NDA3M –CONTEMPORARY FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS, AND INUIT ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES, GRADE 11 - UNIVERSITY/ COLLEGE
This course focuses on existing and emerging issues of national and regional importance of concern to First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples in Canada. Students will analyze diverse perspectives from a variety of sources such as media, academic works and public opinion polls on events and developments related to land, community, governance, identity and culture. Using political thinking concepts and the political inquiry process students will explore their own and others’ ideas, investigate an issue to determine what needs to change, why and appropriate problem-solving strategies. Prerequisite: CHC2D or CHC2P
NBV3E - WORLD VIEWS AND ASPIRATIONS OF FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS, AND INUIT COMMUNITIES IN CANADA, GRADE 11 - WORKPLACE
This course is offered online only. This course explores diverse knowledge, world views, and aspirations that shape the actions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and communities in Canada. Students will examine issues of identity facing First Nations, Métis, and Inuit individuals and communities with respect to changing relationships with the land, nature, one another, and Canada. Students will explore their own and others’ world views, and the factors that shape world views over time, to develop an understanding of how traditional and contemporary beliefs and values influence the aspirations and practices of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities. Students are given the opportunity to develop further understanding about the impacts of colonization and how reconciling diverse knowledge, world views, and aspirations contributes to a call for societal understanding. Prerequisite: CHC2D/P/L