Unlearning colonialism and renewing kinship relations: A River Valley Walk with Dr. Dwayne Donald

With this talk, Dwayne will discuss colonialism as an ideological structure embedded within schooling culture and share insights on what it might take to unlearn colonialism

Dr. Dwayne Donald is a descendent of the amiskwaciwiyiniwak (Beaver Hills people) and works as a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. His work focuses on ways in which Indigenous wisdom traditions can expand and enhance understandings of curriculum and pedagogy. Dr. Donald holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Reimagining Teacher Education With Indigenous Wisdom Traditions.

Meeting point: Edmonton Huskie House Parking Lot