Indigenization as inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonization: navigating the different visions for indigenizing the Canadian Academy

Adam Gaudry; Danielle Lorenz

doi:10.1177/1177180118785382

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Indigenization as inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonization: navigating the different visions for indigenizing the Canadian Academy

Adam Gaudry Danielle Lorenz

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples Vol. 14 No. 3 pp. 218-227 · SAGE Publications

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Abstract

Following the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, Canadian universities and colleges have felt pressured to indigenize their institutions. What “indigenization” has looked like, however, has varied significantly. Based on the input from an anonymous online survey of 25 Indigenous academics and their allies, we assert that indigenization is a three-part spectrum. On one end is Indigenous inclusion, in the middle reconciliation indigenization, and on the other end decolonial indigenization. We conclude that despite using reconciliatory language, post-secondary institutions in Canada focus predominantly on Indigenous inclusion. We offer two suggestions of policy and praxis— treaty-based decolonial indigenization and resurgence-based decolonial indigenization—to demonstrate a way toward more just Canadian academy.

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Published: Jul 06, 2018
Vol/Issue: 14(3)
Pages: 218-227
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Authors

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Adam Gaudry

Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

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Danielle Lorenz

Department of Educational Policy Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

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Adam Gaudry, Danielle Lorenz (2018). Indigenization as inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonization: navigating the different visions for indigenizing the Canadian Academy. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 14(3), 218-227. https://doi.org/10.1177/1177180118785382

Indigenization as inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonization: navigating the different visions for indigenizing the Canadian Academy

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