Excuse me: who are the first peoples of Canada? a historical analysis of Aboriginal education in Canada then and now

Abstract

This article discusses and analyses the physically, spiritually and mentally destructive and disruptive components of colonial education on Aboriginal peoples in Canada from a historical and contemporary perspective. Included in this analysis is a critical examination of the ways in which indigenous education and epistemologies have been subjugated and ignored, and recommendations on how Aboriginal worldviews can be introduced in the education system in a respectful and honourable way, thereby bringing about their revitalization and reclamation.