Topic #2: Historical Trauma and Historical Privilege
For this essay, you will demonstrate a sound understanding of historical trauma, discuss the history and impact of historical trauma on Indigenous peoples in Canada as well as a few strategies developed to address it.
You will also address the other side of colonialism. Colonialism is, among other things, a relationship between the colonized and the colonizer.
As Indigenous people are experiencing historical trauma as a result of that relationship, how has colonialism impacted other Canadians? If you choose to challenge the reading below, you need to find an alternative analysis with supporting evidence.
Borelli, Belinda, Helen Moewaka Barnes and Tim McCreanor. “Conceptualising historical privilege: the flip side of historical trauma, a brief examination.” AlterNative 14, 1 (2017): 25-34