The Path: Your Journey through Indigenous Canada offers important insights into First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, communities, and governments in Canada. The five online modules showcase defining moments in the history of Indigenous peoples and their relationships with European settlers, the British Crown, and the Dominion of Canada. The course demystifies some of the legal issues pertaining to the Indian Act, historical and modern treaties, Indigenous law, and the Canadian court system in the context of asserting Indigenous rights. Additional topics covered include residential schooling, forced Inuit relocations, the ‘60s Scoop, disease epidemics, and the treatment of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian justice system. The course also provides context to improve our understanding of the importance of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis cultural traditions and values, and how to strengthen relationships with Indigenous peoples.
We are thrilled to have you join us in this important module. Indigenous reconciliation has emerged as an essential learning need in health professional leadership, education and research in recent years. Historical and ongoing structural racism and colonialism
intersect to result in significant disparity in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. This module serves as an introduction to the process of Indigenous reconciliation, where Indigenous peoples and settlers work together
to raise awareness of, and begin to address, the harms caused by the policies and programs of colonization. Who are the Indigenous peoples of Canada? What were the policies of the Canadian government towards the Indigenous peoples historically? Why
are land acknowledgements important? What are residential schools and what are their legacies and impact? As a settler, leader, educator, or researcher, how do you embrace the Indigenous way of knowing? And finally, what is critical allyship and how
to leverage it? We curate a small library of key resources to address these questions, and guide you to reflect on your own orientation.
Following the principles of adult education and professional development, the Advanced Certificate of Education at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (ACES) program has been designed to acknowledge faculty members’ prior learning experiences (PLEs) and ongoing education development activities that can be demonstrated to be aligned with the current Schulich values and education programming.