The course was informative and interesting. I found some of the in-video pop up quiz questions were out of sync (e.g. the question would prompt before the content it referred to was covered, usually this was only by 10-20sec). I would have liked to have seen more content on eastern Canada, but in general I enjoyed the course.

Was super informative, I would suggest taking the multiple choice section out, i find it is based on memorization and not an adequate representation of learning. Instead I would suggest a small write up or questions with short answers on each unit. Maybe something more cultural too? Multiple choice is a very colonial stance

Indigenous Canada is a very enlightening and insightful course. It helps broaden my understanding of Indigenous culture and breaks away from the bias opinions expressed in colonial historical readings of the past.

I would encourage others to partake in this amazing study and work together to build harmony within our society.

When going through along the lectures, I really appreciated the amusing efforts putting all the training materials together for this course. Now I understand more about the the Indigenous worldview, history, and some cultures. They are helpful information for me at work. And I view the the Indigenous clients differently.

Enjoyed this free course but took issue with many of the topics presented. I appreciated the historical context as it was explained. I also enjoyed the presenters. I will continue to educate myself on these topics and utilize what I have learned in this course to inform my opinions on these topics going forward. Thank you!

I have learnt a lot through this course and I am glad to have taken it. I felt sometimes further detail was required when examples were presented to fully understand the issues. Thank you for taking the time to develop the course as i think that it is important that history and current issues are told by all / many voices.

Contenu est excellent.

Puisque je suis de la région du Nouveau Brunswick j'aurais aimé plus d'information sur les communautés autochtones de la région de l'est du Canada.

Je continue ma recherche afin de mieux connaître l'histoire du Canada et l'impact des Européens arrivants sur le mode de vie des communautés autochtones.

Through this course, I have learned a lot about Indigenous history, culture, society and spirit. It helps me understand Canadian history better. It is a great course and I encourage more people to take this course. Suggestions: 1) add more pictures of real items or events as possible. 2) update the course occasionally.

A great introductory overview of this very broad subject. As a 3rd/4th generation settler, it helped me capture and integrate many of the facts of our history together, and to consider them against the backdrop of Indigenous understandings. The challenge is to get beyond mourning the past to something action-oriented.

Super informative. Did not learn any of this in school! So glad to have taken part and educated myself on such important Indigenous issues. I really hope that the more of us non Indigenous folks learn and try to understand this history and culture, the further forward we can all walk together! Thank you for doing this!

Overall, this was a good course. In some places, there was detail that did not really advance our learning while in other places there was not enough detail to fully understand the intended meaning. I would have liked to see more photos and and hear examples (i.e., stories) to bring to life the facts being presented.

For an introductory course, the content and range of topics are quite good. The user interface, including the forum, videos, quizzes, etc. are all very helpful.

Two reasons I did not rate it higher: 1) the large amount of typos and errors in the reading materials and 2) the PDF reading materials are not searchable.

This course was great for giving more meaning and understanding about Indigenous culture. Sometimes we're so focused on the hardships and struggle of our First Nations Peoples that we miss the beautiful art, ceremony, and culture that are so ingrained. Thank you for providing this course and making it so accessible.

Although, I understand the need to quiz materials being learned, throughout the course I found myself trying to retain information for the sake of the quiz versus learning and having a deeper connection to the material. Without the quiz, perhaps, I could could have focused more-so on the materials being presented.

It was a beautiful reminder of much of the Social Studies we did in middle school and junior high, there was a lot more to take in. More information of the Residential Schools might be more beneficial. It was an inspiring course, pushing me along in my own personal journey with Truth and Reconciliation. Thank you.

Very informative! I liked the short bites too. Some of the questions were quite similar though and it made it hard to decipher what answer you wanted. It was funny, the segments I thought I'd do well on, I didn't and vice versa. I enjoyed my reintroduction into academia after a 25 yr absence :)

On to course two!

Course content was excellent. I felt that some of the multiple choice questions were weak, focusing on specific details rather than an understanding of concepts. I learned a lot about recent indigenous issues and will continue to keep informed from national media, which I believe give relatively unbiased coverage.

I really enjoyed the course and increasing my understanding of indigenous history and present. I will say that I found sometimes the lecturers were a little dry making the information seem uninteresting. However, when I re-read the video scripts that information was more interesting. Overall, Excellent experience!

I really learned alot about Indigenous history. I'm so glad I decided to take the course. It has made me more compassionate and understanding about First Nations people. I want to learn more. I also like how the course was presented by video and course notes. I have recommended it to other people. Thanks so much.

An excellent overview that would greatly enhanced by more images and examples. The visual art content would be far more compelling and useful if actual images of more artwork were included. Also the access to musicians and other artists described, which participants are encouraged to view and explore is missing.

Very informative and interesting. Encouraged me to learn more and provided a glimpse at the Indigenous version and accounts of colonization. It is very difficult to learn about the richness and diversity of Indigenous cultures, systems, customs. This was a great opportunity, leaving me with wanting to know more.

Very Informative in introducing ideas and history of Indigenous peoples in Canada. I do feel it centred more on discussions of colonial history rather than indigenous history. I would have liked to learn a little more about the makes of influential indigenous people from the past rather than the colonists names.

I’m grateful that this course is offered online. This course provided much history and insight in how Indigenous Peoples were/are mistreated in Canada which is information that wasn’t in the curriculum when I was in school. It has given me a better understanding of the challenges faced by Indigenous communities.

The down side of ignorance is not knowing you're ignorant. My eyes have been opened and my opinions have dramatically changed - and will continue to be reshaped from my colonial upbringing. Thank you! I only wish this were a 20-week course - I feel there's so very much still to be learned, respected and valued.