Knowledge Sharing

events

march 2022 — the alliedfutures project, a journey from truth to reconciliation and beyond

$100, all proceeds go to the urban society for aboriginal youth

online. links and an interactive toolkit will be shared following registration.

mru has partnered with the urban society for aboriginal youth and wilderfutures to offer the alliedfutures project — a journey from truth to reconciliation and beyond.

throughout the month of march, business leaders, teams and community members across Treaty 7 and beyond are invited to join the five-part knowledge-sharing series led by settlers, Elders and knowledge keepers. this event series will be partnered with an online, interactive toolkit offering a variety of guided resources and reflexive learning and unlearning opportunities.

as a collective, we’ll create a space for discussion and knowledge sharing to guide and educate ourselves as we follow the journey to Reconciliation and beyond.

the $100 commitment to this project grants you access to the five-part webinar series in conjunction with our online interactive toolkit which will continue to be available to you after the month-long journey.

all funds raised will be donated to our partnered organization, urban society for aboriginal youth.

fall/winter — begin your decolonization journey, read dr. linda manyguns perspective.

nov. 10 – may 2022 — decolonizing your mind, a virtual book club

begin your decolonization journey

truth and reconciliation

residential school history and survivor stories

every child matters

missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit

experimentations and sterilization

Indigenous women's rights

anti-Indigenous racism

additional resources for decolonization

mru library Indigenous resources

mru faculty resources

nitoyi

nitoyi, is the moment you know you belong, it is the moment when things start, an idea pops into your head when you understand. nitoyi is the beginning.

nitoyi is the very point of change.

lower case as Indigenous 'eventing' support resistance

this is a beginning effort at describing the use of lower case on the website of the office of indigenization and decolonization.

the goal of equity, diversity and inclusion of all people is synonymous with the interests of Indigenous people. we support and expand the goal of equality and inclusion to all forms of life and all people. we join leaders like e. e. cummings, bell hooks, and peter kulchyski, who reject the symbols of hierarchy wherever they are found and do not use capital letters except to acknowledge the Indigenous struggle for recognition.

the office of indigenization and decolonization supports acts that focus on inclusion and support the right of all people to positive inclusion and change.

read the full story.

the following collection of resources is meant to begin or continue your decolonization journey, it is, by no means, the full extent of knowledge sharing available. you are encouraged to research the many topics below and attend any teachings or talking circles offered.

if you have knowledge resources you’d like to share, please email decolonize@mtroyal.ca.

trigger warning

the included content may be harmful or traumatizing.

the indian residential schools crisis line is available 24-hours a day for anyone experiencing pain or distress as a result of his or her residential school experience, 1.866.925.4419.

an independent, national, toll-free murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls support call line is available to provide support for anyone who requires assistance. This line is available free of charge, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 1.844.413.6649

kids help line text CONNECT to 686868

decolonization

is your mind coloinzed? a poster campaign at mount royal university is challenging students, faculty and staff to think deeply about their beliefs and biases regarding Indigenous people and colonization in canada.

and while the posters have become a familiar sight and talking point on campus, the campaign by the office of Indigenization and decolonization has captured albertans and canadians as a whole to continue down the path to reconciliation.

if your organization is in the education sector or non-profit, you can register to participate in one or all three of the poster campaigns.
if your organization is in the corporate sector, you can register to participate in one or all three of the poster campaigns. minimum $100 donation. as mru moves to decolonize and Indigenize, the donation you provide will enrich and enable traditional thinkers from surrounding communities to engage, teach and enhance all aspects of mru's opportunities to learn authentic Indigenous ways of knowing.

recognition of national Indigenous veterans day began in 1994 and was inaugurated in winnipeg. national Indigenous veterans day recognizes Indigenous contributions to military service in the first and second world wars and the korean war. it occurs annually on november 8. since its inauguration, it has spread nationwide.

métis nation

the métis people of canada laid many of the economic foundations that established and built canada. the first métis people emerged in eastern canada in the early 1600s with the arrival of european explorers. when french and scottish fur traders married Indigenous women, the cree, Anishinabe (ojibway) and their descendants formed a distinct culture, collective consciousness and nationhood. the métis people in british columbia and many of the first nations people of bc and other areas of canada are designated “non-status” for various reasons.

anti-Indigenous racism

legacy of hope foundation
implicit bias test
anti-Indigenous Racism in Canada
discrimination of aboriginals on native lands in Canada
racism | Indigenous peoples atlas of canada
Indigenous peoples: a guide to terminology
the history of the métis
why cultural appropriation is disrespectful
think before you appropriate
cultural appropriation vs appreciation
what is the difference between appropriation and appreciation?
sixties scoop
the indian act explained | the agenda
the indian act: what to do with it | the agenda
7 first nation facts you should know
23 things on what not to say or do when working with Indigenous peoples
assembly of first nations
Indigenous in plain sight

read

21 things you didn’t know about the Indian act, bob joseph
a history of my brief body, billy-ray belcourt
a knock on the door, truth and reconciliation commission, phil fontaine, aimée craft
a mind spread out on the ground, alicia elliott
a quiet evolution: the emergence of Indigenous-local intergovernmental partnerships in canada, christopher alcantara and jen nelles
aboriginal rights are not human rights, peter kulchyski
blanket toss under midnight sun, paul seesequasis
braiding sweetgrass, robin wall kimmerer
call me indian, fred sasakamoose
colonized classrooms, sheila côte-meek
decolonizing education, marie battiste
di-bayn-di-zi-win (to own ourselves): embodying ojibway-anishinabe ways, jerry fontaine
disintegrate/dissociate, arielle twist
elements of Indigenous styles: a guide for writing by and about Indigenous peoples, gregory younging
firewater, h. dempsey
five little indians, michelle good
from the ashes, jesse thistle
healing histories: stories from canada's indian hospitals, laurie meijer drees
halfbreed, maria campbell
hidden in plain sight: contributions of aboriginal peoples to canadian identity and culture, ed david newhouse et al.
highway of tears, jessica mcdiarmid
in my own moccasins, helen knott
in search of april raintree, beatrice mosionier

indian givers: how the indians of the americas transformed the world, jack weatherford
Indigenous methodologies, margaret kovach
Indigenous relations — insights, tips & suggestions to make reconciliation a reality, bob joseph
jemmy jock bird, linda manyguns
jonny appleseed, joshua whitehead
moving aboriginal health forward: discarding canada’s legal barriers, yvonne boyer
peace and good order: the case for Indigenous justice in canada, harold r. johnson
powwow: a celebration through song and dance, Karen pheasant-neganigwane
separate beds: a history of indian hospitals in canada, 1920s–1980s, maureen katherine lux
seven fallen feathers, tanya talaga
song of batoche, maia caron
split tooth, tanya tagaq
the american discovery of europe, jack d. forbes
the blackfoot confederacy 1880 – 1920: a comparative study of canadian and u.s. indian policy, hana samek
the break, katherena vermette
the great blackfoot treaties. h. dempsey
the inconvenient indian, thomas king
the north-west is our mother, jean teillet
the right to be cold, sheila watt-cloutier
this is not a peace pipe: towards critical Indigenous philosophy, dale turner
tribe under trust: a study of the blackfoot reservation in alberta, lucien and jane hanks

nov. 2021 – may 2022:
decolonizing our mind — a virtual book club

decolonizing education, nourishing the learning spirit
by marie battiste; foreword by rita bouvier

mru's office of Indigenization and decolonization is partnering with the traditional paths society's decolonizing our minds book club. this virtual reading group will explore the philosophy that reconciliation cannot happen without or before decolonization. the group seeks to engage readers’ minds with works from Indigenous authors. they will meet online bi-weekly, providing a respectful space to discuss and reflect upon Indigenous literature about decolonization. register.

watch

documentaries

the eskimo experiment
highway of tears
we can’t make the same mistake twice
wawahte: stories of residential school survivors
elder in the making
treaty day: the making of treaty 7
making treaty 7 symposium
reel injun
i'm not an indian
surviving the horror of residential schools by skateboarding | the new yorker documentary
no home but the heart 2002 daystar dance
richard cardinal: cry from a diary of a métis child
reconnecting métis webs of wahkootowin
the Indigenous collective with jesse thistle
the hanging of louis riel

mini-series

first contact
trickster
8th fire: aboriginal peoples, canada & the way forward
the unforgotten

movies

1492
indian horse
taken
monkey beach
beans
if i go missing
the road
shadows in time

listen

cbc massey lectures | #6: asia and the art of storytelling. ideas with nahlah ayed, cbc listen.
- this is a podcast about Black identities being taken. the discussion is rich, relevant and similar to the facts when Indigenous identity is claimed.

stand in solidarity

ways to get involved:

idle no more
orange shirt day
sisters in spirit
moose hide campaign
honouring Indigenous peoples
land back: a yellowhead institute red paper
imaginenative
indspire
the last stand for ancient temperate rainforests: international solidarity toolkit
Nachatlaht vs the crown

red dress day
volunteer
donate

support mru Indigenous students

when you support Indigenous projects and programs at mru you make change possible, goals to be reached and horizons broadened. giving to funds supporting Indigenization enriches mru's campus community and helps pave the path toward truth and reconciliation. learn more about the projects you can support here.

support stardale women's group

for more than 25 years, stardale women’s group has empowered the lives of Indigenous girls, strengthened their families and inspired communities to engage in the core values of reconciliation. they offer programs and services to Indigenous young women and girls in overcoming systemic barriers.

one of the ways stardale helps girls heal and connect with their culture is through the art of drumming. the stardale girls have specifically been taught and perform Indigenous medicine songs which are thought to be healing and encourage inner peace and connection. The intention behind their songs is to heal, uplift, calm and connect.

mru hosted the stardale drumming group as part of the international women's day celebrations.

knowledge bundles

explore these exhibits:

redress project
witness blanket
walking with our sisters

mount royal library collects and makes available a range of resources to students and faculty in support of the goals of the university’s Indigenous strategic plan and the truth and reconciliation commission calls to action. search the library's full collection of print and electronic materials, or browse curated collections including:

Indigenous language learning

residential schools collection

full collection available at mru.ca/library.

indigenizing and decolonizing the university will require diverse approaches that may differ from one discipline to another. in order to support faculty campus-wide, we have gathered scholarly resources that discuss and explore Indigenization and decolonization from the vantage point of specific academic disciplines. lists of discipline-specific resources are categorized under mount royal's academic faculties:

nitoyi

lower case as Indigenous 'eventing' support resistance