This was an excellent course! All of the presenters and speakers were exceptional and the material was presented clearly and concisely. I found the course content to be well organized and immensely interesting. Once I started learning, I was eager to keep going and this course has really inspired me to learn more about the Indigenous Peoples of my country. Thank you so much for offering this important, insightful and inspiring class!

I learnt SO much and hope to maintain it all. So much content, I want to keep the class notes to reference again and again. An important peace is there are many subjects in this course that I am wanting to learn more indebt, and plan to pursue. The media format chosen to present the material was excellent! As a student the content was presented in a way for us to learn and observe, understand what is being taught. Thank you! Mar Howe

So helpful, thank you! I already was inclined toward indigenous ways of thinking and being, but this course has inspired me MASSIVELY with the resilience and creativity and wisdom and patience and strength of how indigenous people have participated in Canadian life in the face of white ignorance and oppression. I am so sorry for my part in white supremacy, and thank you for continuing as you have so that, hopefully, I and we can wake up.

Because this course was free I was able to learn many important lessons to help understand the challenges facing Indigenous peoples. I Learned about the injustices of the past and how they are affecting indigenous rights still today. These lessons should be in our Canadian school curriculum so that the history that our children are learning is true. Thank you for providing this as a free course I would not have been able to otherwise.

This course was really well done and certainly stimulates thought, discussion, and a desire to learn more in certain areas. Thank you!

My one constructive suggestion would be to minimize the number of quiz questions that are written in the negative form. They make the questions very confusing and rather than test knowledge, they test the ability of the learner to manipulate the question, information and the choices into a negative form.

Thank you for the well-organized informative course about Indigenous Canada. Although it was a short course, I learned a lot about the culture and history of Indigenous peoples in Canada. The course helped me gaining a better understanding about the Indigenous people and with the enhanced understanding through this course, I am confident that I would be able to connect and relate better with the Indigenous people I come across. Thank you.

Really fantastic course for anyone looking to gain knowledge of Indigenous culture and the colonization of Canada. Through lessons on culture and Indigenous ways of engaging in economy, politics, etc. I was truly introduced to a new mindset and way of looking at the world. I so appreciate that this is an Indigenous led and taught course, and have thoroughly enjoyed learning more about the original inhabitants and caretakers of this land.

This course has opened my eyes to relevant issues facing indigenous peoples of Canada from the Native perspective. It challenged many of my understandings of history and contemporary history from the "settler" eyes of my own upbringing. I have a lot of work to do to continue to challenge and ferret out the long held beliefs that continue to colonize and marginalize the people in my community, country and world. Thanks for the experience.

This was a great course as now I am hungry to learn more about Indigenous people as I have been told by my birthfather that I am related to Gabriel Dumont. I have been scared to express my heritage as being Metis as I have enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1989 and served 30 years and the whole time not wanting anyone to know that I was indigenous. This course has shown me what we as a Nation have suffered and now I want to know

Appreciate all the work that it took to put this together. The speakers, notes, history, and the agony of some of the stories, etc. Thank you for sharing. Would really have liked to have been able to get some of the maps shown. At the beginning of each section, the song is beautiful and haunting. Understand it may be personal...if not, would have liked to learn about it, as we did with the paintings. Thank you for this opportunity.

This course was very informative. Not only did it give an overview of historical and current beliefs of the Indigenous communities, it also outlined some of the contemporary issues related to Indigenous life. I was grateful to gain a new perspective and it stripped away many of the racial and stereotypical views of western culture. I will be happy to share my new knowledge and advocate for Indigenous challenges and truths in my own life.

Thank you for putting this together and offering it for free. I work at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre where we work with a lot of aboriginal artists and culture. The course was very interesting and really opened my eyes to this complicated history. I really enjoyed learning about all the positive elements of the cultures as well. It felt like a big piece of education that was ommitted when I was in school, so thank you.

The course was well paced and provided an excellent historical and cultural overview from the perspective of Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, showing similarities in worldviews while respecting the variety of geographical contexts and particular experiences of specific First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities. The theme of resilience and resurgence, combining traditional insights and responses to contemporary life, stands out.

This course is an incredible start to learning about indigenous history in Canada. Our education system is severely lacking in this side of Canadian history and this course beautifully covers all of the basics so that we can start to move forward with educating ourselves to ensure we don't duplicate past wrongdoings. The pace of the course is easy to follow, split up into perfect bite sized pieces making it easier to retain information.

I loved this course and all that I've learned. There are some anomalies in the material and hwbxe the quizzes.

Ocasionally, I found there was an unbalanced or biased perception of settler's motives which could be quite provocative. However, provocative is good in a learning environment.

An excellent study. I very much appreciated the multi-media approach - lectures, reading, and art. All in all, a very enjoyable learning experience.

This was an excellent course that explained what the Indegenous Canada nations had to endure when the settlers arrived and included many political and social hardships they have had to suffer. It was humbling to learn so much about these wonderful people who have been so important to the history of Canada and the solidarity they have with each community and each other is remarkable I highly recommend this extremely important course.

This is an excellent course! I never truely understood the issues and now I have a solid grasp and am actually pissed off at my ancestors for their behaviour. It has opened my eyes, my mind and my heart to the plight of the indigenous peoples and now I know how to correct some of the behaviours of those around me who might make disparaging remarks or judgements. I would like to pay the 60.00 and get a certificate. How do I do that?

This course was in depth and also bridged a great deal of misconceptions and misinformation. I feel like I now understand more of the journey of Indigenous people and the things I believed were true. Indigenous people have always been taken advantage of because and abused by the powers over them. Thank you for explaining this in a way that was relatable and clear. I will continue to learn more as often as information is available. Jo

This course completley changed my perspective on what it means to be canadian and a settler on indigenous lands. I feel so lucky to of been able to participate in this course. it is such an amazing learning resouce. I was sad when i got to the end of the course but am excited to continue learning about the rich and expansive culture of indigenous peoples. Thank you so much to the professors of this course, you're doing wonderful work!

This was a great course! I took my time doing it because each module challenged me to reflect. These were the missing chapters from my history books growing up in Canada in the '50's and '60's. I am ashamed at how little I knew. I have shared my experience of taking this course with anyone willing to listen and I hope others take the time to do this course. It perhaps should be mandatory for highschool, college or university students!

This is an incredible course for everyone! I learned so much and am inspired to learn more about the Indigenous people in my local area and throughout Canada and the rest of the world. I loved how much they spoke to the resiliency and adaptability of Indigenous people and looked at a diversity of nations and their beliefs, customs, and experiences from long ago up to modern times. I only wish there were more lessons! Thank you so much!

In recent years I have learned that I am Metis. It is important for me to learn as much as I can about my Indigenous heritage, both past and present. The Indigenous Canada course has given me an excellent foundation to understand, appreciate, respect and be proud of my Indigenous history and culture. Although I have much more learning to do, I am excited and proud to be a member of Metis Nation BC. Thank you for an exceptional course!

The information and topics offered throughout this course were all well presented. Each week offered a new side of history I was never exposed too during my education in public schools or University. The instructors were passionate, well spoken and clear with facts. I highly recommend this course to anyone looking for a deeper, truer understanding of Indigenous history in Canada and the continued long lasting effects of Colonialism.

Thank you to the University of Alberta for putting together his course and offering it online! I'm happy to have learned so much about the Indigenous people's perspective on this great country we share. This is something that was lacking in my education, and yes I was educated in Canada! My hope and wish if for some of the curriculum developed in this course be included in public school programs as soon as possible and going forward.

This is an excellent course! I learned a lot about Indigenous people in Canada, and also grew in my empathy and compassion towards them. I will bring these new understandings (both knowledge and awareness) to my elementary school classrooms in my role as a teacher, and in my life -- as a more compassionate, knowledgeable human being. Thank you for your hard work in designing and delivering this interesting and enlightening course!