As part of our on-going commitment to the 94 calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and particularly the challenge to churches to better educate members about the history of residential schools and issues facing Indigenous people today, the St. George’s Anti-Racism Team will be leading a discussion series on Indigenous Canada.
Indigenous Canada is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, which explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations.
Follow this link to take the course for free, get a certificate, or study for credit. Registration is now open, and we encourage you to sign up. Once you have signed up, please drop us a line at info@nullstgeorgesonthehill.ca to let us know! You may take the course at your own pace, and are welcome to join in as many or as few of the planned Zoom discussions on the course modules as you are able. At each of the sessions two course modules will be discussed:
Wed, Oct. 27th, 7:00pm: World View & Fur Trade
Wed, Nov. 10th, 7:00pm: Trick or Treaty & New Rules, New Game
Wed, Nov. 24th, 7:00pm: “Killing the Indian in the Child” & A Modern Indian?
Thurs, Dec. 9th, 7:00pm: Red Power & Sovereign Lands
Thurs, Jan. 13th, 7:00pm: Indigenous Women & Indigenous in the City
Thurs, Jan. 27th, 7:00pm: Current Social Movements & ‘Living’ Traditions – Expressions in Culture and Pop Art
In order to plan for the group discussions, please let us know that you have signed up for the course by emailing info@nullstgeorgesontheill.ca