Decolonization Resources

The Decolonization Committee in the Department of History at Carleton University was constituted in 2022 an effort to respond in a comprehensive and cohesive manner to the 41 Calls to Action established in the Kinamàgàwin Report. The scope and purpose of the committee include, among other priorities, consultation and liaison, and proposing activities and opportunities for learning and discussion around issues related to decolonisation and indigenisation.  This list of resources will be supplemented and expanded on an ongoing basis. To add suggestions, please email Professor Laura Madokoro.

Decolonization Across Campus

Land Acknowledgment

Algonquin Territory acknowledgment and resources.

Kinàmàgawin

Learn more about the Kinàmàgawin (Learning Together) initiative and report.

Aboriginal Programming

Information about the history of Indigenous programming at Carleton.

Teaching and Pedagogy

Teaching and Learning

Teaching and learning resources compiled by Carleton University.

Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles

Designed as both a resource for instructors and learning tool for students, the Bundles provide the necessary factual and theoretical basis for understanding Indigenous history and politics in Canada, while also prompting students to consider how this knowledge might be applied in their area of study.

Bibliography of Indigenous Sources

Bibliography of Indigenous sources, prepared by Shekon Neechie with assistance from Dr. Erin Millons.

Resources for Indigenous Students

• Resources for Indigenous Students

Community Resources

• Kitigan Zibi Anishnabeg
• Algonquins of Pikwakanagan
• Gabrielle Fayant, Madeline Ienerahtahawi Kelly, “Mapping Indigenous Youth Services Ottawa,” Assembly of Seven Generations, 2020.

Resources on Decolonization, Research and Teaching

• Carleton University Indigenous Resources, includes an Indigenous reading list and information on vendors, artists, reports, shows, films, learning opportunities etc).
• Battell Lowman, Emma, and Adam J. Barker. Settler : Identity and Colonialism in 21st Century Canada. Fernwood Publishing, 2015.
• The Conversation: We fact-checked residential school denialists and debunked their ‘mass grave hoax’ theory
• Dorries, Heather, Tyler McCreary, David Hugill, Robert Henry, and Julie Tomiak, eds. Settler City Limits: Indigenous Resurgence and Colonial Violence in the Urban Prairie West. Edited by Heather Dorries, Robert Henry, David Hugill, Tyler McCreary, and Julie Tomiak. University of Manitoba Press, 2019.
• Groat, Cody, and Kim Anderson. “Holding Place: Resistance, Reframing, and Relationality in the Representation of Indigenous History.” Canadian Historical Review 102, no. 3 (2021): 465-484.
• REDx Talks
• Sean Carleton, Truth Before Reconciliation: How to Identify and Confront Residential School Denialism. September 20, 2023.
• Smith, Linda Tuhiwai. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. Third edition. London: Zed Books, 2021.
• Tuck, Eve, and K. Wayne Yang. “Decolonization is not a metaphor.” Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society 1.1 (2012): 1-40.
• Tuck, Eve. “Commentary: Decolonizing Methodologies 15 Years Later.” AlterNative : an international journal of indigenous peoples 9.4 (2013): 365–372.
• Vowel, Chelsea. Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis, & Inuit Issues in Canada. Winnipeg: Portage & Main Press, 2017.
• Wilson, Shawn. Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods. Black Point, Nova Scotia: Fernwood Publishing. 2008.
• Younging, Gregory. Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous Peoples. Alberta: Brush Education, 2018.