You can get the knowledge, self-awareness, and skills to address Indigenous-specific racism in adult learning environments. Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be able to:
- design and deliver lessons that guide learners through the experiential learning cycle, demonstrating effective lesson design, teaching, and facilitation skills.
- discuss key concepts of racism and colonization, including the history and ongoing manifestations of colonization, and respond to common misconceptions and objections.
- identify and analyze the different ways learner resistance may manifest in response to discussions on colonial history and other Indigenous-related content.
- develop self-awareness on what may trigger facilitators and learners in the face of anti-Indigenous racism and resistance.
- use self-awareness as a tool for managing triggers in self and others when addressing anti-Indigenous racism.
- employ a range of specific strategies to unsettle the resistance and support learning in their classroom.
- discuss how co-facilitation and inter-racial facilitation can be used to navigate challenging situations in the classroom.
- demonstrate effective anti-racist facilitation, inter-racial facilitation, and co-facilitation skills in dealing with a range of facilitation scenarios.
- develop a sustainable reflective practice for ongoing improvement.