Dechinta offers land-based, experiential university accredited field semesters in the heartland of Chief Drygeese Territory/Northwest Territories, Canada. Experience hands-on curriculum rooted in Indigenous pedagogy and knowledge facilitated by elders, professors and Northern leaders.
Apply now for Fall Semester 2012
Fall: August 3rd – November 3rd
At-home reading and preparation begins August 3, On-site September 7 – October 16, Final assignments due November 3rd.
Courses and Topics Include:
Dene, Inuit & Métis Political History: Self-Determination in Theory and in Practice -Dechinta Core: Community Governance and Research Methodologies -Journalism- Health Promotion and Wellness-Boreal Ecology-Sustainable Communities-Negotiations-Participatory Research Methods-Indigenous Law-Wild Harvesting-Moosehide Tanning-Leadership
Join a cohort of northern, circumpolar and international students in a radical adventure to the heart of cutting edge topics in the Canadian North.
Dechinta is family friendly! Kids and extended families are welcome. Kids school offered with integrated cultural and outdoor curriculum
Researcher Opportunities
Situated in the unique Blachford Rare Earth Mineral Complex surrounded by Boreal forest on a 14-mile freshwater lake with adjacent access to Tindee/Tucho (Great Slave Lake), Dechinta also offers an amazing setting for affordable field work, research and sabbaticals in a diverse community of learners year round. Dechinta also offers short-courses and executive training
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online application: www.dechinta.ca/apply/
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