Online Professional Development
University of Alberta Indigenous Canada
Access to this course is through Coursera. You can sign up for a free account using your Google account.
"Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores complex experiences Indigenous peoples face today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. Topics for the 12 lessons include the fur trade and other exchange relationships, land claims and environmental impacts, legal systems and rights, political conflicts and alliances, Indigenous political activism, and contemporary Indigenous life, art and its expressions. "
Cost: FREE (fee for optional certificate)
Course is available at any time.
UBC Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education
"This course will help you envision how Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, and approaches to learning can be made part of the work done in classrooms, organizations, communities, and in everyday experiences in ways that are thoughtful and respectful.
In this course, reconciliation emphasizes changing institutional structures, practices, and policies, as well as personal and professional ideologies to create environments that are committed to strengthening relationships with Indigenous peoples."
Cost: FREE (fee for optional certificate)
Course is available at any time.
University of Toronto: Aboriginal Worldview and Education.
Access to this course is through Coursera. You can sign up for a free account using your Google account.
"This particular version of the Aboriginal Worldviews course is designed for people with a very beginning understanding of indigenous worldviews. It's an exploration into some of the implications of the worldviews for understanding education as it's experienced by aboriginal people, but also learning about aboriginal worldviews and how that can change the relationship between indigenous and non-indigenous people in Canada."
Cost: FREE
4 Seasons of Indigenous Learning
This course is a partnership between Reconciliation Education, First Nations University of Canada, and The Outdoor Learning Store. This course has learning modules and monthly speakers.
"We offer the 4 Seasons of Indigenous Learning as an acknowledgement that authentically undertaking a personal learning journey towards Truth and Reconciliation takes more than just a day or month each year, but should be across all four seasons.
This initiative encourages and empowers educators to deepen their understanding of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives while strengthening connections with the local land.
This learning is open to EVERYONE. While the content of the modules in Season 1 is specific to Canada, it is transferable across Turtle Island (North America)
This is the same learning opportunity as Every Child Matters – 4 Seasons of Reconciliation. We have just updated the naming to better reflect the learning. So if you have taken this learning, we invite you to register for Season 2: Learning from the Land."
COST: There is a fee for this program. Upon completion within the time frame you receive a certificate from First Nations University of Canada.
The Course is closed for Fall 2023, but re-opens in Spring 2024.