{"id":992,"date":"2021-07-12T14:58:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T18:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/?page_id=992"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:58:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:58:58","slug":"collaborative-indigenous-learning-bundles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/collaborative-indigenous-learning-bundles\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n
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In 2016, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada made several calls to action<\/a> to address systemic racism in Canada\u2019s language and culture, child welfare, health care, judicial, and education systems. In the recommendations for reconciliation specific to higher education, the commission called for post-secondary institutions to increase the integration of Indigenous knowledge<\/strong> into the classroom. Carleton University\u2019s Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles were conceived by Kahente Horn-Miller<\/a> as a way to gather Indigenous ways of knowing and make them available to the Carleton learning community without overburdening Indigenous experts, or expecting Bundles\u2019 users to be experts in these topics. The Bundles are for instructors to use within credit classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s in a Bundle?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Designed as both a resource for instructors and learning tool for students to use in the classroom, the Bundles provide the necessary factual and theoretical basis for understanding Indigenous history and politics in Canada, while also prompting students to consider how this knowledge might be applied in their area of study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each Bundle, produced and delivered by Indigenous experts, is formatted as a Brightspace module, addressing issues and topics relevant to Indigenous peoples. These modules can be imported into any Brightspace course site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Bundles include a lesson from an Indigenous expert, followed by an audio or video interview with an Indigenous Knowledge Keeper. Each Bundle also contains several interactive Knowledge Checks, Suggested Readings and Resources, and Instructor Resources (with class and assessment activity ideas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bundle Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Bundles offer essential factual and theoretical grounding in Indigenous history and politics in Canada, while encouraging you to apply this learning within your area of study. The goal is simply for instructors to model a willingness to learn and to connect the Bundles\u2019 content with their own areas of knowledge. What\u2019s most needed isn\u2019t specialized academic expertise, but a genuine openness to learn and engage with Indigenous content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bundle topics include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • The First Peoples: A Brief Overview<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Decolonization is for Everyone: Identity Formation in the Canadian Context<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Engaging with Indigenous Communities<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Indigenous-Canada Relations<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Cultural Conceptions of the Life Cycle<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Inuit Story<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Maternal and Child Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Determinants of Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Indigenous Law and Conceptions of Human Rights<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Contemporary Indigenous Arts in the Gallery<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ethics of Research with Indigenous Peoples<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Accessible Information: Library-based Research and Indigenous Communities<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ongoing Colonialism: An Advanced Overview<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • \u201cOur Original Instructions\u201d: Engaging with Lands and Waters<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Indigenous Sciences: Shifting the Paradigm in Western Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Three-Eyed Seeing in Science | Weaving Knowledge Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • NEW! <\/strong>Kitcikisik (k\u012bcik\u012bsik) The Great Sky: Indigenous Star Knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    How You Use the Bundles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The Bundles can only be integrated into a Brightspace credit course site, and at an instructor\u2019s request. If you are an instructor interested in using one or two Bundles in your class(es):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We\u2019ll reach out to schedule a meeting with a TLS learning specialist to determine what activities you can integrate into your class around the Bundle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Submit your request<\/strong> in advance of your course term (see the link and instructions at the bottom of this page). We will then enrol you on a site where you can review the Bundles in detail and determine how they fit into your existing course content and outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Once you\u2019ve decided which Bundle(s) you\u2019d like to incorporate, please respond to your original request detailing which Bundle you would like to incorporate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    An Introduction From Kahente Horn-Miller<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n