Discovered so much about our past history not taught in school curriculums. It was eye opening and heart breaking at the same time. This course introduced me to new authors, new artists and new thinking, which has helped my understanding of Indigenous culture and current news events happening today. Thank you to all involved for your time and thoughtful presentation.

I have started my journey to listen. I will continue to study the content from this amazing 1st course about Indigenous Canada. The broad range of topics were the perfect way to steer me in the right direction. An excellent 12 weeks of learning from the Native Studies team. Thank you so much for offering this free course. Is the an Indigenous Canada 2 on the horizon?

A very, moving and powerful course, that caused me to reflect, pause, and challenge myseld to 'do better' and educate myself and honour the Indigenous brother and sisters and lands that we live upon. It was a committment of 30+ hour over two months but it was something I had to do and complete. This shoud be mandaory eduation for every single Canadain across Kanata.

I enjoyed the course and loved learning more about Indigenous history and current challenges. I would suggest an editor review all module notes for edits and corrections. I would also suggest the quiz question be reviewed. Some of the questions require a synthesis of the material rather than fact-based. For non-trad learners, this might be a challenge.

Great course!

Thank you for offering this eye-opening course. It has allowed me to learn about our First Nation's struggle to maintain their culture and identity in a world that has tried to assimilate and annihilate their culture, beliefs, and traditions for over 500 years. It has also shown me the resilience and vitality of a people proud of their past and love of their land.

Thanks so much to Dr Bear, Dr Gareau and the wonderful team that put this course together. Every person living in what some call Canada should take it. Having the weekend discussion groups initiated by Dan Levy certainly added a personal warmth, humour and special empathy that might otherwise have been missing. It has left me wanting to continue my learning journey.

This was an important learning for me, to bring the history into the contemporary world we all live in. The course material was clear and accessible with various ways to learn (auditory and visual). The online/mobile app was also useful to be able to keep up the course work. I will recommend this course to my colleagues, friends and family. Thank you. Sharon Stevens

As an Indigenous person, I found this course to be very informative and helpful for not only having a better understanding of the past, but it also gave me tools to utilize when talking about hot topic issues involving First Nations peoples.

I definitely feel more empowered to go out and be of help and service to my fellow humans.

Knowledge is power.

Thank you.

K.L.

This course is outstanding in its engagement factor. The rich cultural views and immersive paintings along with live viewpoints allows for experiential learning. I am grateful to have had this opportunity to learn and grow from such an exceptionally well done course. Thank you to all those who dedicated their time and effort and experiences and for the raw sharing.

This history should be part of all Canadian curricula. Thank you to those who put this course together to help us understand the damages done by colonialism, and our opportunities to listen, work to heal the past, and create better relationships with all our relations, especially the Original Peoples who deserve better than they have received these last 500+ years.

An incredible course filled with extensive and thought provoking knowledge of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada. While there is a lot more to learn and understand I believe this course is an incredible stepping stone to ones personal education on Indigenous Studies. Thank you to the Faculty of Native Studies at UA for this wonderfully well presented and FREE course.

This was a wonderful course. I thought I knew about things but not the depth needed to understand more fully the perspective of indigenous peoples. It was presented very well without the negativity that could impede the communication and living and growing together. I respect the dignity and history of indigenous peoples as a culture that can teach us so much.

What a fantastic course! I truly believe that everyone should take this course to better understand and support Indigenous communities. As a future educator, I plan on using this knowledge to make sure we teach future generations the true history of Canada and the resiliency of the people who have always been here. Thank you for this amazing opportunity to learn!

An incredibly opportunity to learn and engage. I did find the material both moving and thought provoking. I will not soon forget this experience and I will apply what I have learned. Anyone living in what we call Canada should take this course. Further to that, It should be included for anyone in a position of authority. Understanding this history is so important.

I foulnd this to be courseloaded with insight and information. The content offers history from another perspective and gave me a greater understanding of First Nations and Metis in Canada. I heartily recommend this free course. It takes effort and engagement to gain the full benefit of the curriculum and it’s all worth it. Earning a certificate was an added bonus.

This course was insightful and helped me to understand why some things are they way they are in Canadian society. Even though I am done the course, I am revisiting the reading materials and quizzes. My hope is to retain this knowledge, revisit and use it in my day to day considerations of the world around me. Thank you so much to Professor Bear and her colleagues.

Excellent! Lots of content and well presented. One topic I felt was perhaps not highlighted involves issues and management around health/health ..traditional indigenous practices vs colonial settler medicine. So much to touch on in just 12 modules! Thank you 🙏 I have so much to learn and this course has sparked a much better awareness and genuine respect.

This course was totally wonderful. My Wife's Grandmother was indigenous, so she had told us a few things, then whatever articles I had read via Library. I had recently read a few things from the Truth and Reconciliation report. This course was strongly recommended by my Diocese. I have a new better understanding of Indigenous and what they have endured. Thank you.

Thank you for providing this course on Coursera. It was the best online course I've ever done. I learned so much about Indigenous people in Canada. Things that I was never taught in school. This course gave me the opportunity to relearn the true history of North America. It was very infomative and enlightening. I will definetly recommend it to everyone I know.

I'm so glad I decided to enroll in this program. My best friend was Metis. We grew up together, went to school together and yet I had no idea of the impact colonialism may have had on his life. As Canadians we owe it to ourselves and our Indigenous colleagues to become much better informed and stamp out the judgemental attitudes that still exist in our society .

This course was very eye opening for me! I appreciate the time and effort that went into preparing it and also the course's accessibility. I was unaware of much of the content and feel like I have a better understanding of the history of the last few centuries. I also feel that I have a better understanding of indigenous values and worldviews. Sincere thanks!

An excellent introduction to the native peoples of this land known as Canada. A perspective of truth and honesty, which depicts the colonialism and racism thrown at them like a dagger. I am very pleased to have the opportunity to participate with this course and would like to say a HUGE thank you to all involved with putting this course together, many blessings.

Very informative. Thank you for the lesson. I learned a lot, and I hope the school curriculum will include more Indigenous worldviews soon, not as a separate lecture, but incorporate with the Indigenous teaching. The Indigenous teaching is much kinder with care. If the Indigenous teaching were kept and not destroyed, then maybe our world wouldn't be as separated.

This course is incredibly thought provoking. I will not be able to look at our country and not see the harm of colonization and the continued role it plays present day. My beliefs have been changed and I will not be able to participate in the status quo. I thank the people who told their very personal stories to those of us who didn't know what we didn't know.