As faculty, we are committed to our own learning and unlearning in doing the work of anti-colonial and anti-racist praxis in child and youth care. We engage in scholarship and teaching to nurture inclusive learning environments and communities of belonging. We teach with culturally relevant pedagogies guided by the First Peoples Principles of Learning that enact our commitments to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action and UN Declaration for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
We strive to work with students to interrupt structures and practices that uphold patriarchy, heteronormativity, ablism, classism, racism, colonialism, economic inequality and other forms of oppression and violence. We support students to think through and take action in addressing systemic and structural inequities in our complex and changing world through collaborative, applied relational praxis with children, youth and communities.
