Continuing Education
The Faculty of Native Studies offers continuing education programming for a broad range of professionals and lifelong learners. Our courses have been designed to build specialized and enduring skills and competencies for application in a wide array of professions and settings. We are training lifelong learners because we believe that increasing knowledge will:
- improve lives,
- equip conscious allies,
- assist professionals to better service clients and perform their jobs more effectively,
- lead to new solutions,
- build strong communities, and
- contribute to Indigenous self-determination
Come and learn from leading Indigenous studies content experts and from a faculty that has 34 years of expertise at the University of Alberta. Video credit: SGWE Productions.
Online Courses
EXNS 2803 - Tackling Structural Racism
Introduces key anti-racism concepts that are applied to various sectors.
Level: Beginner
Length: 8-10 hours
Delivery: Online, self-directed (asynchronous)
Price: $175 + GST
EXNS 2810 - Lutter contre le racisme structurel
Introduit les concepts clés de l’antiracisme qui sont appliqués à plusieurs secteurs.
Niveau: Débutant
Durée: 8 à 10 heures
Format: En ligne, asynchrone
Coût: 175$ + GST
Indigenous Canada
A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada.
Level: Beginner
Length: 21 hours
Delivery: Online, self-directed (asynchronous)
Price: Free; $64 for Coursera certificate
EXNS 2804 - Indigenous Peoples and Canada
Introduces Indigenous historical and contemporary experiences in Canada.
Level: Beginner
Length: 8-10 hours
Delivery: Online, self-directed (asynchronous)
Price: $175 + GST
Indigenous Technoscience Microcredential Series
Introduces students to Indigenous science, technology and governance.
Level: Beginner
Length: 3 courses, 10 - 12 hours each
Delivery: Online, self-directed (asynchronous)
Price: $349 + GST
Countering Stereotypes of Indigenous Peoples
Focuses on the foundations, representations and systems related to stereotypes about Indigenous peoples.
Level: Beginner
Length: 3 courses, 20 hours each
Delivery: Online (asynchronous)
Price: $349 + GST
Certificate in Indigenous Governance and Partnership
Develops knowledge while increasing analytical and applied skills suited to the unique governance issues and opportunities facing Indigenous peoples and their non-Indigenous partners today.
Level: Pathways for applicants with or without a university degree
Length: 6-10 undergraduate courses
Delivery: Face to face and blended
Price: Cost recovery fees
Tackling Structural Racism
Introduces key anti-racism concepts that are applied to various sectors.
Level: Beginner
Length: 8-10 hours
Delivery: Online (asynchronous)
Price: $175 + GST
Indigenous Peoples and Canada
Introduces Indigenous historical and contemporary experiences in Canada.
Level: Beginner
Length: 8-10 hours
Delivery: Online (asynchronous)
Price: $175 + GST
Countering Stereotypes of Indigenous Peoples
Three microcredential courses that focus on the foundations, representations and systems related to Indigenous stereotypes.
Level: Beginner
Length: 3 courses, 20 hours each
Delivery: Online (asynchronous)
Price: $349 + GST
Indigenous Peoples and Technoscience
Three microcredential courses that introduce students to Indigenous science, technology and governance.
Level: Beginner
Length: TBD
Delivery: Online (asynchronous)
Price: TBD
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Delivery: Online (asynchronous)
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Reach for the Sky—Métis Women’s Leadership
Created in partnership with Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak—Women of the Métis Nation.
Level: Beginner
Length: 3 hours/ week for 12 weeks
Delivery: Online (asynchronous)
Price: $290 + GST
Indigenous Canada
A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada.
Level: Beginner
Length: 21 hours
Delivery: Online (asynchronous)
Price: Free; $59 for Coursera certificate
Certificate in Indigenous Governance and Partnership
Develops knowledge while increasing analytical and applied skills suited to the unique governance issues and opportunities facing Indigenous peoples and their non-Indigenous partners today.
Level: Pathways for applicants with or without a university degree
Length: 6-10 undergraduate courses
Delivery: Face to face and blended
Price: Cost recovery fees
Contact Us
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