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This article examines how Indigenous literatures and methodologies have helped shape an intermediate-level French language course designed at Queen's University to achieve two goals: awareness of Indigenous contexts and French language learning. Questions studied in this article include: How to decolonize the teaching of a European language used by Indigenous communities? How to negotiate the contrasts between Indigenous methodologies and established pedagogical frameworks? How can Indigenous narratives be mobilized to foster the learning of a language that First Peoples invest in daily, often alongside an ancestral language? How can multimedia platforms encourage sustained exchanges in an online course? What should students learn in terms of language acquisition and awareness of Indigenous contexts?
Keywords: Enseignement et apprentissage, français langue seconde ou étrangère, littérature autochtone, méthodologies autochtones, pédagogie, cours en ligne, décolonisation, Teaching and learning, French as a second language or foreign language, Indigenous literature, Indigenous methodologies, pedagogy, online courses, decolonization
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The purpose of this study, prepared for the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and funded by Health Canada First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, is to provide an exploratory investigation into the linkages and to begin a journey into making the connection between FASD, sexual exploitation, gangs, and extreme violence in the lives of young Aboriginal women. Emerging data from Aboriginal gang intervention and exit projects in Canada suggest that many women experience sexual slavery and extreme violence in gangs, and that a disproportionate number also suffer from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Although much more research is required, preliminary data point to the importance of developing prevention strategies targeted at addressing family violence, drug and alcohol abuse, poverty, the social determinants of health and the history of colonization of Aboriginal Peoples. This work should focus on the strength and resiliency of Aboriginal peoples.
Keywords: Aboriginal women, Sexual exploitation, Violence, FASD, Gangs, Prevention strategies