"Students, as they are increasingly posed with problems relating to themselves in the world and with the world, will feel increasingly challenged and obliged to respond to that challenge."
~ Paulo Freire
Decolonizing means reclaiming one's humanity.
This will look different for different colonized peoples.
For me, decolonizing education means endeavouring to reimagine learning spaces and practices by centering narratives, perspectives, knowledge, and experiences omitted from traditional colonial models of education.
"Most children are amazing critical thinkers before we silence them."
~ bell hooks
Starting the year off learning about and exploring identity.
Our Classroom Treaty
Unpacking the Land Acknowledgement and writing about why it matters
Indigenous World View and caring for the environment because we are Treaty people
After receiving teachings about the Anishinaabe Medicine Wheel, we made Art showcasing our collective beauty inspired by it
Tie-dyed shirts for Pink Shirt Day & International Day of Pink
We are buddies, not bullies!
"There's no such thing as neutral education.
Education either functions as an instrument to bring about conformity or freedom."
~ Paulo Freire
Photographs on this page:
TOP - Nannette's Anthuriums, Trinidad, by s. karamath
shelli karamath, OCT
Tkaronto, Ontario, Canada
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