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.

First, I would like to thank Coursera team for making this course available for everyone. This course helped me to develop my knowledge about Indigenous people in Canada. The course is simple, interesting, captivating , and very informative. I reccomend it for everyone who whishes to learn more about Indigenous culture and communities all over Canada. It is always good to expand our horizons and learn about other cultures.

An excellent, resource-full and all-encompassing eyeopener for anyone willing to listen and learn about the true past, present and future for Indigenous peoples in Canada. This course will positively enhance what you were taught about Canada's history, and more importantly, increase your own awareness of your personal contributions to the continued oppression and racism against indigenous peoples. Highly highly recommended.

Great information. A true enlightenment of the history of Indigenous people , their relationship with the land, each other and with settlers to what is known as Canada. I realize the complexity of the current issues and often times it is so daunting to think about but hoping that many people ( all generations ) will educate themselves to help build a better future. Baby steps maybe but hoping for the best. Thank you.

Indigenous Canada is an eye opener course. It teaches about the resilience of the different indigenous groups. Their traditions, their struggles, their social movements, their connections between generations, their powerful storytelling, their dances, their methods of justice, their connections and respect for the land, all so interesting. From the fur trade to where they are situated in the present time. A must to take.

I learned so much. I am saddened by colonialism in Canada and what it has taken and destroyed from indigenous peoples. This course was an eye-opener to the resilience of First Nations and Metis peoples, the heartache they have endured, but also the hope for a meaningful and respected future. Thank you to all who spent hours on course content and the beautiful, teaching art by Leah Dorian. This course was a gift. Thank you.

Thank you so much for this course. It has been educational, interesting and thought-provoking. I realize how much of our collective history that has been excluded from my school education in the 1960's to present day. I am grateful to fill in the missing pieces with what I have learned. I have and will continue to recommend this course to friends and associates. The course conductors were informative and well spoken.

I am recommending this course to everyone I know. it uncovers our shared history of this land, in ways that leave me both ashamed by how little I knew/know, and leaves me hungry to know more. It opens up the best paths for learning. Congratulations to the University of Alberta and the Indigenous Studies Department for taking such a huge step to educate us. We will be better citizens and neighbours when we know more.

I really enjoyed learning about indigenous worldviews and history through this course. It challenged a lot of my previously held knowledge and views about Indigenous Canada (and to be honest, I did not know as much as I should have). I have recommended this course to family, friends, and colleagues, and I will continue to do so. Thank you to the course creators and contributors for putting together such an engaging course.

An excellent and accessible introduction to numerous aspects of Indigenous cultures, practices, art and perspective. I do think that all Canadians should take this course in order to understand contemporary Canadian politics and the reasons behind the numerous social ills afflicting our Aboriginal populations. This is the first step in trying to ensure that we grant our Indigenous peoples full citizenship in our country.

I found the course very interesting and informative. I found the Indigenous Canada story very sad, but I found it was also helpful to understand their story. I will be encouraging my friends and family to complete the course. Completing the course on line is very convenient and not stressful. I wasn't on an exact time line, so when I got busy during the summer, I knew it was ok to be a few days late with my assignments.

I'm glad I took and completed this course! Congratulations & Kudos to the Faculty of Native Studies for this well-researched, comprehensive, well developed and enlightening course study. I learned so much about the history, culture, beliefs, traditions and the unsolved issues from the past that are still not addressed to this day. I highly recommend this course to all Canadians, Immigrants & Permanent Residents in Canada.

The presenters showcased a wealth of knowledge that I greatly appreciated. I am not Indigenous myself but I really enjoyed learning about the past, present, and using that information learned to progress into the future! In high school we breifly learnt about indigenous history, but never in such detail. It was an eye opening course for sure, and I am so glad to have further insight in the indigenous community! Thank you!

I last took an "Intro to Native Studies" course at the U of Manitoba in 1988/89. It was a brilliant taught course at the time, and the only one I enjoyed that year. So much has happened since then, including me living abroad for many years and becoming very out of touch with this country that I call home. This course was rich in so much information. I loved every bit of it, including the art at the end of each module.

Thank you for teaching me about a huge section of the population of the country that I live in and the truth of their lives and struggles which are sadly not taught in public schools. I was in equal parts horrified and exhilarated by the history I was learning and the course has inspired me to continue reading and learning about Indigenous Canada. Thank you so much for a course that I think every Canadian should take.

Wealth of information on a topic I had very little truth about. Excellent broad sweep of Native North American experience, verifying the fact that They are still here, persevering. This is a good start for me. I only hope I WILL continue opening my eyes and mind to truth, and live accordingly.

I sincerely appreciate this course existing for all to experience. I appreciate those who brought this course to my attention.

This course was definitely very informative, challenging and overall, should be a part of the educational curriculum for elementary and secondary schools. It’s an amazing place to learn. I will definitely recommend this to all.

I would like to add that there were some transcribed typos throughout the course like in module 12 (Haida was spelled HYDA).

Thank you for the opportunity to experience and expand my life and mind

This was a great introductory course to Indigenous studies. The videos were easy to follow along and provided a great starting point for learning more about Indigenous history in Canada and the inclusion of an art piece that relates to different topics was a great way to learn and understand in a different way. Thank you to the Faculty of Native Studies and the University of Alberta for opening this course to the public.

Thank you for providing this wonderful course. Full of new insights, supplemental information to existing knowledge, well rounded overview of the many diverse FNs communities. I was particularly pleased with the exceptional inclusion of artwork, historical quotes, influential thinkers, activists and movements both historical and present day! I thoroughly enjoyed the course and would love to take part in another. Migwetch

My knowlege and undrstanding of this topic has increased immensely through this course. It has both confirmed and corrected all the bits of knowlege that I picked up in my life regarding indiginous culture and people. Ihave always loved histrory and relize that all I have been formally taught was through colonial eyes and writings. This course helped for me to learn the history from the eyes of the indigenous community.

Un cours excellent qui nous enseigne la base de l'histoire des communautés autochtones du Canada. Tous les canadiens devraient faire ce cours, considérant le peu (voire la quasi inexistence) de connaissances transmises dans le milieu scolaire régulier. Cela nous permet ensuite d'initier des conversations plus inclusives et sensibles aux réalités vécues par les communautés, et donc d'influencer les autres autour de nous.

The course was very very good. It was a huge undertaking to organize such a course. Congratulations to the organizers for their hard work.

I appreciated: a) that the course included Indigenous peoples from all over Canada; b) the complexities pointed out regarding the fur trade era; 3) the section on Indigenous feminism and genderful people; 4) the extent of loss of community due to colonialism.

Thank you so much!

I loved the way the course was presented from the beginning to end. It has a great sequence of topics, themes and general history. The presenters are clear and honest on their presentation, they truly show coherency between who they are and what they say. The readings are a great support to the course and the paintings compliment each week beautifully. I congratulate you for a wonderful course. Thank you very much!

Indigenous Canada is an outstanding course with a wealth of significant and timely insights into the history of Turtle Island, a wealth of important knowledge of its original inhabitants, and the many impacts of colonization. This course should be mandatory for all non-Indigenous inhabitants of this land, to help foster greater understanding and appreciation of our Metis, Inuit and First Nations sisters and brothers.