'Colonizer Rehab'

COLONIZER REHAB is a safe and respectful facilitated dialogue space, typically lasting one to two hours, designed to engage participants in honest, direct dialogue on key areas of Indigenous engagement. Participants determine agenda, topics and content via online surveys distributed prior to each session.

Topics include:

• The impacts of Canada’s colonization history
• Clarification of common misconceptions
• The do’s and don’ts of Indigenous engagement
• Aboriginal rights and title, and the importance of meaningful consultation
• Indigenous tokenism (traditional land and territory acknowledgments, National Day for Truth & Reconciliation), pretendianism / cultural identity fraud
• The transformative potential of Indigenous worldviews in conversations about Indigenous engagement
• Clarifies difference between ‘white privilege’, ‘systemic racism’ & ‘racism’ and how they apply to current relationships between any Canadian city, town or municipality and First Nation Indian Reserve communities

The next session of COLONIZER REHAB is scheduled for April 25, 2025 (9:00 am to 12:00 pm PT).