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Assignment:

Watch this video and answer these questions

Questions (answer all questions)

1. In what ways does the use of humor as a persuasive technique impact your response to trauma-informed topics such as colonization?

2. According to the film, what are we talking about when we say "the settlement of Canada"?

3. Why/how is Kenora important to colonization and the themes explored within the film?

4. What are the key themes explored in Colonization Road and how do they connect to understanding the importance of the Land, colonization, and decolonization?

5. What connections can you make between the events in the film and what we have learned thus far about First Nations, Metis and Inuit people and cultures?

6. A quote from the film is "colonization is a structure and not an event". Explain how the film explores the idea that colonization is an "ongoing process" and "something we produce through our everyday actions".

7. According to the film, roads and infrastructure are 'symbols' of colonization and displacement.

a. Using examples and context from the film, explain how and why roads and the placement of roads continue to impact colonization.

b. Explain how this perpetuates trauma.

8. Make a list of 3 to 5 other interesting facts, events, or ideas that were explored in the film.