KK
Very informative course! I learned a lot about First Nations history an now feel more informed about topics that I never understood or had questions about.
Intended for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal learners, this course will explore indigenous ways of knowing and how they can benefit all students. Topics include historical, social, and political issues in Aboriginal education; terminology; cultural, spiritual and philosophical themes in Aboriginal worldviews; and how Aboriginal worldviews can inform professional programs and practices, including but not limited to the field of education.
KK
Very informative course! I learned a lot about First Nations history an now feel more informed about topics that I never understood or had questions about.
DF
I enjoyed the teachers and I can see so many connections to my life and my teaching. So much to think about. Thank you for inspiring me to continue to learn.
DB
This course has so many insights and great information. Jean-Paul is engaging and his passion for Aboriginal Worldviews and Indigenous knowledge is so apparent. I highly recommend!
RR
Great content! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Very informative and I learned a lot! Suggestion might be to add new content since it is now 2021. Many things have happened between 2013-2021.
SB
There are videos in week six that are helpful to watch coinciding with the week they are titled as. This was a really impactful course and I highly recommend to anyone.
KO
The instructor is super knowledgable and provides clear insight and perspectives in Aboriginal Worldviews and Education. I am hooked. This will not be my last Coursera course!
AR
I really enjoyed this course. It has opened my eyes to history, world views and education pf the Aboriginal peoples. I have also learned a lot about myself and my culture.
HH
First Nations in Canada. This one is head and shoulders above the rest.Thanks ever so much for putting on the course, it was incredible and possibly life changing learning experience.
CB
I really enjoyed this course and I learned a lot. Thank you so much for the time and energy you put into creating it and providing it in this way so people from all over can enhance their learning.
JB
I found this course informative and enlightening as the truth was shared by the instructor and Indiginous guests. This has been a valuable experience to add to my personal reconcilliation journey.
CC
This course has greatly increased my understanding of world relations and history. I can draw many parallels between my county's colonial history and that of Canada's.
JT
Fantastic starter for understanding perspective. I can now understand the Canadian news better than I ever have, and I am asking better questions, especially of politicians.
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This course is quite short and does not include any course notes to follow along with the videos. It does contain great information but I do feel the course is somewhat dated (2010) and contains many links to youtube videos but not all of the links still exist. In hind-sight I would not have paid the course fee to do this course. If you are looking for a similar course I highly recommend the Indigenous Canada Course by the University of Alberta offered through Coursera.
This course has great intentions and decent content.
But this course is NOT set up well.
The lay out of the course is clunky and full of broken links.
I have zero idea how they have a 4.7/5 star rating unless they refuse to publish negative reviews.
I have taken a course through Coursera before without any issues, but this one needs an overhaul to be worth your time.
This course is outdated, material needs to be refreshed. There is no coverage of the Inuit and Metis - mostly First Nation.
I found this course informative and enlightening as the truth was shared by the instructor and Indiginous guests. This has been a valuable experience to add to my personal reconcilliation journey.
A fantastic course. I learnt so much and the instructors were fantastic. I think this course is so necessary for all settler Canadians, not just those involved in or interested in education.
Very dry and boring class for aboriginal studies. It would've made more sense to be more engaging rather than just predictable, dry historical facts. It would also have made more sense to have an Aboriginal professor of the Huron nation actually teach the course. Since when does a French Canadian man empathize with the suffering of Aboriginal people??
I didn't want this course to end, and I guess it's up to me know to keep the learning going. It was very timely to learn Indigenous world views around food resiliency, cooperation, respect for the land and all our relations during the pandemic when we are now seeing the issues around some of the systems we have in place that came about due to the privileging of the settler/colonizing worldview. I am very thankful to all the contributors, including those from the supplementary material. I appreciate hearing that settler/colonizer isn't a fixed identity and all of us are needed to go forward in good way. Thanks again for offering this vital learning opportunity.
This course was amazing, I first took Indigenous Canada and this was my 2nd course. I felt I had to learn all I can on these important and current issues - a better understanding is what we all need.
Great course information and content ! Very interesting ! Unfortunately there is a peer graded assignment which 3 classmates must grade. Although two of my classmates gave me all passing grades one classmate gave me all 0's and didn't really justify why; which made me have to re submit my assignment. Thankfully 3 other amazing classmates saw the quality of my work :)
I really enjoyed this course and I learned a lot. Thank you so much for the time and energy you put into creating it and providing it in this way so people from all over can enhance their learning.
Great content! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Very informative and I learned a lot!
Suggestion might be to add new content since it is now 2021. Many things have happened between 2013-2021.
Course material was extremely informative and very interesting. The professor and speakers were excellent! I will definitely recommend this course to both friends and colleagues.
This course should be required for everyone . Not only did I come away with understanding and compassion but also with validation that how I felt we learn best actually is a good way. thank you for enlightenment and your teachings. I am honoured to have taken part in your gift to us.
I absolutely loved this course! I only feel bad that it was so short! And I hope that there are other courses about Indigenous Peoples that I can take to continue my learning. Jean Paul Restoule, thank you so much! Chi miigwec!
The course material is useful, indepth and eye-opening. A great course explaining various views. I have a much better understanding of the culture and challenges.
I found this course was very interesting and a great learning tool and I am glad I would recommend this course to people Ni:Awen
This was not a bad course. However, in all honesty, having completed the MOOC 'Indigenous Canada' prior to this demonstrates that this course could be improved in so many ways. The course is worthwhile, please enroll if this is your area of interest.
The information in the first part is from 2004? 2004? This is 20 years old! Certainly things have changed since then. When you say education would take 28 or 29 years on reserve to be at par, well, it's been 20 years -- so where is this at TODAY.
This is a great course. As a citizen of the USA I learned a great deal about both indigenous and non-indigenous Canada. Good to know where the indigenous populations are concentrated--mostly in the cities, as I discovered.
This course doesn't offer a certificate