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.
Online Courses
![Tackling Structural Racism](../../media-library/community-report/tacklingpostcard-web2-min.jpg)
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
![Tackling Structural Racism](../../media-library/community-report/tacklingpostcard-web2-min.jpg)
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 People and Canada](../../media-library/community-report/indigpeoples-card-web2.jpg)
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 (NS161)](../../media-library/community-report/counteringstereotypes-web.jpg)
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 People and Technoscience (NS115)](../../media-library/community-report/technoscience-2021-web.jpg)
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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Métis Health
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Delivery: Online (asynchronous)
Price:
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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 logo](../../media-library/community-report/412846422-15638-indigeneous-canada-700x394.jpg)
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 logo](../../media-library/community-report/certificate-igp-700x395.jpg)
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
Email nsonline@ualberta.ca with any questions.