Skoden: Teaching, Talking, and Sharing About and For Reconciliation

In Skoden, instructors, staff, and administrators consider how to decolonize and Indigenize those aspects of post-secondary settings they are responsible for. Through a lens of looking back to understand how to go forward in reconciliation, participants learn about Indigenous teachings, Canadian colonization, the history and impact of treaties, and contemporary Indigenous challenges and resilience.

This learning opportunity will assist efforts by Ontario’s post-secondary institutions to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA People Calls for Justice, and improve all Canadian students’ experiences.

Reconciliation is not an Indigenous issue or responsibility. We are all treaty partners. Skoden encourages non-Indigenous instructors, staff, and administrators to consider what it means to be a treaty partner, how they can address the Calls to Action and Calls for Justice in their own practice, and how to stand with Indigenous communities across Canada.