Treaty-Informed Teaching: A Starting Point for Reciprocal Relations
Wednesday, August 14
10:30-11:30am
MacRae Library, Room 218 & 219, Truro Campus [in-person]
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In "Indigenization as inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonization: navigating the different visions of indigenizing the Canadian Academy" (2018), Gaudry and Lorenz urge readers to "envision a university that is a treaty-university, or a dual institution" that is at its core, respectful of the autonomy and co-existence of Indigenous peoples and their knowledges. As Gaudry and Lorenz describe, such an idea would need a lot of support to be actualized and for power to be relinquished at an institutional level. Inspired by Gaudry and Lorenz's idea of a treaty-based university but unsure of how to advocate for such drastic systemic change, I endeavoured to promote the idea of treaty-based teaching and learning from the ground up through the creation of a new CLT studio course offering, “Treaty-Informed Teaching.”
“We are all treaty people” is a frequently heard phrase, but it's often spoken tokenistically, without deep consideration for the true meaning and implications of these words. In response, the “Treaty-Informed Teaching” course has been designed to aid faculty members in considering how they can root their approach to teaching in a deeper understanding of treaty relations, within the context of Mi'kma’ki. In this 1-hour session, I will elaborate of the impetus behind the course, discuss the course learning outcomes, and provide an overview of materials drawn on within the course. In addition, Dr. Tudor Borza, Faculty of Agriculture, will be invited to share his experience of the course and detail the impacts taking a treaty-informed approach has had on his teaching within the Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences.
Facilitators
Rachelle McKay – Educational Developer, Indigenous Knowledges & Ways of Knowing
Dr. Tudor Borza – Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences
Intended Audience
- Faculty
- Graduate Students
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