Planning with Indigenous Communities

1.5 credits · Graduate

Examines the impacts of colonialism and contemporary issues shaping Indigenous communities. Focuses on Indigenous philosophies, cultural protocols and respecting knowledge within Indigenous communities and in relationships with non-Indigenous levels of government. Discusses reconciliation, the role of planning in perpetuating colonialism, modern treaties, development case studies, decolonial approaches to planning and the role of the UN’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for all levels of planning.