I am so glad I took this course. It was very interesting (and enlightening) to gain some knowledge into the history of Canada from the Indigenous perspective. It was also disappointing to realize, while supporting Indigenous causes over the years, I really had much to learn of their worldview and perspective. I highly recommend this course.

This is the history and social studies class we all should have had in school! My thanks to the instructors for filling in these deeply regretted blind spots in our education. I wonder how much more progress could have been made towards reconciliation if everyone was taught this 20 years ago. I heartily recommend this course to everyone!

What an amazing tool to learn more about Indigenous peoples and their history...I am of Algonquin descent and the Grandson of a Residential School survivor...This course really resonated with me and made me rethink all I thought I knew...Would highly recommend it to those wanted to grasp a brief history of Canada's First Nations People.

I've learned so much more that I anticipated, the course was easy to follow, and understand. I have a much more complete sense of Canadian History and evaluation of Canadian society. I have a better understanding of the guilt that white people SHOULD feel about how they colonized this country we call Canada. Thank you for opening my eyes.

Being able to to learn the Indigenous Canada was very helpful to understand the differences in comparing to the Indigenous U.S.A. It really helps see the diversity in both countries. This also taught me that the fight and struggle for Indigenous voices to be seen and heard continues. I now understand more about what it is I can do to help.

Fabulous course that gave me the foundation to further my own education in this area that's so important today. I knew I needed to learn more but didn't know where to start but I found this to be a good starting point. The videos were concise and informative and the teachers are great. I appreciate that this course was made the way it was.

An exception course! Even in Canadian History courses and university, there was little mention of the history of the Indigenous People.

I'm so glad to have taken the course. While it talked of the history and showed the richness of the indigenous culture within Canada, it also disolved many of the misunderstandings forged over time.

Exceptional ! I did not grow up in Canada but moved here in the 1990's so it was both a moving and enlightening experience learning the history of Canada. Thank you to the Faculty for all your hard work and tremendous job with Indigenous Canada. I believe every Canadian should reflect on how privileged we are to share this land together.

Excelente curso en cuanto a contenido, estrategias de enseñanza-aprendizaje y evaluaciones. Buen nivel académico y materiales de referencia valiosos como guías para continuar aprendiendo sobre el tema. Los profesores igualmente excelentes. Agradecida por la oportunidad de este curso que nutre mi formación como profesora e investigadora.

A very informative course - one that helped me learn and understand more about the indigenous experience. Admittedly knowing very little, I saw this course as an opportunity for personal growth and knowledge development. I would highly recommend this course and look forward to further opportunities to further this knowledge. Thank You!

I have no words to describe how this course has left me breathless at points. It has allowed me to at least understand, in a small manner, some of the points of intergenerational trauma brought on by The Indian Act that resonates loudly even today. I appreciate the chance to learn this, and I am thankful. All Canadians need to learn this.

This course ought to be a mandatory course for high schools. Certainly happy that I was able to take it in my adulthood, but would have been a good base to start the knowledge journey in my youth. Phenomenal professors and educators, and well thought out course syllabus. Thank you for your time and knowledge. This is indeed the beginning!

I learned so much but it also reinforced that there is still so much to learn and understand. I recommend this course to Albertan's, Canadian's, new Canadians and especially to our public servants so that they also have some knowledge and understanding to start recognizing and addressing institutional rascism in their own organizations.

I want to thank all who have participated in creating this course. There was material that I knew but so much that I learned. It was presented in a very understandable and clear fashion. I clearly have much more to learn and unconscious biases that I hope will become clearer to me.

Thanks so much

David Levangie

Saint John, New Brunswick

It was a pleasure to learn about these sophisticated cultures, it was inspiring to see their perserverance in the face of so much adversity. The course itself was engagingly composed and presented, from the interviews with people and academics to the stories conveyed in the commisioned art it felt like many perspectives were conveyed.

I am so grateful to participate in this learning.Previously, I have been taught history and indigenous experiences through the lens of white settlers. This learning regarding history and contemporary Canadian and Indigenous issues from Indigenous perspectives, is so crucial. I highly recommend this course to all people living in Canada.

This course gave me a much deeper understanding and knowledge of the history of "Canada" that I was not taught in the BC school system. I also gained valuable insight into Indigenous cultures, practices, language, politics, worldview, and art, and the ways that these have remained resilient/intact despite ongoing oppression and erasure.

It's a great overview of the history of Indigenous people in Canada. I really enjoyed learning about what life was like for the various aboriginal nations before the settlers came and what issues came up when the settlers arrived. Now I feel like I have a bit of background on the residential schools to understand the horrors behind it.

Phenomenal! As a child of settlers, I recognize the importance of understanding Canada’s Indigenous history. This course was well organized & the instructors were wonderful. This course should be part of Canada’s early childhood learning curriculum as a step in reconciliation. All living in Canada should know this history. Thank you 💛

This was fantastic. I've wanted to become more educated about Native culture, people and territory, colonialism and the history or so called Canada and didn't know where to start. This was SO good. A great start. I am so thankful for all the people who put in all the time and effort to educate so many people. Thank you, Thank you.

Insightful, thought-provoking and often heartbreaking, truthful, well-presented...I enjoyed each and every module and interactive painting that followed. I thank you over and over again for the development of the University of Alberta Faculty of Native Studies Indigenous Canada program and for the opportunity to open my mind and heart.

Loved every minute of this - distant memories of the settler view of canadian history are much richer and accurate because of what I've learned here. And it has brought to life many of the core issues and resilience within indigenous cultures. Much respect to all of the instructors and interviewees and many thanks for your generousity.