Teaching the History of Colonization in the Postsecondary Classroom

ABSTRACT

This study explores the ways Indigenous social workers experience and learn about colonization and provides suggestions for educators who are tasked with teaching that material. Nine First Nations and Métis social workers in British Columbia were interviewed. Data collection and analysis took place using the research praxis métissage as a theoretical framework and involved semistructured interviews. Thematic analysis revealed three themes: colonization as an unnamed lived experience; colonization as academic, cognitive knowledge; and colonization as a personal and professional reality.

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Susan Burke

Susan Burke, PhD, RSW, is Assistant Professor, UNBC School of Social Work at University of Northern British Columbia.