Cyndy Baskin

The lessons I learned from Cyndy Baskin have stayed with me over the last 15 years, and they carry on in my work and activism. I was so inspired by her, and the class was an exceptional mix of interdisciplinary students that made it even more special.

She is interesting and kind. Not much assignments, quizs are easy if you pay attention on the lectures. Lecture notes are sufficient over readings. She generally summaries the lectures on her power point. Lots of notes and you can't even stop.

Makes bold generalizations and sensationalizes course material to a great extent. Responds to criticism or disagreement in a hostile manner while favouring students that are clearly suck ups. Utilizes pop quizzes that test you on irrelevant data. Praises AOP and holistic learning, yet presents her worldview as superior to all others.

After talking to other people with different profs I feel like I got the best one. She made class interesting and some of the readings were painful. She's fun.

This course was disappointing. I expected to learn well researched methods of counselling Aboriginal populations. Instead I got a summery of Aboriginal problems (suicide, abuse, intergen- trauma) without any realistic solutions. Half of the semester was spent listening to other students? presentations on Aboriginal social services, which was

Hardest marker ever, but nice.

Very limited grasp of non-Aboriginal practice methods; made very sweeping generalizations that weren't true, affecting the cogency of her arguments and the level of academic discourse possible in her class

Cyndy is fantastic! She explains concepts very thoroughly and is very clear in her requirements for assignments and exams. She is very likeable, and is very approachable. I definitely recommend her to anyone taking this course.

Very limited understanding of practice; examples were decades old, focused strongly on decolonization without providing a broad enough analysis of issues in class

Purported to have understanding of structural theory, but constantly resorted to using Aboriginal practice theory, even when subject matter dealt with other populations.