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Decolonizing Indigenous Education in Canada

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Education, Dominance and Identity

Part of the book series: Comparative and International Education ((CIEDV,volume 1))

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Like so many minority groups around the world the Aboriginal population in Canadian society occupies the lowest rungs of the socioeconomic and political ladder, notwithstanding the fact that Canada is rated by the United Nations as one of the best countries in the world in which to live.

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  1. Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba

    K. P. Binda

  2. Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba

    Mel Lall

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  1. University of Georgia, Athens, USA

    Diane B. Napier

  2. The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada

    Suzanne Majhanovich

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Binda, K.P., Lall, M. (2013). Decolonizing Indigenous Education in Canada. In: Napier, D.B., Majhanovich, S. (eds) Education, Dominance and Identity. Comparative and International Education, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-125-2_2

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