Indigenous Enagement Training
Learn about Indigenous peoples, their culture, and how history has shaped the modern day Indigenous Peoples of Canada.
26-Hour Interactive Indigenous Engagement Training
If you are looking for Indigenous engagement training that focuses on both history, culture, and the modern approach, this is the program for you.
The course content will introduce participants to a unique, fresh perspective of Indigenous engagement through the lens of a First Nation member from the Tla’amin Nation who is governed under Canada’s Indian Act.
CanScribe Career College and You!
✓ Our Indigenous Engagement course is 100% online, which means you never have to leave home to attend classes!
✓ Students can complete the 26-hour training at their own pace, and are not required to attend mandatory class times. All students have access to the program for 2-weeks, which gives you plenty of time to complete it!
✓ The Indigenous Engagement course has fast-tracked completion. Which means you can complete the program in as little as 1-week!
✓ This training is available on an individual or corporate* scale for anyone who is attempting to increase their awareness or improve on inclusion initiatives.
*For corporate rates, please contact CanScribe.
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Why Take an Indigenous Engagment course?
The knowledge and training obtained throughout the course will ensure that participants have a better understanding and a heightened awareness of Indigenous Peoples, their heritage and culture and how colonialism has affected and is still affecting their lives.
The program developer, Maynard Harry, was elected by his community to serve as his nation’s Chief Councillor for two years, councillor for eight years and is a Junior Elder. Additionally, KWAST-en-ayu (Maynard Harry), is a status Indian whose entire life has been shaped by his lived experiences growing up on an Indian reserve and being of a family directly impacted by Canada’s Indian Residential School System.
This course is intended to provide participants with a better understanding of Indigenous Peoples, their history and culture. This understanding will promote inclusivity and workplace insight to build better relationships and understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
Students are able to take this program online, on-site or blended. Whatever works best for you, works for us!
Students in the Indigenous Engagement training will:
- Have a better understanding of Indigenous Peoples,
- Differentiate between various First Nations communities, etc.,
- Clarify the true meaning of terms used in relation to Indigenous Peoples and their communities (Aboriginal, status Indian, Chief, etc.),
- Recognize the Indigenous way of life pre- and post-contact with European settlers,
- Understand Canada’s colonization history,
- Identify common misconceptions of Indigenous Peoples,
- Have an understanding of the Royal Proclamation of 1763, the Indian Act, and Canada’s Constitution Act 1982,
- Understand the history of the residential school system and its impact on Indigenous Peoples,
- Define Canada’s “land questions” in relation to Indigenous Peoples,
- Understand what “truth and reconciliation” really means,
- Identify the different levels of reconciliation,
- Identify common misconceptions regarding truth and reconciliation,
- Understand what “white” privilege means,
- Understand more about Indian reserves in Canada, in cities, towns, and municipalities, and
- Identify the importance of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and its 94 calls to action.
This Indigenous Engagement program does not require approval from the Private Training Insitutions Regulatory Unit.
In the Introduction course, participants will be exposed to the overall course objectives and learning outcomes. Participants will gain access to the course materials and will learn what Indigenous cultural awareness training is, why it is necessary, and what it offers.
Participants can access a list of terms used throughout the course to understand their meaning.
Participants will become familiar with the life of Indigenous Peoples before and after contact with European settlers and what it meant to be Indigenous both before and after this contact.
In this section, participants will learn about the ancestry of the Metis, what Bill C-53 is, and how it affects the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Participants will develop their knowledge and understanding of the true history of colonization and its effect on Indigenous Peoples. This includes learning about what the Indian Act represented and how it altered the lives of Indigenous Peoples, tax exemptions, and the “60’s Scoop”.
Participants will learn about the reason for establishing Canada’s Indian Reserve system and Indian agents, the allocation of Indian reserves, objectives, and the impact the reserve system has had on Indigenous Peoples, as well as laws and treaties implemented due to this system including McKenna-McBride Royal Commission, Treaty Land Entitlements, Pre-emption and homesteading, and the First Nations Land Management Act.
Participants will learn about the reason for the establishment of residential schools and their effect on Indigenous children and their families, as well as the Government of Canada’s response to Actions 71 to 76 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the launching of the Missing Children and Burial Information website.
Participants will learn about Aboriginal Rights and the attempt to answer Canada’s “Land Question”, as well as the policies and laws associated with this question. Notable cases such as Calder v. R (1973), Guerin v. R (1970), Sparrow v. R (1990) Delgamukw v. R. (1997) are also examined.
In this section, an attempt to define “Truth and Reconciliation” is examined, as well as the different levels of reconciliation and the government’s call to action regarding their process of reconciling past wrongs committed towards Indigenous Peoples.
Students are given a timeline of chronological events of the history of Indigenous Peoples (post-colonization).
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
If you take the Indigenous Engagement Training on campus, everything is provided.
If you take the Indigenous Engagement Training via distance learning, it is recommended to complete the program on a Windows PC. Apple computers are compatible, however, Microsoft Office Training from the point of view of a Windows computer. You are required to have the Microsoft Office suite installed on your computer
You must have a computer with speakers and Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word and Excel) on your computer. An internet speed of 15 mbps download, and 10 mbps upload is recommended.
We also recommend that you use the latest version of either Firefox or Chrome as your browser.
ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
Students must have a minimum typing speed of 30 net-words-per-minute and pass an entry level grammar assessment. Students must also be a mature student, 19+, or have a high school diploma.
ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS
Prior to admission, applicants must meet at least one of the following English language proficiency requirements:
1. Education
A) Secondary Education
Evidence of three (3) years of full-time secondary education (Grades 8-12), or two (2) years if the grades are 10, 11, or 12, have been successfully completed where English is the principal language of instruction.
OR
B) Post-Secondary Education
Evidence of two (2) years of full-time post-secondary education have been successfully completed where English is the principal language of instruction.
OR
2. Assessment
By achieving a recognized standardized language test/assessment.
- Duolingo English Test (DET): minimum overall score of 95
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic: minimum overall score of 5.5
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) IBT: minimum overall score of 46
- Canadian Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL): minimum overall score of 40
- Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP): Listening 6, Speaking 6, Reading 5, and Writing 5
- Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: minimum overall score of 43
- Cambridge English Qualifications: B2 First exam (FCE): minimum overall score of 160 or ‘C’
- Cambridge Linguaskill: minimum overall B2 level
- LANGUAGECERT Academic: minimum overall B2 level
- The Michigan English Test (MET): minimum overall B2 level
What Student Experience at CanScribe...
I just completed the Indigenous Engagement course and want to send a note of thanks. The course was very insightful and throughout the units I found myself experiencing a multitude of emotions. Unit 28 “Obstacles to Reconciliation” was eye opening. Unit 30 “Recommendations” is helpful. When reading this unit, I realized some of my communication needs to change. The chronological references at the end provided an excellent flow of all the events covered in the units before. This really helped me get the complete picture.
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