Pathways of Settler Decolonization

Lynne Davis is a settler Canadian of Eastern European ancestry who now resides in Nogojiwanong (Peterborough, Canada), Michi Saagig territory, and is an Associate Professor in the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies at Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. Her current research interests include transforming settler consciousness and decolonizing Indigenous-settler alliances. Jeffrey S. Denis is a settler Canadian of mixed European ancestry who now resides on 'Dish with One Spoon' territory (Hamilton, Canada) and is an Associate Professor of Sociology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. His research investigates the social processes that shape the well-being of historically marginalized communities and the strategies, alliances, policies, and practices that can bring about more just and sustainable societies.Raven Sinclair is Nehiyaw (Cree) from George Gordon First Nation, Treaty 4 (Saskatchewan, Canada), and is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Regina, Canada. Her academic and research interests include Indigenous knowledge and research methodologies, the synthesis of traditional and contemporary healing theories and modalities, aboriginal cultural identity issues, adoption, colonial and decolonization theories, and mental health and wellness.

• Introduction: Pathways of settler decolonization; 1. Complicated pathways: settler Canadians learning to re/frame themselves and their relationships with Indigenous peoples; 2. Tracing the spirals of unsettlement: Euro-Canadian narratives of coming to grips with Indigenous sovereignty, title, and rights; 3. ‘A lot of catching up’: knowledge gaps and emotions in the development of a tactical collective identity among students participating in solidarity with the Winnemem Wintu; 4. Decolonizing solidarity: cultivating relationships of discomfort; 5. Imagining autonomy on stolen land: settler colonialism, anarchism and the possibilities of decolonization?; 6. Anti-colonial methodologies and practices for settler colonial studies