This is a very well put together course compared to a similar course I also took through Coursera. Notes are provided for each module that very closely replicate the dialogue in the videos which makes it easy to follow along and hilight key points. I have already found myself referencing back to these course notes even after finishing the course. I paid the fee to earn a certificate and would highly recommend this course to others.

This course is an amazing experience and a great start towards educating yourself about the lives of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. I can't recommend it enough to anyone who seeks to work towards reconciliation by furthering their understanding of the struggles, successes, and beauty of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people in Canada and the incredibly distinct and diverse cultures that have occupied this land since time immemorial.

This course has been riveting. The journey from ignorance to enlightened has begun. Honestly, this should be apart of the high school curiculum. I feel through more understanding of our past, our future generations will have a much bigger voice to help heal the damages caused by our ancestors and politicians today that is still being inflicted on our indigenous communities. Thank you for allowing us this opportunity to learn more.

I'm so glad that it was suggested to me to take this course.

It was extremely informative and gave me a broad understanding as to what the Indigenous have been facing for so many years.

The presenters did a great job. Calm, collected and did their parts very well.

Thank you for the education which I will certainly pass along and I will suggest to people that they take this course if they really want to know our history.

Thank you !

Informative, kept my attention and subverted many assumption I held regarding Canadian history. This kind of course information is necessary in the public school system to correct the narrative of Europeans alone being responsible for creating Canada; while simultaneously denying any of the oppressive, racist and traumatic governemental policies and actions undertaken to erase Indigenous identity and lay claim to Indigenous land.

This is a must do course for all Canadians. If you want to truly understand the history of Canada, this is the course to take. In order to understand the generational trauma experienced by Indigenouse people, you need to understand what really happened. This is a well rounded, balanced course that explains the colonization of Canada and the subjugation of the Indigenous people which has lead us to the events of the 21st century.

i am very thankful for the opportunity to have taken this course. It has been very educational and eye opening to the history of Indigenous people. Its a shame that this course and all the pertaining subjects covered in it are not part of the teaching curriculum across Canada. This course and its topics have been a part of many conversations that I have had with family, friends, coworkers and my children. Thank you very much.

I have gained a great deal more knowledge and respect for indigenous people's of this country. I have learned more of the way this country and its political system has taken away traditional ways.I say for myself that growing up I never knew about residential schools and the hardships of indigenous people and I'm very happy to have taken this course. I thank you all for this and the terrific instructors I now feel more connected.

I came into this course knowing very little about Indigenous culture, a fact I am not proud to admit as a Canadian. I could not ignore the horrible truths I was seeing in the news and on social media,and felt that the very least I could do was to learn and hopefully bring change just by being better informed.

I loved this course and its format was very user friendly. Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to this content.

I absolutely loved this course. As a teacher and a life long learner of Indigenous studies and histories, I really appreciated re-learning some concepts and information, as well as learning new different stories/perspectives. The only critique I have is that I wish the course was a little more interactive. Obviously it would be hard to accomplish that with this kind of online course! Thank you for taking me on this journey!

I know this only scratched the surface of what there is to possibly learn in one's own lifetime - especially a non-Indigenous persons in Canada but wow, I found it informative and very inspiring. Thank you to the faculty for putting together what I believe to be a comprehensive first step and course which is in modern times easy to access and learn from. I would highly recommend ALL peoples living in Canada to take this course.

This was an excellent course. It provided me with much needed context and history related to the complex relationship between Canada and Indigenous Peoples. Each week brought out new learnings for me and I believe this course should be mandatory learning for all people living on Turtle Island (especially in colonial Canada). Thank you to the Scholars and the Instructors for sharing their knowledge and for providing this course.

Born in Canada, taught through the public school system and now a Police Officer I found the material incredibly eye opening. What I have learned on this course will, undoubtedly, have a profound effect on the way I interact with all those around me. Thank you to all for providing the course, it has opened my mind and I will certainly seek to continue to learn about those that where here before and I now share this place with.

This course was incredibly thorough with regards to the breadth and depth of information shared. The videos and note features were very helpful for review of material. I learned a lot and am very grateful to have been told about the course.

I would love to see a language course or series of courses for the different regional languages to continue to grow and foster reconciliation with Indigenous people on this land.

Thank you.

This course was a humbling experience for me and I have always been interested in the Indigenous culture, music and art. I participated in a Drumming workshop and later incorporated into our Kindergarten classroom. This course also opened my eyes to the realities of what these amazing people are facing and the strength they have had to endure and continue to advocate with courage! Thank You and I will continue to learn more!

I may have learned more than I wanted to. The take is that we need to accept what happened, not with guilt, but with a view that it did happen and while we are not responsible for what happened in the past, we are responsible going forward. A hard slog at times, depressing at times, and yet full of hope. I highly recommend this course to all Canadians who want to learn about the Indigenous peoples and the settler mentality.

As a mature student in my 60's, and a canadian citizen (of immigrant parents) with little knowledge of the history of the of the land, I was very interested and humbled by the history that I wasn't taught in Toronto in the 60s and 70s. I've always been aware of the injustices against indigenous peoples but now I have some real knowledge to back up my sentiments. The lessons were engaging and thought-provoking. Thank you!

very interesting course. Would have liked more history. thought the northern whaling operations and their history of abuse and rather horrific conduct might have been explored in greater detail but that is probably a reflection of my deep personal connection to the north. Excellent course and should be a part of high school courses in all of Canada. Well done folks. I especially like the Montreal Lake background of the prof!

The course is very high level but incredibly informative nonetheless, and it has sparked many opportunities for further self-directed learning. It’s also been a good way to buffer my knowledge of Canadian colonialist history with an Indigenous perspective from Indigenous instructors. I would definitely recommend it for anyone who wants to begin or expand their own personal learning about the Indigenous experience in Canada.

This was amazing course and well presented. It touched on many issues and provided a lot of information. It encouraged me to go deeper into my learning of RTC and the history of the indigenous culture. It gave me a better understanding of thier veiw of the world and helped me understand the stuggles that culture has gone through. I am hoping to broading my education and learning about this culture. Thanks for the course

Extremely eye-opening and thought-provoking. Growing up and attending school in downtown Toronto I had not been exposed to most of this content and am horrified this is not a mandatory part of the curriculum in schools across the country. Thank you to all who contributed to assembling the content for this course and making this course available, I am forever changed by the knowledge gained from this modules. Thank you again.

This course was incredibly enlightening. I came seeking knowledge of the things that the Canadian education system either omitted or just decided we didn't need to know. This course helped me to understand on a much deeper level the history and the culture of the indigenous peoples of this country. I thank you for offering this course. I can't help but recommend it to anyone with a desire to learn more so we can do more.

I am so grateful that I was able to participate in this course. I believe the materials in this course were very well laid out and I was able to educate myself so much on topics which I knew little to nothing about going into the course. The course did a wonderful job bringing to light many issues Indigenous People face on a day to day basis and the history behind their unfair treatment by the patriarchy and western culture.

The course is well designed, informative, and easy to follow. It provides a great educational opportunity to gain insight on, and work towards understanding of, some of the historical and contemporary issues faced by our Canadian Indigenous communities. This course has helped me to become a more informed Canadian citizen and has undoubtedly enhanced my professional abilities as educator of Saskatchewan elementary students.

An excellent course that does a fantastic job giving some concrete background to Indigenous relations, culture, and contemporary resistance without falling into narratives of Indigenous people being from a static past or as being non-diversified. I really enjoyed a lot of the comprehensive art and political balanced lectures and would recommend this course to those interested in Indigenous history and cultural contributions.