Centre for Teaching Excellence

Program and Events

Introduction to Decolonizing and Indigenizing Curriculum

Transform your curriculum! The Introduction to Decolonizing and Indigenizing Curriculum course provides the participant with the basic principles required for decolonizing and Indigenizing curriculum. Throughout the course participants will apply their new skills into their curriculum content, the student’s learning experience and the approach to teaching. The synchronous and asynchronous format is offered over five weeks. Commitment to all synchronous sessions and up to 15 hours of asynchronous self-paced work during the workshop is required.

First Peoples Principles of Learning
4 R’s Kirkness, V. J. and R. Barnhardt (1991)
Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, Body, and Spirit Paperback (2008) [ pages 7-11] – You will need to purchase the rest of the book if you would like to read it.
Forts, Curriculum, and Indigenous Métissage: Imagining Decolonization of Aboriginal-Canadian Relations in Educational Contexts
The Truth About Stories, Thomas King Lecture 1
The Truth About Stories – Lecture 2
The Truth About Stories – Lecture 3
The Truth About Stories – Lecture 4
The Truth About Stories – Lecture 5
Peter Cole
Trauma Informed Practice
Trauma Informed Practice in Post Secondary
Look to the Mountain: An Ecology of Indigenous Education ( requires purchasing)

Capilano University is named after Chief Joe Capilano, an important leader of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) Nation of the Coast Salish people. We respectfully acknowledge that our campuses are located on the unceded sovereign Indigenous Nations of Lil’wat, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm(Musqueam), Shíshálh (Sechelt), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh(Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh).