Indigenous Initiatives in Teaching and Research
Incorporating Indigenous Initiatives in teaching helps to ensure that all students can participate and succeed.
Indigenous Canada MOOC
A 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada. This course is free to take online or you can pay a small fee to receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course.
Indigenous Peoples and Canada (EXNS 2804)
A 6 module micro-course that looks at Indigenous historical and contemporary experiences in order to understand the legacy of settler colonialism and affirm Indigenous self determination
Teaching
Centre for Teaching and Learning- Indigenizing and Decolonizing Teaching and Learning
- Land Acknowledgements - Going Beyond the Script
- CTL’s Resources for Indigenizing and Decolonizing - Explore this dynamic repository of knowledge which includes academic articles from Indigenous academics, supplemental resources: dissertations, manuscripts, and policy papers from Indigenous peoples, scholarly works by Indigenous academics, and more.
eClass Territorial Acknowledgement and Commitment to Conciliation video
The video, which offers the Sweetgrass Teachings from Elder Fernie Marty, Papaschase First Nation, shares the land acknowledgement and the “seven generations” commitment – a key part of the University of Alberta’s commitment to conciliation (establishing respectful nation-to-nation relationships). It is available for all instructors to add to their courses in eClass. To support the addition of this resource to eClass, a “Knowledge Base” article was created.
Indigenizing and Decolonizing the Curriculum
In what ways might the university community begin to Indigenize curriculum? Or, in what ways might the university community begin to engage with Indigenous perspectives and worldviews across our curricula and programs? See Google Drive for resources to begin these conversations.
Braiding Past, Present and Future
University of Alberta Indigenous Strategic Plan
Indigenization in STEM
Centre for Teaching & Learning, Queen’s University
Thinking of inviting a member of an Indigenous community to your classroom?
Hogan, S., McCracken, K. and Eidinger, A. (2019) How and When to Invite Indigenous Speakers to the Classroom .
Articles
- Pete, Shauneen. 100 ways to Indigenize and decolonize academic programs and courses .
- Gaudry,Adam and Danielle Lorenz. (2018). Indigenization as Inclusion, Reconciliation,and Decolonization: Navigating the Different Visions for Indigenizing the Canadian Academy . AlterNative14(3):218–227.
- Hatcher, Annamarie and Marshall, Murdena (2009) Two-eyed seeing in the classroom environment: Concepts, approaches, and challenges. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education
Research
- The First Nations Principles of ownership, control, access and control ( OCAP)- assert that First Nations have control over data collection processes, and that they own and control how this information can be used.
- Indigenous Research Guide - University of Alberta Libraries
- TriCouncil Policy : Research involving the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
- Government of Canada Strategic Plan- Setting New Directions to Support Indigenous Research and Research Training in Canada
- University of Alberta Research Ethics Office - Statement on Research Involving First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Peoples
- National Inuit Strategy on Research - The National Inuit Strategy on Research (NISR) targets governments, academia, and research institutions and identifies areas for partnership and action that can strengthen the impact, efficacy, and usefulness of Inuit Nunangat research for Inuit.
- Braiding Past, Present and Future: University of Alberta Indigenous Strategic Plan
- Introduction to Indigenous engaged research videos prepared by Situated Knowledges:Indigenous Peoples and Place. Includes Connecting with Indigenous-engaged Research and Scholarship in Science and Engineering.