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Book SynopsisTroubling Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Education offers a series of critical perspectives concerning reconciliation and reconciliatory efforts between Canadian and Indigenous peoples. Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars address both theoretical and practical aspects of troubling reconciliation in education across various contexts with significant diversity of thought, approach, and socio-political location. Throughout, the work challenges mainstream reconciliation discourses. This timely, unflinching analysis will be invaluable to scholars and students of Indigenous studies, sociology, and education. Foreword by Jan Hare. Contributors: Daniela Bascuñán, Jennifer Brant, Liza Brechbill, Shawna Carroll, Frank Deer, George J. Sefa Dei (Nana Adusei Sefa Tweneboah), Lucy El-Sherif, Rachel yacaaʔał George, Ruth Green, Celia Haig-Brown, Arlo Kempf, Jeannie Kerr, David Newhouse, Amy Parent, Michelle Pidgeon, Robin Quantick, Jean-Paul Restoule, Toby Rollo, Mark Sinke, Sandra D. Styres, Lynne Wiltse, Dawn Zinga
Trade Review"This is crucially important work at this time, as universities, provincial education boards, and school districts grapple with their responses to the TRC. The contributors to Troubling Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Education continue dialogues around reconciliation, decolonization, and Indigenization in schools at every level across Canada and offer real and actionable insights for educational leaders and teachers.” Shannon C. Leddy, University of British Columbia
“Troubling Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Education is a significant contribution in this era of the post-TRC, the Calls to Action, the MMIWG inquiry report, and the ongoing difficulties and legacies of systemic racism/colonialism against Indigenous peoples in Canadian institutions.” Lisa Korteweg, Lakehead University
"Troubling Truth and Reconciliation in Canadian Education is both practical and highly sophisticated in its collective approach to examining and evaluating factual and authentic teaching surrounding Indigenous history, culture, and shared generational settler responsibility. At times the truths being explored can be uncomfortable, but the pain associated with analyzing these inconvenient realities speaks to the necessity for confronting them actively. As Canadians continue to wrestle with the larger implications of ‘reconciliation,’ this is an engaging and provocative read that adds texture and nuance to an integral and fundamental part of defining a Canadian national identity." Regan Treewater, Alberta Native News, September 27, 2022
"Following the words of editors Styres and Kempf, the 22 contributors examine whether current efforts at reconciliation are real or just 'hype.' Part 1 of the book looks at the theoretical approaches to reconciliation and part 2 at actual efforts being made, mainly in teacher education programs in several Canadian universities... Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and faculty." J. A. Reyhner, CHOICE Magazine, January 2023
Table of Contentsvii Foreword JAN HARE xiii Acknowledgements xv A Troubling Place to Start: Reconciliation in Collapse ARLO KEMPF, SANDRA D. STYRES, LIZA BRECHBILL AND LUCY EL-SHERIF I Theoretical Perspectives on (Ir)reconciliation: Polishing the Silver Covenant Chain 1 | Discovering Truth in the Post-TRC Era: Morality and Spirituality Discourses in the Reconciliatory Journeys of Schools FRANK DEER 2 | Indigenous Resiliency, Renewal, and Resurgence in Decolonizing Canadian Higher Education MICHELLE PIDGEON 3 | Uncomfortable Realities: Reconciliation in Higher Education DAWN ZINGA 4 | Contested Knowledges: Indigeneity, Resistance, and Black Theorizing in Academia GEORGE J. SEFA DEI (NANA ADUSEI SEFA TWENEBOAH) 5 | Some of Us Are More Canadian Than Others: Pedagogies of Citizenship and Learning Racialized Settlerhood LUCY EL-SHERIF AND MARK SINKE 6 | The Performativity of Reconciliation: Illusory Justice and the Site C Dam RACHEL YACAAʔAŁ GEORGE 7 | Beyond Curricula: Colonial Pedagogies in Public Schooling TOBY ROLLO II Reconceptualizing Reconciliation in Education: Teaching and Learning in Right Relation 8 | Reconciliation and Relational Ethics in Education SANDRA D. STYRES AND ARLO KEMPF 9 | Exploring Tensions in Taking Up the Call for Reconciliation in Teacher Education LYNNE WILTSE 10 | Troubling Trespass: Moving Settler Teachers Toward Decolonization DANIELA BASCUÑÁN, MARK SINKE, SHAWNA M. CARROLL, AND JEAN-PAUL RESTOULE 11 | Talking It Through, Talking Through It: A Dialogue on Indigenizing Education CELIA HAIG-BROWN AND RUTH GREEN 12 | Recalling the Spirit and Intent of Indigenous Literatures JENNIFER BRANT 13 | Teaching Indigenous Studies in a Time of Reconciliation: An Anticolonial Approach Toward Postcolonial Awareness DAVID NEWHOUSE AND ROBIN QUANTICK 14 | Contemporary Colonialism and Reconciliation in Higher Education: A Decolonial Response Through Relationality JEANNIE KERR AND AMY PARENT Contributors"
