SWREN 261RIndigenous Knowledges and Decolonizing Social Work Practice with Indigenous Peoples

In this integrative practice course, you will examine colonial impacts on social work policies and service delivery that adversely affect Indigenous Peoples in Canada. You will examine Indigenous knowledges and the importance of cultural practices for healing that is central to shifting colonial notions of "best interest". You will engage in a reflexive stance to gain an inward gaze and analysis of the structural powers that work to sustain political, economic, environmental, and social injustices, as well as the identification of and actions towards decolonizing social work practices, relationships, and allyship with Indigenous Peoples.