U of A offering course to counter anti-Indigenous stereotypes
A course has been launched at the University of Alberta to help students and the public become better allies to Indigenous people.
"Countering Stereotypes of Indigenous Peoples" addresses 10 common colonial misconceptions including stereotypes involving Indigenous mascotry, criminality and Canadian benevolence.
"All anti-Indigenous stereotypes are really based on the idea of Indigenous deficit," said course co-developer Molly Swain.
"So that (belief that) Indigneous people are disfunctionional, that we're able unable to live in modernity, to survive in the contemporary period and that our denigration is very much naturalized."
Swain believes the education being offered is an important piece of the truth and reconciliation process.
The course also teaches media analysis and helps people make interventions with family and friends.
"Folks have said that they learned a lot, that they found it very valuable that they feel more confident confronting anti-Indigenous stereotypes in their day-to-day lives," Swain said.
The course is available to students and members of the public. It's entirely online, asynchronous and more information is available here.
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