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Métis Foundational Knowledge Themes

5 Modules

Métis educators, Nation leaders, and cultural experts collectively agreed on five themes to support educators as they develop their foundational knowledge about the Métis in Alberta.

Each theme shares information about Métis history, identity, and life in Alberta. Métis voices are authentically shared through the themes, woven together with academic research to best share our Métis story in Alberta. Part 1 is an online digitally guided course, supplemented with Part 2, a question and collaborative community helping you further understand and apply the modules.

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Asynchronous

Certificate

No Cost

For All

20+ Hours

Online

Languages of Métis module icon

Languages of Métis are unique embodiments and expressions of Métis identity and worldview. Students and teachers who cultivate an appreciation for languages used by the Métis can better understand and appreciate Métis culture.

This resource helps teachers to understand the importance of four languages traditionally spoken by the Métis. This will assist in fostering an education system that aligns with what Métis families hope their children will learn about their culture and identity.

Métis culture and traditions module icon.

Métis have known the land and waterways in what is known as “Alberta” today for generations before the provincial boundary lines were drawn.

Métis families have been essential to the establishment of virtually all communities around Alberta throughout their history. Today, Métis live and work in almost every community in Alberta, as well as in distinct Metis Settlements.

métis homeland history module icon

Across the Métis Homeland are histories of resilience, strength, self-governance, and hope. Métis legacy is rooted in the fur trade and foundational to resistance against colonization.

This theme shares Métis history from a place of strength, reflecting the way the people know themselves, and empowering educators with a reflective engagement of Métis history.

métis in alberta module icon

Across the Métis Homeland are histories of resilience, strength, self-governance, and hope. Métis legacy is rooted in the fur trade and foundational to resistance against colonization.

This theme shares Métis history from a place of strength, reflecting the way the people know themselves, and empowering educators with a reflective engagement of Métis history.

métis nation governance module icon

The Métis Nation has been a unified collective of communities for over two centuries. Throughout this time, it has established governance that supported the needs of the community based on two core ways of being: otipemisiwak (say: oh-tih-pem-soo-wuk) and wahkohtowin (say: wak-koh-toh-win).

  • Otipemisiwak is a term from the Cree language referring to the self-led, independence of the Métis within their Nation.
  • Wahkohtowin is also a Cree language term, referring to the foundational way Métis live relationally.

Throughout its history and today, the Métis Nation governs its own Nation with passion for its people.

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The certificate of completion is available when each module in a course is complete.