Securing Indigenous Dispossession Through Education: An Analysis of Canadian Curricula and Textbooks

• Main Authors: Schaefli, Laura, Godlewska, Anne, Lamb, Christopher
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2019
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18799-6_8; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-18799-6_8

Abstract We investigate the representation of colonialism and Indigenous peoples in K-12 education in Canada. Focusing on three provinces—Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, and British Columbia—we analyze strategies of inclusion and exclusion at play in Ministry of Education-approved primary and se...