I really enjoyed the first portion that provided the history, however, I felt some of the later modules where a little less authentic. Like they were tryign to hard to tie indigenous cultures and worldviews to current events. But perhaps this is still some of my lingereing sterotypes that I still need to change as part of my journey in relearning what I was taught about our indigienous peoples. All in all I'm grateful for the new lersings.

As was stated in the beginning it is from an Indian point of view. The course outlines all the bad that the white man has wrongfully set upon Indigenous people, but has not metioned any good that has come from it. Until the trading started there were no rifles used in hunting for one, and then all of a sudden becomes tradition to use it. As with any history being written, it is always biased to the belief of the person writing it.

Some really interesting material. It changed my views on things like the economy of Canada in its earliest days and the relationship between resource extraction and colonialism. I really appreciated the inclusion of first nations feminists and of queer indigenous people. It felt a bit shallow though, and I would have appreciate greater depth. I hope there will more MOOCs on indigenous issues.

I was disappointed that the course did not focus on all the indigenous people of Canada. I live in Treaty 3 area and there was barely a mention of the Anishinabe (Ojibwe). It was touched on in the numbered treaty section and the indigenous artists section but not much else. I would have liked to have learned more about the indigenous peoples in eastern Canada as well.

Listening to a lecturer is not the easiest way for me to learn. I appreciate the information and the speakers are engaging, but I preferred the audiovisual portions and the interviews. Talking about art without being shown art is a bit counterintuitive. The most difficult section for me was the module about treaties. I think I have to review it to get a clearer picture.

Content was not always well presented and I found it very challenging to stay engaged with the videos. Quizzes, sometimes focuses too much on word meanings and not on the content of the course. Course content seemed to shy away from many pertinent details of the events that unfolded, in such a way that always benefited the narrative of the settler government.

On an online learning course, it would have been nice to take advantage of more video, photographs, and interactive learning opportunities. For example, lesson 12, talked extensively about several works of art,but never showed them. I liked the interviews that were used, but many more could have been included. A good overall introductory course.

Course has potential to be very good with some improvements: Course content to be more engaging during the speaker videos (i.e if a speaker is talking about place names about significant battles, political unrest, trade routes, ect instead of a still background with a person, have relevant maps, or have dot points for the student to skim.

I really learned a lot and I'm inspired to continue learning about Indigenous Canada. The first 3 and last 3 lessons were the most enjoyable for me. Unfortunately, the instructors rely too heavily on presenting list after list. Since this is a virtual presentation, more stories, video clips and interviews would have increased engagement.

I really enjoyed the course and I feel that I learned a lot from it, but I found that the quality of the lectures and the course reading materials, as well as the quizzes, went down toward the end of the course, in particular in the last three modules, and that some of the information presented was superficial and perhaps one-sided.

Good info on the early years of contact and the fur trade. Nice imagery. I was not in agreement with some of the material, finding a fraction of it inaccurate. For example, the statement made that there was less logging since certain indigenous / provincial / federal agreements were made on the northwest coast is not accurate.

Was hoping to learn more about the First Nations peoples and cultures, but instead, I feel I only earned about them in relation to Europeans and racism. I know how they were cheated, mistreated, oppressed, and assimilated, but I know almost nothing new about the core of the people themselves. I'm quite disappointed.

This is not an engaging course. The videos are very dull and the speakers are reciting the reading for that module. There are a few videos that feature people who speak more naturally and it is presented in an interview style. This would be much more engaging if all of the videos were presented that way.

I appreciate the content and effort put into this course and am glad I took this, but some of your questions are quite confusing, especially the use of negatives (eg. "Which of this is NOT..."). And sometimes the questions do not even correlate to the material presented, which was frustrating.

I have found it very informative. History is written from many points of view and I had not heard this POV before. I found myself frustrated that the course had not been updated with more current information. I would have appreciated a more scholarly approach on both content and exams.

Very important and relevant historic and contemporary knowledge of Indigenous Peoples is shared in a very academic way. I found it a bit dry and dispassionate at times and so my engagement was sometimes hard to maintain. I really do appreciate this free and informative offering.

I found the voices of the female lecturers monotonous at times. Adding some more images of examples as artifacts or art work would stimulate (wake) the interest. I also found the negative and ambiguous questions distracting and of no benefit to my learning experience.

This class very very well made. I have learned a lot. I would like to thank everyone who work together to create this free course so many can be educated. However, the use of english is a little too advance and at times it was hard for me to understand topics.

The course was excellent and I have learned so much and I believe I have a better awareness of Indigenous People. I found that I was so busy taking notes in hopes of passing the tests that I missed important info as well and the opportunity to just absorb.

Course material was great and I learned a lot. The presenters were strong.

The questions asked in the tests were not always well written. They sometimes seemed intended to confuse vs. teach.

Overall, I enjoyed this program and will recommend it.

I really appreciated this course and am a better person for it. But I found the delivery a little flat. Would have preferred a more dynamic content, chock full of hard examples and first person stories of the concepts being shared.

Informative, presented from a specific point of view, but reasonably balanced, and easy to access and use.

The presentation style was clear, but repetative and, at times, failed to keep me engaged.

Overall, worthwhile and eye opening.

Thought provoking and illuminating. However lectures often seem choppy and are not always engaging. Presenters seem to be reading from overly academic sounding text, the content gets more compelling as the course progresses though.

I think the course was fine. However, I have not received my certificate in the mail yet. I paid $65 for this certificate and completed the course on October 4. Please reply and let me know when it will come.

Thank you,

SherryBaker