ABSTRACT

Canada, like other nations with colonizing histories and ongoing colonial practices marginalizing Indigenous peoples, is searching for pathways leading to reconciliation. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission called on the social work profession to engage in the decolonization of social work structures and processes, including how it educates entrants in the profession. This article reports on a project that used focus groups with social work faculty in two Canadian universities to explore perceptions about the ways change might be accomplished. From faculty viewpoints, four main themes are identified: coming to know about colonization, assimilation, and genocide; struggling with whose story it is to tell; questioning individual and collective responsibilities in decolonizing social work; and accepting truth first and trauma stories for reconciliation.

摘要

加拿大与其他具有殖民历史和正在进行的将土著人民边缘化的殖民做法的国家一样，正在寻找通往和解的途径。真相与和解委员会呼吁社会工作专业从事社会工作结构和过程的非殖民化，包括它如何教育该行业的新人。本文报道了一个项目，该项目利用加拿大两所大学的社会工作教师的焦点小组来探索对可能实现变革的方式的看法。从教师的角度来看，确定了四个主要主题：了解殖民化、同化和种族灭绝；纠结于该讲述谁的故事；质疑个人和集体在非殖民化社会工作中的责任；