Exciting prejudice and privilege and listening to the 'other': The case for indigenizing public governance in Canada

I examine public governance responses to colonialism in Canada and discuss indigenizing public governance as one option. I argue that Western epistemes and processes of colonialism are acting to limit much needed public governance reform in Canada and I ask whether there is a compelling argument as to why governance in Canada (and Canadians generally) should embrace indigenization of public governance. Confronting Western epistemes and reforming public governance in Canada is necessary to improve the social health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada and to move all Canadians into a post-colonial future. I argue that failing to appreciate the impact of the Western imperial episteme on public governance will damage Canada's future economic and social viability. I conclude that a strong agenda to indigenize public governance in Canada should be a priority for all Canadians and that Canadians should embrace indigenizing public governance as a key and actionable goal, the driver of a public governance reform agenda.