This Indigenous-led course is open to EVERYONE. It begins in the Fall and running until the Spring each year, with time for reflection in the summer.
This will support you in deepening your understanding of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives while strengthening your connection with the local Land and building more respectful, reciprocal relationships.
Métis 101 contains 17 lessons, covering many topics, such as Métis identity, Métis Worldview, misconceptions, celebrations, Michif, Métis today, and so much more. The goal of this micro-credential is to pass on a basic understanding of Métis culture, heritage, and history. The estimated completion is 10 hours.
Course Outline:
Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores complex experiences Indigenous peoples face today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations.
Building capacity - specialized outdoor play training to empower children's experiences
This course will add to your knowledge and skills about how the outdoor environment and adults each influence children’s depth of outdoor play and the levels of problem-solving and critical thinking they embark upon outdoors.
Child Care providers play an important and collaborative role with families in keeping kids healthy by promoting nutrition. Research has shown that eating habits developed in early childhood profoundly influence dietary preferences, behaviors and attitudes towards food that span a lifetime.
The Creating Healthy Eating & Active Environments Survey (CHEERS) for childcare provides centres with an evidenced-based tool to evaluate and receive a feedback report that will support action plans promoting healthy eating and physical activity in their own centre.