CRSL
This acronym has 4 major strands that helps leaders to be more inclusive, culturally prepared and aware.
What is CRSL?
Land Acknowledgments are often seen as this
What are Box Ticking Exercises
the idea of rebuilding a school system that supports all students, staff, and teachers regardless of race, ethnicity, cultural backgrounds, views, and beliefs
What is Decolonization within an educational context
Cultural responsive leaders and support staff promotes what environment.
What is a welcoming, inclusive, and accepting environment for all students, including minoritized students.
This is about establishing and maintaining a mutually respectful relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in this country
What is Reconcilitation
This is one way to make land acknowledgments more meaningful
What are Gestures
Four major strands of CRSL
What is Critical self-awareness, Culturally responsive curricula and teacher preparation, Culturally responsive and inclusive school environments, and Engaging students and parents in community context
a type of colonialism in which the indigenous peoples of a colonized region are displaced by settlers who permanently form a society there.
What is Settler Colonialism
This is the idea of bringing in an expert in the field to educate youth on these topics
What is an Indigenous Guest Speaker, Elder, Knowledge Keeper and Community leader
This strand refers to the consciousness of his or her values, beliefs, and disposiiton while serving students with colour.
What is Critical self-awareness OR Critical consciousness.
This is the idea that settlers found an empty land waiting to be occupied
What is a settler myth
this is one form of learning that teachers, educators and staff can participate in to ensure they are effectively participating in decolonizing education
What is Professional Development
Having a voice, feeling valued, respected, listened, heard and validated is a cultural what.
What is cultural identity?
released their 94 calls to action that urged all Canadian institutions, and schools in particular, to change policies and programs in an effort to repair the harms caused by residential school policies
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
this is about being more accurate, more inclusive, and more inter-culturally responsive. It is not about forcing one ideological perspective on students, it's about telling both sides of the story
What is Decolonizing the Curriculum