Dan Levy encourages everyone to take U of A ‘Indigenous Canada’ class with him

Dan Levy is going back to school and is inviting everyone to sit with him at lunch. Metaphorically, at least. The writer, actor and newly-nominated Emmy hopeful is helping to bring awareness to an online course currently available through the University of Alberta, which teaches the history of Indigenous people in the land colonially known as Canada and explores contemporary issues from an Indigenous perspective.Sharing information about the course on his Instagram page on August 17, Levy announced that he will be starting the course this upcoming weekend and hosting weekly discussions with the professors every Sunday for the 12-week duration. The discussions and Q&A segments will be shared on Levy’s social media page and begin Sunday, August 23 at 3 p.m. ET.“I thought, if I’m going to sign up and learn, maybe some other people would want to join me and we could do this as a group,” said Levy in his IG video. “If you’re anything like me, I was not a good student and I need group support. I thought this could be a really great way of doing that.” As of press time, almost 92,400 students had enrolled in the course.

 

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I’ve just signed up for a (free) course being offered through the University of Alberta called Indigenous Canada. It’s a 12 lesson course that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues from an Indigenous perspective. I will be hosting weekly discussions with the Profs every Sunday for 12 weeks with the hope that we can all learn together. Sign up via link in my bio!

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Indigenous Canada is an online course offered through U of A and is open to all, can be completed for free, or students can pay a small fee to receive a certificate once they have completed the course (U of A students can also earn a course credit). The 12-week course is described as looking at history from an Indigenous perspective and exploring “key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations.” Topics include fur trade and other exchange relationships, land claims and environmental impacts, legal systems and rights, and contemporary Indigenous life, art and its expressions.