This course examines structural and cultural colonization, focusing primarily on the history of institutions of social control, resulting in criminalization and clientization of Indigenous peoples. In response to government social control, Indigenous efforts towards self-governance, Indigenization, and decolonization are explored as they relate to Indigenous epistemologies, modes of helping, emerging practices such as cultural safety and resurgence of Indigenous and anti-oppressive approaches to social work practice and the call for reconciliation. May not be held with SWRK 4220 or SWRK 4221. Registration restricted to Social Work students. Prerequisite: SWRK 1210.
