On Settler Colonialism in Canada: Relations and Resistances

Emily Grafton is of Métis ancestry, raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and an Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of Regina (Saskatchewan).David B. A. MacDonald is an Indo-Trinidadian and Scottish political science professor at the University of Guelph and was previously on faculty at the University of Ōtago, Aotearoa (New Zealand). He was raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, on Treaty 4 territory.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsContributor BiographiesIntroduction—Emily Grafton and David MacDonaldSECTION 1. DECOLONIZING EDUCATION PROCESSESOn Codifying the Traditional Laws of Indigenous Nations in Canada—Leo BaskatawangReflections on Anti-Asian Racism and Settler Colonialism in Canadian Universities—Heena MistryEducation as a Policy Tool for Reconciliation: Why our View of Mind Matters—Kurtis BoyerSettler Researchers: From a Place of Not Knowing—Rosemary NagySECTION TWO. PROSPECTS FOR RECONCILIATION AND RELATIONAL DECOLONIZATIONLand Acknowledgements in an Era of Reconciliation—Enakshi Dua and Elaine CoburnHonouring Treaty Responsibilities in Rural Saskatchewan: The Treaty Land Sharing Network—Naomi Beingessner, Emily Eaton, and Martha Jane RobbinsTreaty Relations as a Foundation for Reconciliation: Indigenous and Settler Perspectives in Treaty #3 Territory—Jeff DenisShe Helped Herself: Rendering Empowerment through Birth Sovereignty—Vanda FleurySECTION THREE. SETTLER COLONIAL RELATIONALITIES, IDENTITIES, AND BELONGINGSikh Responsibilities and Dreams: Disrupting Settler Colonialism, Bigger than Settler Colonialism—Rita DhamoonOn the Merits of Being an Asshole—Peter Morin and Ayumi GotoWho Are We Here? Settler colonialism, mobility, and relationships across distance—Emma Battell Lowman and Adam J BarkerA Settler Twice Over in a Changing Canadian Landscape: The Importance of Knowledge, Acknowledgement and Respect to Indigenous-Settler Reconciliation—Huma HaiderSECTION FOUR. INDIGENOUS RELATIONAL KNOWLEDGES IN SETTLER CONTEXTSNikāwiy to ôtānisa Narratives- Cree mother to daughter stories: Calendar of Life, miyo-pimātisiwin (good life)—Evelyn Poitras and Alma Poitrastâpwîwin ikwa wâkôwîcihiwîwin – Truth and Reconciliation” and “Where is the Love?—Solomon RattRights and Responsibilities: Indigenous Realities, Indigenous Priorities—Joyce GreenIndigenous Women, settler colonial state-sanctioned gendered violence, and reconciliation in Canada—Emily Grafton Gina Starblanket, AfterwordIndex

"On Settler Colonialism in Canada disrupts the Euro-settler/Indigenous reconciliation narrative to include racialized un/settlers. The book’s polyphony of voices, styles, and experiences stitches patches of critical truth to samples of non-colonial difference to swatches of practical uplift. This diverse collection, this unsettling quilt, this dis-comforter, is not a display item but a sturdy necessity designed for everyday use." —David Garneau"A thoughtful, indispensable multi-perspective contribution to the work of decolonizing settler-Indigenous relations and depowering settler colonialism in Canada through truth, self-reflection, and resurgence." —Alan Hanna