2022/08/11 by Rebecca Audrey Wallace, Rebecca Wallace · 22 citations
Social Sciences · #Anthropology #Constitution #Diversity (politics) #Indigenization #Indigenous #Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights #Law #Political science #Politics #Public administration #Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics #Scholarship #Sociology #Sovereignty #Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
paper · doi:10.1017/s0008423922000506
published in Canadian Journal of Political Science 55(3), 687-708 (Cambridge University Press)
openalex publication_date 2022/08/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/21
Abstract Have universities heeded the call from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and taken concrete action to integrate and promote Indigenous scholarship in their classrooms? In the field of Canadian political science, this question is vital but underanalyzed. Indigenous knowledges, histories, languages, customs, legal traditions, systems of governance and research methodologies are integral to Canadian politics, but calls for indigenization have often not been met. By analyzing comprehensive exam reading lists for Canadian politics doctoral students in programs across the country, this article argues that a fractured approach to indigenization begins early on in the training of faculty. Indigenous content remains largely underrepresented on exam lists and siloed into Indigenous- or diversity-focused sections of the political science literature. Most Indigenous politics readings engage centrally with sovereignty and the Constitution, with very few exploring the political dimensions of residential schools, gendered violence and other contemporary political issues.