There is so much covered in this course. It is very thorough in a lot of different subjects affecting indigenous populations, from the past up through the present. There is a lot of content regarding the various treaties, laws, and interactions with the Canadian government, and they are particularly thorough with this material. If you are looking for a class that will give an broad introductory base in indigenous law, culture and thought, this course is for you.

Outstanding course! I had an opportunity to learn and digest at my own speed. I have been out of school for a very long time and found it a little unnerving at first, but soon became comfortable. My daughter (the Teacher) asked me to take the course and I am so glad that she did. It gave me a better perspective on who I am and how I fit into this complex Canada that we all share and hope to pass onto our children . I will continue to do my part

Thank you

Marsii

I found that this was a really eye opening course, it allowed a deep understanding to the trauma, social probelms, and the history behind what FNMI people have experienced since colonization. I really enjoyed learning more about the experiences and history to better understand how to empathsize with individuals that represent the FNMI culture.

Thank you for all the hard work and dedication your team and members have put into making this a great learning tool.

Great course that covered many different topics regarding Indigenous people and their history. The course material was thorough, honest, and did not, in my opinion, come off as a bias lecture against colonialism, but simply a presentation of valuable experiences throughout history to the present, with an indigenous perspective. Very appreciative of this course and all it's components. Maybe a link to the silent film Modest Livelihood would be also good. Thanks

This course is absolutely phenomenal. I learned a great deal about a wide range of topics, such as the diversity of indigenous groups in Canada, the history of colonisation and its ongoing negative impacts on indigenous communities, and the struggles currently faced by indigenous communities and individuals.

I would recommend this course to anyone. I want to thank the course creators for sharing their knowledge and insight concerning these important topics.

The course was extremely helpful to understand a wide range of historical and contemporay issues. Oftentimes, the topics evoked the wish to go deeper, though not necessarily referring to selfstudy, rather to an opportunity for conversation and discussion, other than in written forums. I understand this is nearly impossible given the medium, though wanted you to know. Well done, and thank you very much for offering this as a free class, it's much appreciated!

Thank you for offering this great course. I enjoyed all the teachers. It was a very good course for a better understanding of the history, culture / community, values and compassion of the Indigenous people of Canada. It's given me an appreciation for our Indigenous people and I've gone on to read more books to further my understanding. I loved the artwork and learning of the creative endeavours that have been done to bring attention to different causes.

This course was so informative and well done. It saddens me that everything in this course—and much, much more—isn't a regular part of instruction in the school system. As an educator, it shows me just how much further we have to go in weaving all of this into our teaching. Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge and experience. This course, for me, represents a beginning of what I hope will be a lifetime of learning more about Indigenous peoples in Canada.

This is an excellent course, full of information that many Canadians have never been exposed to! This course should be included in the curriculum for all Canadian students to complete before high school gradualtion. It would be advantageous to begin presenting the information in this course in early elementary school years, and continuing through to final high school years, with elaboration and more in depth study as students progress through to graduation.

I love to study history. This is excellent knowledge; relevant for today and for moving forward. Much respect and appreciation for these lessons, the presenters, artists, and all who were involved. I was moved by the spirit of humility throughout. I am hopeful.

I have loved the weekly live stream with the faculty and Dan Levy. I feel like you are my family! Thank you to every guest. I am encouraged by the raw (salty) intelligence that needs to be heard.

Excellent course! I can not say enough good things about it. I especially appreciated going through history in chronological order from and Indigenous perspective. The lectures were extremely well done, the information was concise and easy to understand. I highly recommend this course for all Alberta teachers in preparation for the new Teacher Quality Standards. The information provided will give you a solid foundation to hang all future learnings from.

This course was well done. The readings were well written and easy to follow. The interviews done in the videos were great. And the weekly forums that were live streamed just brought so much more understanding and knowledge. Those discussions just put this course over the top! Thank you to everyone who set up and delivered the course and thank you to all who participated in the weekly discussion online. I would highly recommend this course to others.

The Quiz needs to be more generic. This course is primiraly taken by Non-Indigenous prople so asking very specific questions to more general public is not the right approach.

Non-Indigenous prople like me are very interested in learning about the Community but the Quiz questions would require you to be indepth informed about their background and this defeats the primary purpose to educate the Mass in general about this community.

Raj Shah - Toronto Canada

Thank you for this extraordinary opportunity to learn so much more about the history of Canada. I sincereley hope this is adapted for schools across Canada. For mee the relationship between the Indigenous knowledge and the stewarshsip of the environment was critical learning. As a member of the LGBTQ community, I am incresibly grateful to learn about the Indigenous undeerstanding of two spirited peoples and the long standing acceptance of gender fluidity.

Outstanding. What an important learning journey. Everyone who resides in these settler lands in North America, particularly those who call themselves Canadians must take this course. Our history is Indigenous History and ignorance is no longer an option. It will shift you and your thinking and hopefully your practices of inclusion, misappropriation, bias, colonial privilege and restorative legal, social, cultural and economic public policy decision-making.

Amazing, I didn't want it to end!!! This course has not only brought into perspective the history and importance of the Indigenous Culture in Canada, but it has opened a desire to learn more, and take action. I believe this course should be taken by every Canadian citizen, the knowledge I've gained through the lesson plans, speakers, and artists is more than I could have imagined going into it. Thank you so much for sharing and teaching so many Canadian's.

learnt a lot , enjoyed the course. Thank you I will be forever be grateful to the generosity for the indigenous people for allowing me to live in your beautiful land Canada. I hear and feel your sufferings, you have been unjustly and cruelly treated, I cried for you. Please continue to be the real caretaker of the land, the air the rivers, the animals, the forest, the natural resources and all that is beautiful in This Canada.

God bless each one of you

Muy interesante.

Quizá en los vídeos me ha faltado un mayor número de imágenes significativas que acompañaran los discursos, especialmente en el último módulo, sobre las obras de arte mencionadas. Aunque supongo que se podrán ver en Internet.

Por lo demás, me ha permitido conocer a fondo aspectos de la colonización de la actual Canadá cuya injusticia ya conocía superficialmente. Ojalá todos los jóvenes canadienses tengan acceso a este conocimiento.

Gracias

Excellent and informative course. There is such a difference between this course and many of the other courses (and workshops) that I've taken on this subject and I can only attribute it to the active engagement and focus of the content creators / developers on prioritising the indigenous lens when it comes to approaching the subject matter.

It was incredibly impactful and educational and certainly left me with many new avenues of exploration to pursue.

A very well done course. I have learn a lot about the History of Canada from an Indigenous people's perspective and most important, I have understood and embraced way more their culture, their traditions, their sacred ways to do things and the value that they give to the land and their connection with it. Western world should learn so much about their values and their respect for the environment/land and the human soul. It's priceless. Thank you so much!

Fantastic course! Even though I knew quite a bit before, some passages were still incredibly moving to learn, making me angry, reading about the atrocities committed by the settlers. The materials provided were really good, the lecturers were really good. 10/10 would take this course again if I could! Would love to see more of such courses on Coursera as it's super important to learn about the history and how to become an ally, even though being European.

This course has taught me to understand why it's important to understand the issues of the Indigenous communities and why as Canadians to continue to learn for past mistakes and take the time to reflect and learn about how Indigenous people were really part of Canada becoming a country. Go into the course, I thoguht I knew everything about Indigenous people and their history, I was clearly wrong about it and continue to learn after completing the course.

I am so grateful to the University of Alberta and staff member of this course "Indigenous Canada". It provides a vast knowledge on the people, history, and lives of Aboriginals in Canada which explores a distinct narrative through different forms of art, story telling, painting, interviews, and detail explanation with a great evidence and materials. I am so glad and also thankful to everyone involved in this thought provoking course. Highly recommended !

Thank you for the opportunity to take the course. I found the amount of material was often overwhelming , because of the amount of content but also because of the amount of information I was not aware of. Growing up in rural Alberta through the 60's and 70's there was such a disconnect between locals and the aboriginal people. Am glad change is coming; it's a slow process but I do believe in our younger generations. May each of us continue learning.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! This course was incredible! I am beyond grateful for it and for the information is provided me with. THANK YOU for teaching me, inspiring me to learn more, inspiring to examine my own space and for inspiring me to examine EVERYTHING when it comes to my life in Canada. I am deeply grateful. It is a great disservice that more people are not made aware of the incredible Indigenous history, culture and people. Thank you. xo