Indigenous Canada

$49.00

Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. read more…

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What you'll learn

Worldview

Fur Trade

Trick or Treaty

New Rules, New Game

“Killing the Indian in the Child”

A Modern Indian?

Red Power

Sovereign Lands

Indigenous Women

Indigenous in the City

Current Social Movements

‘Living’ Traditions – Expressions in Pop Culture and Art

Description

Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples 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.

Requirements

Access to a computer or mobile device with an internet connection.

Motivation to learn!

There are no special materials or prerequisite knowledge required for this course.

Who this course is for

Students who are new to this field

Students willing to put in a couple hours to learn about Indigenous Canada

Advanced students wanting to add another skill to their portfolio

Content Creator

Dr. Tracy Bear – Assistant Professor – Faculty of Native Studies & Dept. of Women’s and Gender Studies
Dr. Paul Gareau – Assistant Professor – Faculty of Native Studies

This course includes

Participation Confirmation/Certificate

Option for learning at your own pace

Videos and reading material about the course

Practice tests

Assessed tasks with feedback from other course participants

Evaluated tests with feedback

Evaluated programming tasks

Discussions

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