I received a Native Studies degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1999. I took this course to refresh my knowledge and introduce more contemporary information that has happened since 1999. This course was comprehensive and informative. This course helped me to continue to live in a space of reconciliation so that I can always learn more and be better. Truly a wonderful course! Thank you!

Excellent course that accurately represents the the good and the bad of Canadian history through the eyes of the Indigenous peoples. This course has very much piqued my interest to know more about the history, culture, and world views of the indigenous peoples of Turtle Island. I am also committed to reading the TRC Calls to Action, and doing what I can to help restore Indigenous culture and rights.

I really enjoyed this course, very informative and enlightening. When I went to school I lived very close to Blue Quills residential school. I had no idea what happened there, makes me sad to know I was so close. I am also saddened by the fact that our present UCP government wants to take out this history from the new school curriculum. All the presenters in this course were excellent, thank you!

Thanks for providing this experience. I have some basic knowledge of Indigenous issues, but I wanted to understand at a deeper level. I found the topics were really well presented as an introduction to the complex world of indigenous experience that I cannot know as a white immigrant to Canada. I have learned a lot and will continue to learn so that I can be an ally to support indigenous rights.

My sincere thanks and complete congratulations goes to Dr. Tracy Bear, Alannah Mandamin-Shawanda, Isaac Twinn, and everyone involved in this course. This brought together so many aspects of the past, present, and future of Indigenous peoples in Canada with such skill, humility, and complexity. I am grateful to have learned through them all and I am motivated to continue this ongoing learning process.

I have grown up in the colonial system in Canada and lived beside indigenous peoples for the entire time. This course really filled in many blanks in my understanding and I would urge others to take it. I take away a much better appreciation for the injustices done over the years of colonialism and for the skills and culture of the Indigenous people. Well done, U of A for establishing this program.

Excellent Course - well presented and a thorough primer on the historical and cultural context of our Indigenous People in Canada. It provided great insight and reaffirmation as to why we need to re-decolonize current well established business practices are are barriers to effective engagement with Indigenous communities. Thanks you for this foundational learning that I can continue to build from.

Thank you for offering this course. I was able to re-learn about the history of Canada and how big a role Indigenous people have played and continue to play in shaping our society. These are not lessons I was taught growing up and it has been refreshing to discuss the learnings of this course with my 10-year-old son and wife, who both also took the course. We are better people because of this course.

Endlessly grateful to the individuals that put this incredible course together. Informative, eye-opening, highly educational and filled in a lot of the holes that I feel grade school social studies leaves. I have a deepened reverence for the perseverance of Indigenous peoples and am prepared to take this information forward in life to be a better advocate, listener and ally. Thank you all very much.

I was more than impressed with how this course was presented, through the narration, videos and the prepared quizzes. It was excellent. The knowledge that I have gained through this course, will greatly help me in all areas. I highly recommend this course for others and I commend those who worked to create this course. Overall, it was outstanding and the best online course that I have completed.

I liked how this course started with the indigenous culture before contact. It helps me to understand how colonialism really impacted the Indigenous people in a very negative way. Some of the stories were hard to hear and made me feel very sad that this could happen in the past and keeps happening to our first nations people. I am better informed of the history of our country because of this course.

What an excellent primer to continue my learning on present day Indigenous communities, issues, social activism, and governance, as well as the historical, ongoing, and insidious role of colonialism in Canada. I'm so glad that I embarked on this course as a starting point, and am very appreciative of the academic and emotional labour, that went into the creation and delivery of this course material.

An amazing learning journey! Thank you to all of the Instructors for providing me with a different perspective of Canada's history. A well laid out and thoughtful course. This learning journey does not end here but rather, an inspiration to continue learning and educating those around me. This knowledge will stay with me, and I will encourage others to do the same. Thank you so much!

Sonya Reid

This is an excellent primer for anyone living in Canada who is interested in learning more about Indigenous histories, cultures and communities. This course should be mandatory and incorporated into all history lessons in schools across Canada. In deep gratitude to the University of Alberta for offering this robust and insightful course. I will be recommending it to many moving forward. Many thanks!

I am a new Canadian and want to connect with my country. I haven't taken a course in a long time and this one gave me a good overview of Canadian Indigenous history; it also peaked my interests to explore more. I'm glad that I did not go for a grade because sometimes I felt like a dunce (and I know I'm not). I truly appreciate the work involved in providing this course and the instructor's efforts.

I am grateful to the Faculty of Native Studies for creating this course. It renewed an interest in history that I have not had for a long time. Its presentation truly represented 'ways of knowing' and self-reflection. I would recommend this course to anyone wishing to have a greater understanding of Canadian Politics and the important information, history and values Indigenous peoples have to share.

I like this course a lot, I learned so many things as I can finally understand the Indigenous culture and way of life.

I only have one wish. For the last course, dedicated to arts- I wish there were a lot more images to illustrate the pieces and explain their significance for the peoples. I had to search on google for the works of so many great artist, but the explanations were not alway up to par.

I found this course to be very well organized and presented a much clearer picture, for me, of the history of the relationship between the First Peoples and the Colonials. I found myself both excited, and at times, embarrassed about the history of our relationships. I look forward to learning more and finding ways to broaden my experiences with our First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples. Thank you!

This course was a great introduction to Indigenous people and the effects that the colonizing of Canada has had on people and their culture. The history I was taught, had very little mention of anyone other than European settlers. And most of what I learned later in life, is "pop culture" and not accurate.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the course, you have made me eager to learn more.

Thank you very much for the opportunity to learn from this amazing faculty, and all the contributors. Clearly, there is so much more for me to learn. It was wonderful to have this so easily accessible and well organized, and without question, it has stimulated my interest to learn more about all these topics and more. I will encourage others to take this course, it was more than worth the time.

Well organized, interesting, comprehensive, and clearly presented. Grateful to have an opportunity to learn about the history of Canada from an Indigenous perspective. It was not available in my curriculum in middle school, high school or post secondary classes. It was also helpful to learn online at my own pace. Highly recommend this course.

Would also love to see more in-depth classes available.

It was an enlightening, fascinating and emotional ride. This course was well organised and beautifully presented. I particularly enjoyed Leah Dorion's artwork and her process to illustrate story and symbolism. You are right - every Canadian should engage in this course and other ways of learning about Indigenous culture and issues. This is a starting point for me and I thank you for your efforts!!

With humility and gratitude, I thank Dr. Tracy Bear and Dr. Paul Gareau for the Indigenous Canada course. I have learned so much, and been inspired to learn more. The course is comprehensive and holistic, and organized in the most thoughtful and interesting way. The course will forever be a significant part of my journey as a settler in Canada for Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. Thank you.

I have learned so much that we were not taught in settler schools. Being in the US, I think that much that I have learned from both the formal coursework and some of the most engaging faculty in the Sunday livestreams can be transferred to our population. As I said, the faculty we were exposed to have been so open and interesting. I will miss the weekly relation building events. Kudos to you all.

I recommend this course wholeheartedly. I feel like I finally have some (authentic information) tangible knowledge of Canada's history. The course material is clear and well-rounded, and the weekly group discussions were a great bonus. I'm not sure if the discussions will continue, but for the sake of future students, I hope it does.

Dr Tracy Bear is an awesome teacher and a total boss.

Thank you.