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Hiring Unit: Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE)

Course information:

Subject code & course title:

EDEC 550-001. Indigenizing Pedagogy and Curriculum.

Diverse social, cultural, linguistic, political, and pedagogical histories of Indigenous communities. Indigenous ways of knowing and worldviews.

Term: Summer 2026

Course Credits: 3

Location: EDUC 211

Schedule:

• July 2 & 3, 2026: Thursday & Friday (RF), 09:05AM-12:55PM
• July 6 to 16,2026: Monday-Thursday (MTWR), 09:05AM-12:55PM

Teaching Qualification Requirements (TQRs):

Education

• Master educator with a minimum completed master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Indigenous education, curriculum and instruction, educational studies, or related fields); PhD preferred.
• Strong grounding in Indigenous education, including Indigenous pedagogies, knowledge systems, and curricular approaches.

Experience

• Experience working with and in partnership with Indigenous communities, organizations, and/or educators.

• Experience engaging with Indigenous knowledge holders, Elders, or community partners in educational contexts.

• Experience with community-engaged, relational approaches to Indigenous education.

• Experience supporting educators or teacher candidates in integrating Indigenous perspectives into curriculum and pedagogy.

• Expert knowledge of:

• Diverse social, cultural, linguistic, political, and pedagogical histories of Indigenous communities.

• Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and learning, and their implications for teaching and curriculum.

• Historical and ongoing impacts of colonization, including residential schools, treaties, and settler-Indigenous relations.

• Indigenous pedagogies, including relational, land-based, arts-based, and community-engaged approaches.

• Approaches to integrating Indigenous perspectives, knowledges, and voices into curriculum and classroom practice.

• Ethical, relational, and community-informed approaches to teaching Indigenous content.

• Culturally responsive and decolonizing approaches to education.

• The Québec Education Program (QEP) and professional competencies as they relate to Indigenous education.

• Experience facilitating reflective, discussion-based, and relational learning environments.

• Experience supporting students in critically examining their own positionality and professional identity in relation to Indigenous education.

• Experience integrating experiential and inquiry-based approaches into teaching (e.g., community engagement, arts-based work, land-based learning).

• Experience as a teacher in the Quebec educational system is an asset.

Other

• Knowledge of the impact and experience integrating pedagogical approaches anchored to equity, diversity and inclusion
• Familiarity using myCourses, Zoom and/or other similar online platforms to facilitate quality teaching and learning experiences
• Familiarity with the application of a variety of digital teaching and learning tools
• Familiarity teaching blended classes
• Instruction in this course may be delivered remotely if indicated as required by the university.

Other information:

Number of positions available: 1

This course is not Team taught.

This course is not taught electronically or online.

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Hiring Unit:

Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE)

Course Title:

Indigenizing Pedagogy and Curriculum.

Subject Code:

EDEC 550 001

Location:

Education Building

Schedule:

Deadline to Apply:

2026-05-10

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