March 22^nd, 2024

Dr. Johanne McCarthy (Six Nations Polytechnic)

For March 2024’s SoTL Speaker Series session, we invited Dr. Johanne McCarthy (Dean, Academic Programs, Six Nations Polytechnic) into our virtual spaces in a good way to share their work and research with “Decolonization in Action: Using the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion.”

Reconciliation requires effort to repair unequal and unfair relationships. It is a “settling up” for injustices leading to and perpetuating the oppression of Indigenous peoples, our languages, cultures, and ways of being upon our home territories. For non-Indigenous peoples now connected to this land, this requires reflective mindfulness and recognition of hard truths about aggressive colonization and the impacts influencing the direction and scope of learning. Moving forward, the first step to healing is bringing that mindfulness in to the relationships we establish within the classroom to empower Indigenous perspectives and belonging. This presentation introduces the 3P’s framework to enhance Indigenous inclusion and serves as a catalyst for constructive awareness and change so that participants can imagine their own roles and responsibilities for shaping an inclusive landscape.

Learner-participants will:
1) Demonstrate knowledge of the diverse cultural, historical, and social contexts that shape relationships on Turtles Island.
2) Utilize reflective learning for fostering deeper connections and understanding of relationships with Indigenous communities.
3) Explore the 3P’s framework as a guide for motivating inclusive behavioural change systemically.
4) Discuss the utility and applicability of this framework for individualized academic purposes and change across the organization.

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• Read more about Dr. Joh and Six Nations Polytechnic in their Six Nations Polytechnic Learning Outcomes: Community Feedback Report
• Additional information, research, and scholarship:
  • PDF of Slide Deck: CTEI SoTL Speaker Series – JMcCarthy – March 2024
  • Read a chapter by our YU President, Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes, that speaks to and reflects on her personal interest and in this work and the need for Canadian institutions of higher learning to confront our colonial roots: “Academic Integrity Across Time and Place: Higher Education’s Questionable Moral Calling”