Mapping Approaches to Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Curriculum at Canadian Universities

Brunette-Debassige, Candace; Wakeham, Pauline; Smithers-Graeme, Cindy; Haque, Aisha; Chitty, Sara Mai

doi:10.18584/iipj.2022.13.3.14109

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“…Creating normative change in universities has been considered an almost impossible task (Brunette-Debassige, 2021). Established university policies and practices are so deeply ingrained in traditional western norms that challenging those standards often results in defeat.…”

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Indigenous innovation and organizational change towards equitable higher education systems: the Canadian experience

Tamtik

2023

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

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Indigenous knowledges are largely absent from higher education institutions’ efforts to pursue excellence and innovation. Grounded in decolonization literature and institutional theory, this article examines how Indigenous peoples of Canada have engaged with innovation discourses in higher education. Through document analysis of 15 research-intensive Canadian universities and conversation with 13 Indigenous peoples, the article analyses political, functional, and normative pressures associated with Indigenous knowledges shaping Canadian universities. The article demonstrates how Indigenous groups have been able to push post-secondary institutions towards a normative shift in organizational structure. The article also shows how approaching innovation from decolonizing perspectives can provide a way forward for equitable higher education systems, advocating for re-imagining the dominant market economy, and focusing on learning from Indigenous worldviews that centre around reciprocity, ecological sustainability, and connection to land.

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confidence: 99%

Indigenous innovation and organizational change towards equitable higher education systems: the Canadian experience

Tamtik

2023

AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples

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“…Scholars contend that action research is a promising approach to diverse aspects of women and leadership research aligned with the recognition of women’s ways of knowing (Storberg-Walker, 2017; Belenky et al , 1986/1997), global women leaders (Adler, 1997; Adler and Osland, 2016; Osland, 2021), indigenous women and decolonizing leadership (Brunette-Debassige, 2021; Debassige and Brunette-Debassige, 2018) and on the contextual challenges faced by black women in diverse leadership roles (Ngunjiri, 2021).…”

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Guest editorial: From intent to action: new directions in women and leadership research

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2023

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Toward more ethical engagements between Western and Indigenous sciences

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There is growing interest among Western-trained scientists in engaging with Indigenous sciences. This interest has arisen in response to social pressures to reckon with the colonial foundations of Western science and decentre Western ways of knowing, as well as recognition of the need to draw upon the gifts of multiple knowledge systems to address today's many complex social and ecological challenges. However, colonial patterns and power relations are often reproduced at the interface between Western and Indigenous sciences, including the reproduction of epistemic Eurocentrism and extractive modes of relationship between settlers and Indigenous Peoples. This paper seeks to support Western-trained scientists to recognize and interrupt these patterns in order to create the conditions for more ethical, respectful, and reciprocal engagements with Indigenous sciences. We also offer a map of the different ways that Western sciences have thus far engaged Indigenous sciences. We particularly highlight the emergent possibilities offered by a reparative approach to engagement that emphasizes the responsibility of Western science to enact material and relational repair for historical and ongoing harm, including by supporting Indigenous self-determination and sovereignty in science and beyond.

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Mapping Approaches to Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Curriculum at Canadian Universities

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Indigenous innovation and organizational change towards equitable higher education systems: the Canadian experience

Indigenous innovation and organizational change towards equitable higher education systems: the Canadian experience

Guest editorial: From intent to action: new directions in women and leadership research

Toward more ethical engagements between Western and Indigenous sciences

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