The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action is a document that outlines specific actions Canada must take in order to reconcile the treatment of Indigenous peoples. The document outlines 94 concrete steps aimed at addressing the legacy of residential schools and promoting healing, justice, and equity. One section of the TRC Calls to Action outlines educational actions, such as:
8. We call upon the federal government to eliminate the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, (2015).
discrepancy in federal education funding for First
Nations children being educated on reserves and those
First Nations children being educated off reserves.
For educators, the Calls to Action emphasise the obligation to integrate Indigenous perspectives, histories, and ways of knowing into the curriculum. Decolonising education is one step to reconciliation, and educators must start with honouring Indigenous worldviews, histories, stories and ways of knowing.
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