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Susan Dion
OccupationProfessor
Academic work
DisciplineEducation
InstitutionsYork University
Main interestsIndigenous issues in education
WebsiteFaculty profile

Susan D. Dion (Potawatomi-Lenapé) is professor at York University in the Faculty of Education.[1] Dion specializes on issues related to Indigenous matters in education and the role of Indigenous relationships in teacher education.[2][3]

Dion has expertise in both the education of teachers on issues such as reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada in relation to the legacy of residential schools in Canada,[4] and the ways these issues should be taught in primary and secondary school classrooms. She is frequently consulted as an expert on Indigenous issues in education in the news media, speaker, and in other community contexts.[5][6][7][8]

Dion has collaborated with the Toronto District School Board Indigenous Education Centre[9] on matters such as a First Nations school[10] and a variety of curriculum initiatives. Dion worked with the Ontario Ministry of Education on the "Urban Aboriginal Education Pilot Project."[11][12] Dion has particular expertise in collaborative inquiry, a methodology focused on a reflective practice.[13] She has used this methodology in research and practical applications.[14] The "Listening Stone" project focused on collaborative inquiry and First Nation, Métis and Inuit educational initiatives within the Ontario Ministry of Education school boards.[15]

Dion's work with the TDSB and other initiatives on the decolonization of school curriculum has had wide impact on research and practical application of decolonization and indigenization methods within education.[16][17][18][19] Her work with non-Indigenous teachers exploring blockages to incorporating Indigenous-related teaching and issues into the curriculum has also had impact.[20][21]

Selected publications

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  • Dion, Susan D.; Salamanca, Angela (2014). "inVISIBILITY: Indigenous in the City—Indigenous Artists, Indigenous Youth and the Project of Survivance". Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society. 3 (1). ISSN 1929-8692.
  • Dion, Susan D. (2009-05-01). Braiding Histories: Learning from Aboriginal Peoples' Experiences and Perspectives. UBC Press. ISBN 9780774858489.

References

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  1. ^ "Susan Dion". Faculty of Education, York University.
  2. ^ "Dr. Susan Dion | PREVNet - Canada's authority on bullying". www.prevnet.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  3. ^ "Teacher training on indigenous issues should be mandatory, group says | The Star". thestar.com. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  4. ^ "Teachers need to be educated about residential schools before students, says TDSB official | The Star". thestar.com. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  5. ^ "Women's Voices Count". NOW Magazine. 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  6. ^ O'Rourke, Debbie (2017-12-20). "The race divide in Toronto schools". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  7. ^ "JOINT PhD IN EDUCATIONAL STUDIES PRESENTS: Dr. Susan Dion". Lakehead University. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  8. ^ "Emerging Indigenous Voices". TVO. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  9. ^ "Toronto First Nations school delayed by worries about getting it 'right' | The Star". thestar.com. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  10. ^ "First Nations School of Toronto empowers students to become future leaders - Toronto | Globalnews.ca". globalnews.ca. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  11. ^ Dion, Susan D.; Johnston (2010). Decolonizing Our Schools: Aboriginal Education in the Toronto District School Board (PDF).
  12. ^ Ontario, Government of. "Research in Education". www.edu.gov.on.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  13. ^ "Dr. Susan Dion: First Nation, Métis and Inuit-focused Collaborative Inquiry and Community Involvement". The Learning Exchange. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  14. ^ "The Listening Stone | Faculty of Education". edu.yorku.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  15. ^ Dion, Susan D. (November 1, 2016). "The Listening Stone Project Year Three Starting Points, Turning Points, Learning Points" (PDF).
  16. ^ Senk, Tanya (Summer 2014). "Decolonizing and Indigenizing Arts Education. Promising Practices in Urban Aboriginal Education. Building School/Community Relationships" (PDF). Canadian Diversity. 11 :2.
  17. ^ Phillips, Jean (2011). Resisting contradictions : non-Indigenous pre-service teacher responses to critical Indigenous studies (phd thesis). Queensland University of Technology.
  18. ^ Higgins, Marc; Madden, Brooke; Korteweg, Lisa (2015-03-04). "Witnessing (halted) deconstruction: white teachers' 'perfect stranger' position within urban Indigenous education". Race Ethnicity and Education. 18 (2): 251–276. doi:10.1080/13613324.2012.759932. ISSN 1361-3324. S2CID 143135163.
  19. ^ Kerr, Jeannie (3 October 2014). "Western epistemic dominance and colonial structures: Considerations for thought and practice in programs of teacher education | Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society". Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society. 3 (2).
  20. ^ Allan, Bruce; Perreault, Amy; Chenoweth, John; Biin, Dianne; Hobenshield, Sharon; Ormiston, Todd; Hardman, Shirley Anne; Lacerte, Louise; Wright, Lucas; Wilson, Justin (5 September 2018). "Knowing Yourself in Relation to Indigenous Peoples – Pulling Together: A Guide for Teachers and Instructors". opentextbc.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  21. ^ "Dr. Susan D. Dion - Introducing and disrupting the "perfect stranger"". Vimeo. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
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