You Don't Know What You Don't Know Part 2

Part 1 is a prerequisite for part 2. If you have attended part 1 this term or in any previous term, you are welcome to participate.

“You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know” is a three-part workshop that journeys through First Nations, Inuit, and Metis relations with settlers. As the title indicates, you don't know, what you don't know so everyone is welcome. You will be introduced to the concept of Miskasowin (wholistic self-evaluation) that will define content, context, and relationship promoting further action, accountability, and responsibilities as a treaty person in this land now known as Canada.

Learning Objectives:

• Deconstruct language and discuss why identity and labels are different for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples.
• Unlearning historic and current realities forFirst Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples in the land now known as Canada and how the resulting cultural genocide:
  • Affects current and future generations of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples
  • Affects how First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples are received andtreated in institutions, including post-secondary institution
• Increase understanding ofIndigenous ways of knowing
• Increase awareness of local urban First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities
• Promote self-reflection to further an understanding of the impacts of colonization, racism, and implicit bias experienced by First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples

Online, Each part is a 3-hour workshop, in a small-group setting

Register here. (Click on "office of Indigenous Relations")