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INDIGST 3ID3

SPECIAL TOPICS IN INDIGENOUS SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · C01

Topics

  • Introduction to the course Histories of Colonization and Resistance
  • Indigenous Worldviews and Ways of Knowing Reading Response Circles
  • Decolonization and Learning from the Land Reading Response Circles
  • Truth, Reconciliation, and Social Justice Reading Response Circles
  • Contemporary Issues in Indigenous Social Work Reading Response Circles Assignment #1 Due – Critical Analysis
  • Policy, Advocacy, and Indigenous Rights Reading Response Circles
  • Indigenous Research Methodologies Reading Response Circles Assignment #2 Due – Critical Inquiry
  • Ethical Spaces and Relational Accountability Reading Response Circles
  • Translating Research into Practice Reading Response Circles Assignment #3 Due – Ethical Space
  • Working with Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and Communities Guest Speaker *Reading Response Circles
  • Indigenous Healing Practices and Wellness Frameworks Assignment #4 Part Due – Land based Micro Teaching & Class Presentations. *Reading Response Circles

Readings

  • Reading material will be posted or linked on A2L.
    Required
  • As We Have Always Done
    Leanne Betasamosake Simpson · 2020 · New Edition/Paperback · Recommended / optional
    University of Minnesota Press · ISBN 9781517903879; 9781452956015
  • Wicihitowin: Aboriginal social work in Canada. Fernwood Publishing.
    Bruyere, G., Hart, M. A., & Sinclair, R. · 2020 · Recommended / optional
    Fernwood Publishing · ISBN 9781552663172; 9781773633145
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