Certificate in Indigenous Sport and Recreation

The Indigenous Sport and Recreation Certificate is designed to help working professionals gain a deeper understanding of the cultural context of Indigenous communities through sport and recreation. Offered in partnership between the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation and the Faculty of Native Studies the focus of this certificate is to provide professionals with the skills and knowledge to better understand and help build healthy Indigenous communities through sport and recreation.

This certificate is delivered in a blended format with:

• Online course instruction
• Attendance at a one week, face-to-face learning experience

Students will take three courses, 4 credits each.

KSR 763: Indigeneity and Settler Colonialism

This introductory course will cover an outline of historical and contemporary issues relevant to Indigenous peoples in settler/colonial states. Students will critically understand political, social and historical relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in settler/colonial States. Engagement with Indigenous knowledge and belief frameworks will be central to the course materials. (4 credits)

KSR 764: Managing Recreation, Sport, and Physical Activity Programs in Indigenous Communities

In this second course, students will acquire a strong knowledge of management concepts in sport, recreation, and physical activity. Students will gain an understanding of the application of management knowledge in Indigenous communities as well the development of funding models germane to delivering programs in Indigenous communities.

(4 credits)

KSR 765: Indigenous Peoples’ Physical Activity

The third and final course will describe the historical and contemporary roles of physical activity and sport (sport, recreation and leisure practices) in the lives of Indigenous people. Course content will include the potential role of physical activity in the promotion of Indigenous peoples’ holistic health as well as critique the conceptual and theoretical frameworks used to understand and promote physical activity. (4 credits)