Nothing About Us, Without Us: Indigenous Awareness Training

Indigenous awareness training designed by Indigenous voices

About This Course

Nothing About Us, Without Us is an Indigenous Awareness Training proudly presented by IAP2 Canada. Designed by Indigenous professionals, knowledge keepers, Elders, and community members, this course centres the concept of colonialism as a shared experience, and explores how that history shapes the Indigenous world and Canadian society today.

Through both historic and contemporary perspectives, and led by Indigenous voices, this training gives participants the opportunity to strategize and reflect on equity in modern society. This course strives to answer a central question: when it comes to the Indigenous story, where do we go from here?

Key Benefits

Gain foundational knowledge of key historical events including the Indian Act, treaties, and the residential school legacy.
Understand diverse Indigenous worldviews, traditions, and values.
Recognize the impacts of colonialism on both Indigenous Peoples and Canadian society, past and present.
Identify personal and systemic biases, myths, and assumptions.
Develop strategies for respectful engagement, partnership, and communication with Indigenous communities.
Apply learning directly to your workplace context and professional growth.
Build a foundation for ongoing personal and professional development in Indigenous relations.

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Why Take This Course

Engaging with Indigenous Peoples and communities without foundational awareness can cause harm, deepen mistrust, and undermine reconciliation. This course gives you the grounding to do better.

You will learn how to:

Understand colonialism as a shared experience that affects all Canadians.
Recognize how government policies of assimilation have created lasting social, economic, and political challenges.
Reflect on how your role, organization, and systems intersect with Indigenous realities.
Build the awareness and responsibility needed to engage appropriately — and to know when Indigenous-led processes are required.

This training is educational, reflective, and relational. It does not make you an expert, but it builds the awareness necessary to engage with respect, humility, and accountability.

Expected Outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

Recall and understand key historical events, including the Indian Act, treaties, and the residential school legacy.
Recognize the impact of government policies of assimilation and the resulting challenges facing Indigenous communities today.
Understand how colonialism came about and how colonial thinking continues to shape our world.
Appreciate the diversity of Indigenous worldviews, traditions, and values.
Identify personal and systemic biases, myths, and assumptions that affect Indigenous engagement.
Develop strategies for respectful engagement, partnership, and communication with Indigenous communities.
Apply this knowledge to workplace contexts, Indigenous engagement practices, and professional growth.
Identify opportunities for continued personal and professional development in Indigenous relations.

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