Treaty Education

November 2, 2021 0 By Emily Hanson

The purpose of teaching Treaty Ed is to educate students about their country’s history. Students need to learn the culture of the people who are Indigenous to the land they live on. It is also important to learn about how Inidgous peoples were treated and how they still are treated. This might not always be the most positive topic to teach children, but it is the truth and needs to be spoken so that change can happen. The main problem with the crisis that is happening and how we treat Indigenous peoples is because we are not educated about the topic. I hear a lot of time of “oh we do not have residential schools anymore, or the sixties scoop is not a thing anymore, so we are treating Indigenous people fairly”. However just because there are not these bigger in ones face symbols that are happening does not mean that Indigenous peoples are receiving that same respect and treatment as someone who comes from a white settler background. Along with Indigenous people are not receiving the proper resources to help to deal with the trauma from those events. As a result of not being educated, students do not know about what is happening around them, therefore nothing can be changed. 

From watching this week’s videos along with reading this week’s reading “Cynthia Chamber’s We are all Treaty People. A phrase that got brought up a lot was “We are all treaty people”. How I understand this from the curriculum is that we all have a part in educating ourselves. We all live on treaty land in Canada so we need to be involved where we can. Unless we all join our hands together and learn about what is happening and create awareness then nothing will actually get done. With my own personal schooling experience a lot of what of Canada’s history that was taught was a very white biased history. I learned a point of view of the white settler always being the good guy. From my schooling it was not until I was older that I learnt how miseducated I was growing. Now is my time to educate myself and try to make a change anywhere I can. 

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About The Author

My name is Emily Hanson. I am 19 years old, and I was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. I attended High school at Luther College High School, in Regina, as did my family members before me. I live with my mom and dad, along with my younger brother who I am very close with, who is in grade 12 at Luther. This is my second year at the University of Regina, however my first semester in Education. I was majoring in psychology before. I have worked at the YMCA for the past two and half years, and love it there. At the YMCA I work with kids, teaching them a different variety of skills in different classes. This has sparked my love for kids and teaching. Along with the YMCA, I work the weekends at the Cougars Hockey games. My mom is a teacher, and from time to time I come and help in her classroom. She was the one who suggested to me that I should switch the education. My goal is to finish my education degree and work as a teacher for awhile, then eventually get my masters in psychology, so I can become an Educational Psychologist. My hobbies/passions in life are painting, drawing, playing the drums, music, along with hanging out with family and friends, and travelling. My favourite place I have traveled to has been El Salvador. Ever since I left that beautiful country I have wanted to go back. I have always had a love of art and in my spare time, which is not a lot in university, I usually spend it drawing or painting. I have learned to play the piano, guitar, and I am now on the drums which I find is really what I am good at. Music is a big part of my life for I am always listening to it, and you can usually find me after work on the weekend at a concert, or one of my friends’ shows, that are in bands. Also three close friends of mine and I plan and put on a music event called Exposure, where we give a platform for local artist to perform. We have held two so far and are already in the early stages of planing another Exposure.

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