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Overview

The MEd is designed for teachers, administrators, community educators, early childhood educators, or students in other professions who wish to enhance their knowledge and professional practice in Indigenous education. This program will:

  • Develop educators’ knowledge, understanding and theory and pedagogic skills concerning Indigenous education and Indigenous knowledge;
  • Analyze existing curriculum frameworks and structures so that educators may better understand Indigenous worldviews and use Indigenous knowledge and pedagogies in respectful and responsible ways; and
  • Provide new professional development opportunities for learning about and practicing Indigenous pedagogies and ways of knowing and thoughtful and strategic ways to implement these in education curricula and programming.

Program Structure

This degree encompasses flexible learning modes and so will be offered on-campus in summer months within classroom and land - based settings, as well as online to support remote learning. The program normally takes 28 months of consecutive study.

The following 7 courses (21 credits) are required:

  • EDST 591: Indigenous Epistemology and Curriculum (3 credits)
  • LLED 513: Indigenous Storytelling in Education (3 credits)
  • EDCP 532: Theories and Dimensions of Place- Based Education: Ecohumanist, Critical, and Indigenous Lenses (3 credits)
  • EDUC 500: Research Methods in Education - Indigenous Emphasis (3 credits)
  • EDST 545: Indigenous Inquiry and Research (3 credits)
  • ETEC 521: Indigeneity, Technology, and Education (3 credits)
  • One of EDST 590, LLED 590, or EDCP 590: Graduating Paper (3 credits)

Recommended electives (9 credits) include the following:

  • EDCP 539: Narrativity, Ecopedagogy and Indigeneity (3 credits)
  • EDST 505: First Nations and Educational Change (3 credits)
  • EDST 546: Indigenous Methodology and Epistemology (3 credits)
  • LLED 527: Materials Development for Indigenous Language Learning & Teaching (3 credits)
  • EDUC 440: Aboriginal Education in Canada (3 credits)
  • FNEL 480: Endangered Language Documentation and Revitalization (3-12 credits)
  • FNEL 380: Technologies for Endangered Language Documentation and Revitalization (3 credits)
  • EDUC 442: Critical Issues in Indigenous Education (1-3 credits)

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