Creating Cultural Safety for Indigenous Students in the Classroom | GPTK769

To meaningfully support cultivating cultural safety at Concordia, this workshop will include a discussion on Indigenous Peoples’ pedagogical practices and intervention strategies to address on-going systemic racism, tokenism, harmful stereotypes, and microaggressions in the classroom and their impact on Indigenous students. The workshop will begin with a power point presentation to be followed by a participatory component; interactive dialogue and a question-and-answer period.

After completing this workshop, participants will:  

• Have a clearer understanding of Indigenous students’ lived experiences.
• Learn how cultural safety is defined in a university setting.
• Determine appropriate approaches to promote a better learning environment.
• Begin identifying strategies and available resources to cultivate safe learning spaces. 

This workshop is co-led by Carole Brazeau, Advisor, Indigenous Curriculum and Pedagogy, Centre for Teaching and Learning. She is Anishinabe (Algonquin) from Kitigan Zibi, Quebec and Allan Vicaire, Senior Advisor, Office of Indigenous Directions. He is Mi’kmaq from Listuguj, Quebec.