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Prior to payment, please click HERE to complete and submit the online survey. Be sure to include your name, email address, and mobile number so you can receive the applicable e-course learning modules.
E-course cost is $400 per learner.
The Indigenous e-course content does not originate in universities or colleges - they come directly from lived First Nation experience, beyond academic frameworks or professional consulting models. Unlike other programs, this training purposely examines non-Indigenous residential communities alongside Indian reserve communities. Specific areas (e.g., privilege, systemic racism, racism, surrender of parental rights, unmarked graves) are brought into the open, without dilution or deflection.
This training course will benefit:
This module lays the foundation for the remainder of the course by beginning with a traditional acknowledgement of the Indigenous Peoples of what is now Canada. It addresses common misconceptions before exploring Indigenous life before-contact, at-contact, and post- contact. Participants will gain an understanding of the depth of Indigenous history through archaeological evidence, the length of Indigenous presence on these lands, and the significance of traditional institutions such as a Coast Salish potlatch. The module moves onto examining the immediate impacts of European contact and clarifying the meaning and appropriate use of commonly confused terms, including Aboriginal, Native, Indigenous, Status Indian, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis, while explaining why the term "First Nations" is so prevalent in Canada today.
Module 2: Canada's Colonization History into the following colonial colonization components:
Section 2A: Canada's Indian Act breaks down the Indian Act's its objectives and how this 1876 legislation has effected First Nation and other Indigenous peoples across Canada.
Section 2B: Canada's Indian Reserve System brings to light the objectives of Canada's Indian Reserve System and how it has developed across Canada and its impacts for First Nation peoples.educators and learners who share our commitment to quality education.
Section 2C: Canada's Indian Residential School System exposes the objectives, the history and impacts on First Nation communities.
Section 2D: The Band Office or Colonial Instrument describes the evolution of band offices to Indian band administrative/governance centres within First Nation Indian reserve communities. Its objectives and impacts are also presented.
This section explores the origin of the Aboriginal rights and title issue in Canada and potential future implications to Canada's economy.
Module 4: Truth and Reality First, Only Then Reconciliation clarifies the proper usage of the term 'truth and reconciliation', as it applies to Indigenous engagement in Canada as well as exploring contemporary Indigenous engagement issues featured in the media, such as the discovery of unmarked graves on the properties of former Indian residential school across the country and Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women & Girls (MMIWG); Orange Shirt Day; and Red Dress Day.
Section 4A: Obstacles to Reconciliation section details specific examples of obstacles to reconciliation, including white privilege, leadership role Chamber of Commerce's across Canada could play in the area of Indigenous engagement, but don't.
Section 4B: Evolution of Thought Examples section provides examples of critical thinkers who are making a difference. They have come to terms what Indigenous engagement truly means and not afraid to become public advocates of Indigenous peoples.
Becoming a registered Indigenous Insight Indigenous Engagement e-learner is never treated as a single transaction - it’s the start of a business/mentorship relationship that offers ongoing support. Participants are like-minded critical thinkers who dialogue the most complex and challenging Indigenous issues.
True Indigenous engagement is not learned from textbooks — it is spoken, heard, respected, shared.
Each and every day, traditional territories of every First Nation is attacked through development. Every day First nation communities receive a referral of some sort requesting 'consultation' to explore development of their territory.
Imagine returning to a place within your ancestral territory to perform a traditional spiritual cleansing ceremony, a practice your people have carried out for countless generations. These ceremonies are not recreational activities. They are essential to your spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
Now consider how often your ceremony is interrupted by hikers, photographers, or curious visitors who unknowingly walk through the site, stop to watch, ask questions, or even follow you. These individuals are enjoying the health benefits of the very landscape where your Nation's ability to practise its own traditions has been compromised by colonization and government-approved recreational development.
This is not a hypothetical situation. Across Canada, hiking trails, canoe routes, viewpoints, and other recreational infrastructure have been established within Indigenous territories, often without adequately protecting places used for cultural and spiritual practices.
For many First Nations, the result is more than an inconvenience. It is an infringement on the ability to safely and privately practise traditions that have sustained their people for generations. While public access to these lands has expanded, Indigenous peoples have, in many cases, lost the privacy and security necessary to maintain their own health, culture, and spiritual traditions.
Your people struggle to maintain their health and look to tradition, customs but this has been taken away because the provincial government approved construction of a hiking trail.
In most cases, your Aboriginal rights and title will be negatively infringed.
Indigenous Insight has a deep understanding of what governments require to build mutually beneficial relationships with First Nation communities, and equally understands the realities, challenges, and opportunities that shape those relationships. When there is a genuine willingness to work together, partnerships can powerful alliances.
Our experience has shown that fear and privilege remain two of the greatest barriers to reconciliation and productive collaboration. These barriers can be addressed through honest dialogue, practical engagement, and informed leadership that transforms uncertainty into confidence and action. Organizations that invest in this work today have an opportunity to become recognized leaders in Indigenous engagement.
Strong intergovernmental relationships do not happen by chance. They also should not be mistaken for reconciliation exercises. Reconciliation requires a original foundation of mutual respect, acknowledgement, and trust, a foundation that has largely been absent throughout Canada's history of relations with First Nations.
Despite this history, most Indian Act-elected First Nation leadership remain willing to meet, engage in dialogue, and develop meaningful economic and community initiatives that enable neighbouring governments and First Nation communities to coexist and prosper together.
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