Tuesday June 11

when you come from a position of being oppressed it is harder to trust.

how can we develop that trust

acknowledging and naming a safe anti racist policy is the first step

a lot of work needs to happen for trust to begin

only then can collaboration begin

dominant racial groups need to see antiracist practice as a priority and keep it at the forfront for collaboration to begin

How can treaty education enhance the FN content and perspectives in class?

How can relate it to issues today?

the curriculum as it stands is that our primary identity is of pioneers

nothing is focused on treaty

there are multiple knowledge's and they are divergent from what we teach in space - need to address this

how do we come by our intention of doing it?  what is the basis of

is it to fit it in or do we engage it as a whole body of knowledge with humility on our parts - there is not 1 way to understand the world, if we approach it with humility and from an anti racist and anti oppressive approach - as a foundation - we feel more confidant in trying things - more of a holistic approach-

Self locating our history is hard.  

There is guilt attached to it especially when you come from the dominant narrative.

My family has benefited from the treaty process.  My great great grand parents and my great grandparents got access to land because of treaty.  My mothers parents were given access to land because of the War Measures Act that essentially took previous reserve land and redistributed it to veterans.
I am able to come to University because my family had land and were part of that dominant class.

I may be sitting across the room from someone who's family and community lost the land that my family occupied.