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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Indigenous Canada by University of Alberta

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About the Course

Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores complex experiences Indigenous peoples face today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. Topics for the 12 lessons include the fur trade and other exchange relationships, land claims and environmental impacts, legal systems and rights, political conflicts and alliances, Indigenous political activism, and contemporary Indigenous life, art and its expressions....

Top reviews

KS

Aug 9, 2021

I am impressed with the way this course was delivered in multiple ways. It took a while for me to get used to listening to stories but I am a better learner now. Every Canadian needs this teaching.

AS

Sep 7, 2020

I found this course to be very informative. Thank you for the opportunity to see our shared history from another perspective. I hope this is as groundbreaking for my fellow Canadians as it was for me.

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By Jihene A

Sep 15, 2022

Not engaging enough for readers. it can be simplified by focusing on the essentials. Too many details make you miss the main goal behind this course.

By Lloyd S

Dec 13, 2021

While the topic was interesting, the format was not engaging. 12 lessons with the same limited interaction; video then quiz. It got a bit dry.

By Jermain M

Jan 19, 2021

Thank you, I appreciate the the great deal of research that went into this course. It was thorough and delivered in a objective manner.

By Carl H

Oct 20, 2020

Have tried twice to complete and submit comments but they've evaporated w/o me consciously pushing "submit" ...maybe you got them.

Carl

By Crystal B

Dec 23, 2021

Content was excellent, I learned a lot!!!... but I struggled each time with tech challenges which brought significant frustration.

By Michelle V

Nov 23, 2020

A lot of blanket statements and not a lot of evidence presented. Overall, it was very informative and eye opening.

By Sandy B

Sep 26, 2020

Really wish there were more interviews; more showing of the art/culture. Great content though a bit repetitive

By M G S

Nov 8, 2020

I enjoyed the course. Looking for more information and examples to illustrate the points being discussed.

By Nathaniel N

Mar 11, 2021

Enjoyed the artwork, but wished some of the content was more broken up into easier readable sentences.

By Anita V

Oct 4, 2020

There could be more pictures and video clips to go along with examples and who people are/were

By Danielle B

Aug 29, 2021

Very informative .. excellent presentation - transcribing of audio to text is very poor

By Nimrat J

Aug 13, 2020

The course was enjoyable but it could be improved by adding an interactive component.

By Mariah G

Feb 5, 2021

The content was very useful and interesting but the delivery was not very engaging.

By Richard S

Nov 9, 2020

The course seems to present an idealized view of the motives First Nation Peoples.

By Chelsea F

Apr 4, 2022

was alot of information .But i didnt see the relavence to my E.A. course

By Earl M

Aug 19, 2021

Informative but not indepth, good intro to Indigenous issues in Canada

By Amelia L S

Jan 21, 2021

I gained a lot of knowledge from this course that I didn't know.

By Brent T

May 4, 2021

I thought the course was good

By Kayla E

Mar 17, 2021

It could be more interactive.

By Qudsia A F

Aug 17, 2024

good insight

By Dory B

Jul 17, 2023

it is okay

By Penelope G

Dec 27, 2021

Too long

By Joshua W

Jun 23, 2021

to hard

By Rahat S

Feb 2, 2023

good

By Judy A

Aug 1, 2022

As person whose people have been persecuted, subjected to genocide, murdered, and discriminated against at every turn for as longer or longer than Indigenous people; I find the premise of this course that, that by insulting me at every turn, I will become ‘woke’ is somewhat perplexing.  To me, this course is pedagogically based on the premise that if I wanted to teach about the Holocaust, the best approach is to treat every German alive today as a Nazi.  While I abhor the wrongs, grievous and genocidal wrongs, inflicted on the Indigenous People of Canada (and the world); I found it hard to learn the lessons in this course because of the way it was taught.  I understand that this was intentional, because as a non-Indigenous person I am the problem.  After being labelled the problem, it is difficult to find my way forward to be part of the solution.  This is, in large part, because the message I received is that I can only ever be the problem.  I think the premise of a MOOC on this topic is a fabulous idea.  However, as a teacher and curriculum developer, I don't think that condescension and blaming are effective educational tools.  I suspect that my comments will be ignored, as I stated in the beginning, I'm clearly not 'woke enough'.