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Darren Thomas
Back to facultyAssociate Vice-President: Indigenous Initiatives, Associate Professor: Indigenous StudiesWilfrid Laurier University
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Latest papers
Unsettling the Settlers: Principles of a Decolonial Approach to Creating Safe(r) Spaces in Post-secondary Education.
American journal of community psychology · 2018
1 publications.
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Unsettling the Settlers: Principles of a Decolonial Approach to Creating Safe(r) Spaces in Post-secondary Education.
Mitchell TL, Thomas D, Smith JA
American journal of community psychology2018
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