Integrating Indigenous Perspectives into Teacher Education in Alberta

Authors

  • Patricia Danyluk Werklund School of Education
  • Maureen Plante Werklund School of Education
  • Samara Wessel Werklund School of Education https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8360-7235

Abstract

Anti-Indigenous racism is the result of a lack of knowledge about Indigenous peoples according to Senator Murray Sinclair (Ho, 2019). Teacher education is one of the most powerful ways to combat racism towards Indigenous peoples as it impacts not only pre-service teachers but in-service teachers, their students, and their families. Alberta’s new Teaching Quality Standard was released in 2018 (TQS, 2020) and requires all Alberta teachers to possess and apply a foundational knowledge of Indigenous peoples. The study examines how teacher education institutions in Alberta are integrating Indigenous perspectives into their programming and how they plan to further this integration through collaboration between institutions and connections with schools.

Author Biographies

Maureen Plante, Werklund School of Education

Maureen Plante is an MSc Counselling Psychology Student at the Werklund School of Education. She is  Ojibway-Cree Métis. 

Samara Wessel, Werklund School of Education

Samara Wessel is a MSc Counselling Psychology Student at the Werklund School of Education.

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Published

2023-03-23

Issue

Vol. 6 (2023): Moving Forward in a Good Way to Nurture the Spirit of Learning in Postsecondary Education

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