I thought this was a fantastic course. My one comment is to help give context for any allies that are taking this course is when speaking of notable Indigenous people that you could give further geographical context as to where they are from in terms of how settlers perceive the land (Northern Alberta, Ontario etc.,) It was hard to keep everything straight!

I learned SO MUCH through this course about the history of Turtle Island that I feel should have been a part of my required curriculum throughout grade school. This course has helped me to fill in some of the gaps! I feel much more equipped to take action as an Indigenous ally with this deeper understanding of Indigenous history and perspectives. Thank you!

Words cannot express the value of this course. As an educator, I continue to realize that I know so little about the true history of our country. I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to listen and learn about the truths, and truly look forward to continuing my journey of educating myself so I have the knowledge to teach my students moving forward.

What I learned from this course went beyond my hopes and expectations! I attended the Truth and Reconciliation forums hosted in Halifax and in Victoria. As a settler I want to learn more about the truth of the history of Turtle Island. Every Settler Canadian should take this course. When our way of seeing the world changes, the way we do things changes.

Well organized, easy to do online, loved the mix of instruction, videos and notes were very helpful. Material was interesting and informative. I would have loved to have seen one work from each of the artists featured. Would have liked to have viewed the art as they were being described. As a social worker I will use what I have learned in my practice.

The course is fantastic. Seeing Canada through an Indigenous lens is a real eyeopener. I wish the content of this course was taught in schools when I was growing up, but unfortunately it was not.

This is my first online course and I thought the format was great. I personally find it much easier to retain what I see in video than through just reading texts.

Hello, how are you? Thank you for a wonderful journey. It was an eyeopener. It's been very impactful. Maybe a little updating is needed for events around the pope coming to Canada to recognize the churches role in residential schools, among other recent events during the last decade. Thank you again for such a wonderful journey of knowledge and awakening.

Fantastic, informative course. I would recommend that all Canadians take this course. It should be studied in high school, as well. I would suggest that the University proofread the notes that are written from the spoken word, as there are many, many words that have been misheard by the computer doing the translating and the true meaning is often lost.

Very informative. The only thing I would have liked is if in Unit 12 they would have showed examples of artist works when they were talking about those artists. Or if that was not possible, to explain why that was not possible. Thank you for a very good course, as a new settler in Canada I appreciate the opportunity to learn more about it's native people.

Thank You to University of Alberta's Faculty of Native Studies for offering this very informative and "eye opening" course. The development of the course was outstanding; offering a multi-faceted presentation of course material through videos, written course notes and interpretation of Canada's indigenous peoples through art. "The Past is Always Present"

Great course. Would highly recommend it to anyone looking to learn about or more about Indigenous People and their culture. It was eye opening to learn just how Indigenous People live, love and accept all things around them. Their traditions and ways of life are what today's society is trying to rectify. One can definitely learn a lot from this course.

I found this course extremely interesting and informative. I appreciated the different presenters and their views and stories of history. The art work was amazing. I took a course by Alfred Youngman at the University of Lethbridge and wrote my paper on the views of Indigenous art and world views of the people. This course affirmed many of my thoughts.

This course was eye opening, interesting, sad and inspiring. I highly recommend anyone to take this course to learn about our deeper and often unspoken history of North America prior to the european and french settlement and to learn how the settlements and colonialism has massively affected those who inhabited this land before us and future generations.

Hello, I found taking this Coursera on Indigenous Canada very thought provoking. It is an eye opener to the lives First Peoples have to navigate to live. I would say the sooner Euro Canadians embrace acknowledge that there could be a kinder , more spiritually grounding effect to this wonderful Earth. What a transformation to this country Canada would be.

This course has really changed my life and re-wrote most of the history I learned as a child in the Catholic school system. I'm grateful for the invaluable sessions, Youtube discussions and Indigenous artworks shown over the weeks. Thank you for putting so much love and passion into this course; I truly believe this should be mandatory for all Canadians.

I really enjoyed this course and presentation methods reached different learning styles. I knew some of the material as I live in an area with a large Indigenous population. I have learned much from them and ceremony too. Pow wows are so missed right now! I enjoyed the art section as I am an artist painting in acrylics, plus other mediums. Chi Miigwetch

This was an amazing course, I learned a lot and I acquired a better understanding of things I thought I already knew. This course should be mandatory in high schools across the country to foster a better understanding of Indigenous Peoples and their cultures. I think it would go a long way in combatting the systemic racism that is endemic in our country.

Highly recommend this Indigenous Canada course. Moving. Thought provoking and the content is engaging as you move through learning about the diversity of Indigenous culture & Canadian history from a different perspective. This course should be considered mandatory learning for all Canadians to better understand our past so we can do better in the future.

Excellent course! I have learnt a lot and encourage anyone to take this course. It should be mandatory for anyone active in a government (locally or provincially) to take this course to increase knowledge about Canadian history and a better understanding of indigenous peoples and the effects of colonialism and its continued repercussions in present time.

I really appreciated this course. As Tracy Bear mentioned at the ending lesson, this is really just the beginning. I deeply wish that I had received this education in junior and high school, but am grateful to get to unlearn and relearn history again. Really enjoyed the dynamic course approach, number of speakers and reflections on current day movements.

Indigenous Canada is an excellent introductory course to the history of Indigenous peoples in Canada as well as a good overview of how that history and the interaction between colonial settler attitudes affect Indigenous-Canadian relationships today. I highly recommend the course to anyone wanting to understand the issues behind the headlines. Well done!

Absolutely loved this course. Enriched and educated my personal life as a mother and wife to husband and kids with distant Metis heritage, enriched and informed my work life as a nature lover working in the natural resource sector. So many great teachings to help me be kinder and gentler to the lands and the people with deep deep roots in this province.

The most meaningful perspective of Canadian history I've likely ever learned. More in depth information and stories on First Nations history and the First Nations experience in Canada than I heard about in a 4-year History degree from McMaster University. Thank you Dr. Bear and the U of A for sharing this with the rest of Canada and the world. Thank you.

The course was very informative and extremely enlightening as to some of the struggles facing Indigenous peoples. This course should be taught at all levels of schools in order to better appreciate the struggles facing the First Nations communities. Aboriginal, Inuit and Metis have such a rich history, culture and beliefs worthy of being shared for all

I really enjoyed this course! I understand that it is such a vast topic to be covered in 12 modules, but still i feel that I learned so much. It makes me sad and angry that this perspective was not addressed when I was learning Canadian history in public school. Thank you for creating this course and I'm thrilled to see that it has such high enrolment!