Critical pedagogy aims to promote educational change by questioning why educational practices are done in certain ways and exposing domination and exploitation. It involves habits of thinking deeply about the meanings, causes, contexts and consequences of various subjects. Key proponents include Paulo Freire, Ivan Illich and Henry Giroux. Critical pedagogy in Canada explores concepts like "whiteness" and the impact of colonialism, like Indian Residential Schools. It also examines First Nations epistemology, pedagogy and institutions of higher education, as well as how non-Natives engage with First Nations education.

1. Topics in Critical Pedagogy Conversation starters

2. Definition of Critical Pedagogy “ Habits of thought, reading, writing, and speaking which go beneath surface meaning, first impressions, dominant myths, official pronouncements, traditional clichés, received wisdom, and mere opinions, to understand the deep meaning, root causes, social context, ideology, and personal consequences of any action, event, object, process, organization, experience, text, subject matter, policy, mass media, or discourse." Shor, 1992

3. Critical Pedagogy A way of looking at educational practices that exposes domination and exploitation Intended to promote educational change Main question: “Why do we do things this way?”

4. Proponents Paulo Friere, Ivan Illich Henry Giroux

5. Web Tools for Conviviality Personal Computers Web based social networking Multi-user virtual environments The Freire Project http://freire.mcgill.ca/user/1204/fbconnect

6. The Great White North Critical pedagogy in a Canadian context Conceptualizing “whiteness” Indian Residential schools Carr, P. R., & Lund, D. E. (2007). The great white north?: exploring whiteness, privilege, and identity in education . Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

7. First Nations Higher Education First nations epistemology First Nations pedagogy First Nations institutions

8. Non-natives and First Nations Higher Education The whiteness of Second Peoples The tools of the oppressors Conscientization

9. 5 Stages of White Racial Identity Development Conformity Dissonance Resistance and Immersion Introspective Integrative awareness

10. Disrupting Social Inequality Double bind of whiteness ICT can be used to dismantle the structures of oppression Interrogate and subvert the pernicious reproduction of the status quo