This course was extensive and broad in topic; covering past and present issues that Indigenous peoples face. I also learned about the incredible richness of society then and now. As a settler, I already knew about residential schools and other horrible examples of our heteropatriarchal society, but I learned so much more. Thank you for this incredible course.

This course has taught me more than any other course I've taken in my life (74 years). It has been emotional, eye opening, and has fostered an understanding of what I didn't understand in the past. It has affected me in ways that will stay with me. This course needs to be made available like this again, in the future, so more people can participate and learn.

This was a very well done course. I enjoyed the various topics discussed and the paintings that went along with the topics. As a non-Indigenous person I learned a lot about the Indigenous peoples and their cultures. They are truely the lands caretakers and they should be respected for all their knowledge and beliefs. Thank you for such a wonderful course!

I found this course to be the perfect amount of time commitment and covered just enough material that I would retain it. Sadly I knew very little about the history of the land and Indigenous peoples. I hope that others take this opportunity to begin to learn what we were not taught in the school system and hope that we continue to move forward and do better.

So good, thanks! I did the course along with Dan Levy's YouTube discussions with Drs. Bear & Gareau and guests. Really helpful in tackling the larger issues of what to do with this wonderful knowledge and becoming a better settler ally. I will continually work at my craft of decolonization and destabilizing my settler ideology. Muchas gracias from Mexico!!!!

This course is amazing! As a Vietnamese-Canadian settler in Tkaronto, I'm so shocked that I have not learned this in school as a kid, but more disappointed that I have not learned sooner. I am grateful for this course and its educators for gently guiding me to learn more about the the history of Indigenous folks on this land. I look forward to learning more.

I may have already written a review but never the less. Thank you! If you are thinking or wanting to lean more about Canadian history, indigenous history or colonialism, this course is for you. I was moved at more then one of the modules. Helped me answer questions about my own past. Thank you again, looking forward to taking more courses with Coursera.

This was one of the most well done courses I have ever done. From the presentation to all the information and knowledge shared I was in awe every week with what I learnt. Thank you to all the faculty and people involved to help make this information available and possible for students like me who wanted to have a different view and understanding. Thank you.

Thank you for the work that was put in to this course to help bring Indigenous history, perspectives and voices to us as students. It has made more more aware and hopefully more respectful as I navigate the current world. It has also made more more curious and interested in exploring in more detail many of the topics covered. I still have so much to learn!

The course provided excellent insight into the history of all aspects of Indigenous peoples in Canada. It provides the context and information that was left out of history books and school curriculum and that needs to change! Every single Canadian should take this course to truly understand how Canada came to be and why Truth and Reconciliation is so vital.

Excellent, I loved the course and the teachers, except the part about women was slightly not scientific, and lacked some understanding of the European systems, which are not really patriarchal in this simplistic sense, as can be seen by women being Queens, etc. I loved the course, though. I wish there were more stories there, though, and customs. Thank you.

I thought this was a fantastic course. My one comment is to help give context for any allies that are taking this course is when speaking of notable Indigenous people that you could give further geographical context as to where they are from in terms of how settlers perceive the land (Northern Alberta, Ontario etc.,) It was hard to keep everything straight!

I learned SO MUCH through this course about the history of Turtle Island that I feel should have been a part of my required curriculum throughout grade school. This course has helped me to fill in some of the gaps! I feel much more equipped to take action as an Indigenous ally with this deeper understanding of Indigenous history and perspectives. Thank you!

Words cannot express the value of this course. As an educator, I continue to realize that I know so little about the true history of our country. I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to listen and learn about the truths, and truly look forward to continuing my journey of educating myself so I have the knowledge to teach my students moving forward.

What I learned from this course went beyond my hopes and expectations! I attended the Truth and Reconciliation forums hosted in Halifax and in Victoria. As a settler I want to learn more about the truth of the history of Turtle Island. Every Settler Canadian should take this course. When our way of seeing the world changes, the way we do things changes.

Well organized, easy to do online, loved the mix of instruction, videos and notes were very helpful. Material was interesting and informative. I would have loved to have seen one work from each of the artists featured. Would have liked to have viewed the art as they were being described. As a social worker I will use what I have learned in my practice.

The course is fantastic. Seeing Canada through an Indigenous lens is a real eyeopener. I wish the content of this course was taught in schools when I was growing up, but unfortunately it was not.

This is my first online course and I thought the format was great. I personally find it much easier to retain what I see in video than through just reading texts.

Hello, how are you? Thank you for a wonderful journey. It was an eyeopener. It's been very impactful. Maybe a little updating is needed for events around the pope coming to Canada to recognize the churches role in residential schools, among other recent events during the last decade. Thank you again for such a wonderful journey of knowledge and awakening.

Fantastic, informative course. I would recommend that all Canadians take this course. It should be studied in high school, as well. I would suggest that the University proofread the notes that are written from the spoken word, as there are many, many words that have been misheard by the computer doing the translating and the true meaning is often lost.

Very informative. The only thing I would have liked is if in Unit 12 they would have showed examples of artist works when they were talking about those artists. Or if that was not possible, to explain why that was not possible. Thank you for a very good course, as a new settler in Canada I appreciate the opportunity to learn more about it's native people.

Thank You to University of Alberta's Faculty of Native Studies for offering this very informative and "eye opening" course. The development of the course was outstanding; offering a multi-faceted presentation of course material through videos, written course notes and interpretation of Canada's indigenous peoples through art. "The Past is Always Present"

Great course. Would highly recommend it to anyone looking to learn about or more about Indigenous People and their culture. It was eye opening to learn just how Indigenous People live, love and accept all things around them. Their traditions and ways of life are what today's society is trying to rectify. One can definitely learn a lot from this course.

I found this course extremely interesting and informative. I appreciated the different presenters and their views and stories of history. The art work was amazing. I took a course by Alfred Youngman at the University of Lethbridge and wrote my paper on the views of Indigenous art and world views of the people. This course affirmed many of my thoughts.

This course was eye opening, interesting, sad and inspiring. I highly recommend anyone to take this course to learn about our deeper and often unspoken history of North America prior to the european and french settlement and to learn how the settlements and colonialism has massively affected those who inhabited this land before us and future generations.