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2024-02-01

Omoge, Michael

SSHRC IDG awarded 2024: There is a widespread belief that African philosophy is deeply rooted in African languages and cultures, such that Westerners cannot be African philosophers, strictly speaking. This project challenges this expertise exclusivism, thereby bridging the gap between the African...

Spring 2011

Sockbeson, Rebecca Cardinal

This research focuses on documenting the efforts of the Waponahki people to design and pass legislated policy that effectively addresses racism and the process of colonization in school curriculum. The Waponahki, Indigenous to Maine and the Maritime Provinces, set precedent in both Canada and the...

2023-11-22

Parikka, Susanna

This is a report by the Lead of the DALAM Thematic Network of her attendance at the 2023 World Library and Information Congress (WLIC), where she presented information about the work of the thematic network.

2022-01-01

Campbell, Sandy

Describes the activities of the University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Decolonization of Arctic Library and Archives Metadata (DALAM) to January 2023.

2024-05-01

Campbell, Sandy

This article reports activities of the University of the Arctic Decolonization of Arctic Library and Archives Metadata (DALAM) Thematic Network for October 2023 - April 2024.

2018-04-01

Farnel, Sharon, Laroque, Sheila

This presentation provides an overview of the work of the University of Alberta Libraries to examine and revise its descriptive metadata practices to more accurately, appropriately, and respectfully represent Indigenous peoples and contexts. This was presented on April 24, 2018 as part of the SLA...

2017-10-01

Laroque, Sheila, Carr-Wiggin, Anne, Bigelow, Ian, Koufogiannakis, Denise, Farnel, Sharon, Lar-Son, Kayla, Feisst, Debbie

This presentation provides an overview of the work of the University of Alberta Libraries to examine and revise its descriptive metadata practices to more accurately, appropriately, and respectfully represent Indigenous peoples and contexts. The presentation was given at the Netspeed Library...

2019-02-01

Couture, Selena

SSHRC Awarded IDG 2019: In August 2018, a statue of Canada's first prime minister, John A. McDonald was unceremoniously hoisted from Victoria, BC's city hall steps, wrapped in foam and trucked away to a storage facility. City council was responding to concerns from Indigenous community members...

2017-06-01

Auger, Darlene P.

This doctoral dissertation (titled "DECOLONIZING THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE: Exploring VISION as a method for acquiring knowledge by examining the ‘Vision of Wepison’ and the well-being it has bestowed upon community") was submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research at the...

Fall 2017

Balcom, Christopher D

This project seeks to answer two pivotal questions: How does Frantz Fanon think about history, and how might we critically apply his philosophy of history today? In answering the former, I devote the first chapter to a close reading of Fanon’s work, arguing that Fanon offers a philosophy of...