BC First Peoples 12 looks at how the identities, worldviews, and language of BC First Peoples are renewed, sustained, and transformed through their connection to the land.

We will investigate how the impact of contact and colonialism continues to affect the political, social, and economic lives of BC First Peoples.

We will study how cultural expressions convey the richness, diversity, and resiliency of BC First Peoples.

We will gain an understanding of how, through self-governance, leadership, and self-determination, BC First Peoples challenge and resist Canada’s ongoing colonialism.

A focus of the course will include the many ways B.C. First Peoples challenge and resist Canada’s ongoing colonialism and systemic discrimination, and how non-Indigenous people can be allies in the long journey towards reconciliation.