of: Decolonizing Education by Marie Battiste.

Book review of: Decolonizing Education: Nourishing the Learning Spirit by Marie Battiste.

Describes how identity politics has created differences between Chican@ and Native American communities.

Examines how cultural and traditional Aboriginal knowledge can improve social work and human service field education for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students.

Sociology Thesis (M.Sc.)--Oklahoma State University, 2012.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2004.

Geography and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2005.

Discusses how a digital map of Amiskwaciwaskahikan (Cree for Edmonton, Alberta), along with an overlay of Treaty 6 Indigenous maps onto a conventional map can be used to show Indigenous people were in Canada in a tangible way. Also looks at the Ogimaa Mikana project in Toronto, Ontario.

Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2013.

Uses the Mohawk artist's video art installation to highlight differences in settler and Indigenous attitudes towards water in general and the Grand River in particular; explores contested agreements, and considers possibilities for a decolonized relationship between Canada and Indigenous nations.

Focuses on the role of capitalism and colonialism in Canada and discusses the sufficiency of self-governance.

Editorial introduces special themed issue and presents an outline for each article.

Article highlights trends in Australian archaeology, focusing on how language is used to disempower Indigenous Australians, Indigenous cultural sovereignty and the results of treating research as shared property.

Chapter in book: Education, Dominance and Identity edited by Diane B. Napier, Suzanne Majhanovich. To access relevant material scroll down.

Book review of Decolonizing Indigenous Histories edited by Maxine Oland, Siobhan M. Hart and Liam Frink.

Looks at moving towards decolonization to resolve conflicts and heal through customs and ways of knowing. Scroll down to page 15 to read the article.

Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2016.

Study looks at how to create culturally safe research methods for improving health equity; stresses that trust is the overarching theme fundamental to cultural safety, and that this trust is built by accommodating and engaging cultural and community practices and knowledges.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--Dalhousie University, 1995

Aboriginals involved in the media discuss their experiences, present day issues, and possible future directions. Duration: 1:00:01.

Response to a lecture given by Linda Tuhiwai Smith on the anniversary of her book, Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples.

Discusses decolonizing the research process, beginning with how researchers engage with Indigenous communities; challenges the mainstream scientific idea that there is a “single truth to be discovered and that scientific knowledge is far more valuable than subjective or experiential knowledge.”

Book review of: Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith.

Book review of: Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith.

Discusses the discourses of history for Indigenous education and how reconceptualizing Métis history is important to transforming educational institutions.

Looks at the success stories of three Mi'Kmaw teachers who are applying their own cultural knowledge in the classroom.

Book review of: Decolonizing Museums by Amy Lonetree.

Book review of: Decolonizing Museums by Amy Lonetree.

Book review of: Decolonizing Museums by Amy Lonetree. Review located by scrolling to page 152.