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Queer Professionals and Settler Colonialism

Engaging Decolonial Thought within Organizations

by (author) Cameron Greensmith

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2022
Category
General, Social Work, Indigenous Studies
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487536862
    Publish Date
    Mar 2022
    List Price
    $29.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487525347
    Publish Date
    Mar 2022
    List Price
    $29.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487507749
    Publish Date
    Mar 2022
    List Price
    $75.00

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Queer Professionals and Settler Colonialism works to dismantle the perception of an inclusive queer community by considering the ways white lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ2S+) people participate in larger processes of white settler colonialism in Canada.

 

Cameron Greensmith analyses Toronto-based queer service organizations, including health care, social service, and educational initiatives, whose missions and mandates attempt to serve and support all LGBTQ2S+ people. Considering the ways queer service organizations and their politics are tied to the nation state, Greensmith explores how, and under what conditions, non-Indigenous LGBTQ2S+ people participate in the sustainment of white settler colonial conditions that displace, erase, and inflict violence upon Indigenous people and people of colour.

 

Critical of the ways queer organizations deal with race and Indigeneity, Queer Professionals and Settler Colonialism highlights the stories of non-Indigenous LGBTQ2S+ service providers, including volunteers, outreach workers, health care professionals, social workers, and administrators who are doing important work to help, care, and heal. Their stories offer a glimpse into how service providers imagine their work, their roles, and their responsibilities. In doing so, this book considers how queer organizations may better support Indigenous people and people of colour while also working to eliminate the legacy of racism and settler colonialism in Canada.

About the author

Cameron Greensmith is an associate professor in the Department of Social Work and Human Services and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Kennesaw State University.

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