Book: From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle.
Description The first course assignment is a reading and writing exercise applying the concepts of decolonization, reinhabitation, and Indigenization to the required reading of the course, Jesse Thistle’s book From the Ashes. Thistle is Métis and grew up in Brampton. He is a former York University student who is now an Assistant Professor at York in the Department of Equity Studies. You are asked to answer several questions: 1. Construct your own definitions of decolonization, reinhabitation, and Indigenization. 2. Tell us how these concepts relate to and resonate with Thistle’s text 3. Tell us what you have learnt about settler-Indigenous relations through this exercise 4. Tell us what you have learnt about yourself through this writing