Curriculum Highlights

Welcome & Orientation

• Course Introduction
• Learning Outcomes
• Pre-Survey to Cultural Awareness Training
• Good Relations & Inspirational Quotes

History of Canada & Indigenous Peoples

• Early Contact and the Doctrine of Discovery
• Doctrine of Discovery and “Terra Nullius” (1493) Pt I & II
• Mi'Kmaq leader welcomes French (1605)
• The Fur Trade and the Royal Charter (1670)
• Smallpox Blankets Given to Indigenous Peoples (1763)
• The Royal Proclamation (1763)
• Killing of Buffalo to Restrict Access to Food (1800s)
• Métis: Manitoba Emerges out of the Red River Resistance (1870)
• The Pass System
• Inuit "a Federal Responsibility" (1924-1929)
• E-Numbers (1940s–1970s)
• The Sixties Scoop (1959)
• Nunavut Territory is Created (1959)
• Starlight Tours (2000s)
• Commission of Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls (2016)
• Exoneration of Tsilhqot’in Chiefs hanged in 1864 (2018)

Contemporary Issues & Challenges

• Boil Water Advisories in Indigenous Communities
• Housing Crisis: Attawapiskat, Kashechewan, Big Trout Lake
• High Victimization Rates Among Indigenous Women
• Overrepresentation in the Prison System
• Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) Pipeline

Residential Schools & Reconciliation

• The First Residential School (1828)
• Indian Residential School System Formally Established (1883)
• The Last Residential Schools (1996)
• Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (2007)
• Statement of Apology to Residential School Survivors (2008)
• Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Final Report (2015)

Rights, Treaties & Legal Milestones

• Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (1994)
• Bill C-262 (2018)
• Early Treaties (1600–1763)
• Two Row Wampum (1613)
• Robinson Treaties (1850)
• The Douglas Treaties (1850–1854)
• First Nations Granted the Right to Vote (1960)
• The Numbered Treaties (1871–1920)
• The White Paper (1969)
• Idle No More (2012)
• A Matter of National and Constitutional Import (2016)
• Recognition and Implementation of Indigenous Rights Framework (2018)
• Oka Resistance (1990)
• The Royal Commission on Aboriginal People (1996)
• The Delgamuukw Decision (1997)
• Nisga'a Final Agreement (1998)
• History of the Indian Act (1876–1985)
• A National Crime (1927)
• Canadian Constitution; Section 35 (1982)
• Nunavut Land Claim Agreement (1993)

Cultural Awareness & Allyship

• Meet Fred and Freda
• Fred’s Tacky Tie
• Everyone is Welcome at Pow-Wow’s
• Lunch & Learn
• Respectful Language Videos

Assessment & Completion

• Quizzes after each lesson
• Post-Survey Cultural Awareness Training
• Certificate of Acknowledgement upon completion

Resources

• Respectful Language Guide
• 300 Ways to Ally with Indigenous Peoples
• Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Resources
• Links to videos and more great information