I choose to weave the First Peoples Principles into my unit and lesson plans because it is something that I can actively do to help take part in reconciliation of Indigenous ways of knowing. Alongside reconciliation comes decolonization and what that looks like in terms of colonial classroom practices. I have included some links that have helped me enhance my teaching practice and will help aid me in my classroom!

Decolonizing in an Educational Context

100 Ways: Indigenizing & Decolonizing Academic Programs

Books to Build On: Indigenous Literatures for Learning

Queens University: Resources for Decolonizing Your Teaching

Decolonizing and Indigenizing as an Unlearning and Relearning Process

The Role of Education in Perpetuating Racism and White Supremacy: Rethinking the Eurocentric Curriculum

Schooling for Colonization and White Supremacy: Failures of multicultural inclusivity

Power Relations, Knowledge Productions, and Teaching against Opression in an Elementary Classroom by Amanda Gebhard

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