Primary Investigators — Dr. Moss Norman (School of Kinesiology, UBC), Dr. Janice Forsyth (School of Kinesiology, UBC), and Dr. Jason Laurendeau (Sociology, University of Lethbridge)
Understanding settler colonial processes of Indigenous erasure and displacement is critical to fulfilling commitments to reconciliation and decolonization. It is also important to understand the role that seemingly mundane, everyday activities, such as sport and recreation, can play in securing, normalizing, and naturalizing the multiple Indigenous erasures that characterizes settler colonialism, as well as the potential they harbor for disrupting it. For this Edith Lando Digital Pedagogy grant, Dr. Moss Norman (School of Kinesiology, UBC), Dr. Janice Forsyth (School of Kinesiology, UBC), and Dr. Jason Laurendeau (Sociology, University of Lethbridge) will work together to create three resources aimed at supporting teachers and students at various levels of study to better understand settler colonialism and its connections with sport and recreation. Specifically, this will entail the creation of three resources:
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- A short (8-10 minute) explainer video on the topic of settler colonialism. This will be created using straightforward language and with a broad audience in mind; the idea is to produce a resource of value to teachers and students as well as the secondary and post-secondary levels.
- A short (8-10 minute) explainer video specifically focused on the interconnections between sport and settler colonialism. The idea in this case is to produce a resource to support post-secondary instructors and students in courses focused on socio-cultural dimensions of sport, recreation, and physical activity to help them better understand Indigenous sport in settler colonial contexts, as well as, how sport more generally in settler states is tied up with settler colonial logics. This resource has the potential to reach a range of post-secondary programs, including: education; kinesiology; the social sciences and humanities; sport, recreation and tourism; and the allied health professions.
- A digital museum on the topic of sport and settler colonialism along the lines of those found here.
These resources will be made publicly available for educational purposes. They will be housed in the Educational Database on the Edith Lando VLC website and on the Sport and Sustainability Media and Education Resource on the Centre for Sport and Sustainability website.
