New book: Colonized Classrooms: Racism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education by Dr. Sheila Cote-Meek

Aanii, Kwekwe, Greetings

Hot off the press, Dr. Cote-Meek's new book: Colonized Classrooms: Racism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education is particularly relevant to Indigenous social work.

In Colonized Classrooms, Sheila Cote-Meek discusses how Aboriginal students confront narratives of colonial violence in the postsecondary classroom, while they are, at the same time, living and experiencing colonial violence on a daily basis. Basing her analysis on interviews with Aboriginal students, teachers and Elders, Cote-Meek deftly illustrates how colonization and its violence are not a distant experience, but one that is being negotiated every day in universities and colleges across Canada.

Contents

Setting the Context . Conceptualizing the Impact of the Colonial Encounter . Negotiating the Culture/Colonial Divide in the Postsecondary Classroom . Negotiating Race in the Postsecondary Classroom . Trauma in the Classroom . Resisting Ongoing Racism and Colonialism in the Postsecondary Classroom . Closing the Circle: The Possibilities for Transformational Pedagogy . References

About the Author

Sheila Cote-Meek is an Anishnaabe-Kwe from the Teme-Augama Anishnabai. She is Associate Vice President of Academic and Indigenous Programs as well as a professor in the School of Indigenous Relations at Laurentian University.

You can purchase this book online via Amazon or Indigo or Fernwood Publishing for $24.95 CDN.

 

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greetings Lissa Lavallee has been appointed to the new Partnership Coordinator for the School of Native Human Services as of Monday July 16th. This is a new full-time grant funded position. Her main tasks will be coordinating with the Aboriginal Educational Institute Partners, brokering articulation agreements for the School and supporting the early developments of the proposed new Masters of Indigenous Relations program as well as other tasks. Lissa (who successfully completed her MSW from Wilfrid Laurier in 2011 and is a graduate of the HBSW Native Human Services program) has been working on part-time projects with the School since 2007. During her time here, she has maintained partnerships with SGEI and KTEI (supporting students through enrolment to graduation, coordination of hiring of sessionals), assisted with coordination of articulations, assisted with coordination of MOAs and has assisted the School with events and other developments necessary for the Schools functionalities. She is a conscientious and reliable worker as well as brings humour to all who work with her. Well done Lissa.... Taima Dr Taima Moeke-Pickering Director, School of Native Human Services, Laurentian University. Phone 705-675-1151 Ext 5083