Into the Light: Living Histories of Oppression and Education in Ontario

Building upon the Into the Light exhibition, Anishinaabe Elder Mona Stonefish will guide the development of a new online course titled Countering Eugenics in Education. Co-directed by Evadne Kelly and Carla Rice, the project is funded by eCampusOntario and the U of G Learning Enhancement Fund. This course will address learning challenges in decolonization, anti-racism, and accessibility in institutions of higher education.

A series of modules will introduce the histories of Ontario educational institutions producing and disseminating oppressive knowledge, prioritize voices of survivors and activists, and trace histories and ongoing legacies of eugenics to present day inequities. Students will engage in learning opportunities through an accessible, interactive, ebook, in part, as a response to Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015) and the Huronia Settlement and Liberal Government Apology (2013) and to foster social justice broadly in higher education. This online learning resource will be available to Ontario universities in early 2022.