College Documentation Bulletin number 20

Abstract

"Kanienke’ha:ka counsellor Fran Kaherihshon Beauvais, former interim Coordinator of the Indigenous Students’ Resource Center at John Abbott College, issues a powerful call to action to CEGEP employees for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Day or Orange Shirt Day (Sept 30). Fran addresses the ethical and practical dimensions of designing trauma-informed public pedagogies for Orange Shirt Day at CEGEPs, in tandem with provision of safe spaces for Indigenous students and staff to reflect together. Written at the time of the devasting discovery of the first 215 unmarked graves, Fran’s essay captures the rage, pain and clarity of Indigenous calls to justice that can both sensitize settlers and guide our efforts at respectful reconciliaction in the CEGEP context." -- provided by autho