Month: April 2023

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Leroy Little Bear remarked in Jagged Worldviews Colliding that there are always various methods of experiencing the world, regardless of how dominant a worldview may be (2000). Despite Canada’s multiculturalism, government institutions teach white, Eurocentric curricula. Diversity in mathematics is inhibited (Bear, 2000). I learned math only in the...

Regardless of Indigenous student numbers, all schools should provide First Nations, Metis, and Inuit topics and views. Students’ worldviews are shaped by their teachers. Racism and colonialism will persist until Indigenous cultures, worldviews, and teachings are imparted (Kruger, 2017). “Investing in Indigenous history, cultural events, and relationship building, even...

We can address the systematic discrimination of LGBTQ+ youth by recognizing that it occurs in all schools and communities. It’s not a subject we can avoid because it’s unpleasant or inconsequential. Because LGBTQ+ kids are everywhere and encounter bigotry and persecution at an increasing rate, these issues should be...

Regardless of Indigenous student enrollment, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit curricula and perspectives should be provided in all schools. Teachers have a significant influence on their students’ worldviews. Racism and colonialism’s underlying curriculum will only exist if Indigenous cultures, worldviews, and teachings are not incorporated in the classroom (Kruger,...

In the not-too-distant future, culturally relevant pedagogy will need to consider not just the various groups of children that we will be instructing but also the children’s families and their families’ expectations of the educational system. Even while it is impossible to meet everyone’s needs at all times, you...