Living Knowledge: Indigenous Knowledge in Science Education

This site is part of a three-year Australian Research Council (ARC) research project Indigenous knowledge and Western science pedagogy: a comparative approach. Includes general discussion of Indigenous and Western science, suggestions for science teachers, and links to other useful resources.

http://livingknowledge.anu.edu.au/html/educators/index.htm

Rekindling Traditions

Cross-cultural science and technology lessons and units developed collaboratively by the University of Saskatchewan (Dr Glen Aikenhead) and several communities in Northern Saskatchewan.
http://www.usask.ca/education/ccstu/

Allies in Action

Identifying and understanding privilege is an important first step, but educators cannot stop at just understanding their own privilege. The following is a website containing a Prezi and thought provoking next steps to move towards becoming an effective ally within social justice work.   

https://storify.com/TeacherSabrina/resources-unpacking-privilege-and-becoming-an-ally

Some food for thought

Here is an interesting and
informative info-graphic contain
several statistical social justice issues.
It can be found at
 http://www.jaluch.co.uk/infographic/

White Privilege and Allyship

The YouTube clip below is the personal experience of Joy DeGruy, who faces racism based on skin colour. She shares her understanding of how skin tones can drastically effect daily interactions, even to something as simple as an interaction at the grocery store. She discusses white privilege and blatant racism in the YouTube link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf9QBnPK6Yg&feature=youtu.be

This clip is from a bigger projected called Cracking the Code  and you can access more information and rent the video at:

http://crackingthecodes.org/

Add to your Social Justice Bookshelf

Ozlem Sensory and Robin DiAngelo use easy to understand the notions of race, privilege, oppression and social construction of power in their  text;  Is everyone really equal? An introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education.  This text is routinely used in Education Foundations 301 classes at the University of Saskatchewan. You can purchase a copy at:  
http://www.amazon.com/Everyone-Introduction-Concepts-Education-Multicultural/dp/080775269X

Comprehensive Powerpoint on the Social Construction of Whiteness

An in depth power-point by Dr. Gregory Jay from the University of Wisconsin that traces the historical social construction of white privilege.
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/gjay/www/Whiteness/whitesupremacy.htm