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B.C. grad certificate promises to show teachers how to ‘decolonize themselves’

A publicly funded university in B.C. is offering teachers a graduate certificate in “decolonizing education systems” that outright states the program is not a “pathway to expertise."

Melanie Bennet
Mar 03, 2026
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Source: Royalroads.ca

A publicly funded university in B.C. is offering teachers a graduate certificate in “decolonizing education systems” that outright states the program is not a “pathway to expertise” or “a model to be replicated.”

The “Decolonizing Education Systems” online graduate certificate at Royal Roads University (RRU) in Victoria offers courses titled “Settler Decolonization” and “Decolonizing Educational Systems” to early childhood and K–12 educators, among others.

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