Courses
Courses are offered in-person, on-campus (unless otherwise indicated) in the summer term only, as part of the Summer Institute in Teaching Foundational Indigenous Knowledge (pending sufficient enrollment).
Note: Any course times listed are in Mountain Time (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada).
Session I: July 7-25, 2025
EDU 562 Indigenous Land Teachings: Transitioning Towards Common Ground in Education ★3
Instructor: Sharla Mskokii Peltier
Classes will be held July 7-11 (Monday through Friday) from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at kihcihkaw askî-Sacred Land (directions will be provided upon acceptance into the course).
This course will bring educators together on the Land to grow knowledge of traditional Anishinaabe laws and precepts. Anishinaabe ecological relational knowledge is based on interdependent relationships and 'Land as teacher'. An experiential process of reconciliation with Land is realized through respectful and relational ways of being. Educators will explore opportunities for children and youth to learn from the Land alongside Indigenous families and communities in schools.
EDU 595 nehiyaw kiskeyihtamowin: Cree Educational Psychology & Epistemology ★3
Instructor: Darlene Auger
Classes will be held Monday through Thursday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Within the nehiyaw world view, we hold the philosophy, psychology, epistemology, ontology, axiology within a relational framework set in the natural order of this world and universe. This course will take you on a journey of exploration on how we as nehiyawak perceive, believe, rationalize, make sense of, teach and learn, grow and develop to full potential as spirit and human beings. Expect some experiential engagement and learning!
Session II: July 28 - August 15, 2025
EDU 561 Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Foundational Indigenous Knowledge and Knowing ★3
Instructor: Dwayne Donald
Classes will be held Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to Noon (no class on Monday, August 4)
This course provides opportunities for students (as Individuals and as part of a collective learning community) to dwell with the key concepts and frameworks that inform current understandings of Indigenous curriculum and pedagogy. Particular attentiveness will be given to the idea of foundational Indigenous knowledge and knowing what those might be and how we might express our understandings of those in contemporary educational contexts.
EDU 595 Indigenous Pedagogy in a Western Education System ★3
Instructors: Trudy Cardinal and Megan Tipler
Classes will be held Monday through Thursday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. (no class on Monday, August 4)
This course will focus on bridging the gap between Indigenous teaching and learning approaches and Western planning and curricular requirements.