Required Courses
All courses in this cohort will take place at the University of Alberta (in-person).
These are graduate-level, credit courses. You will be in the classroom full-time for the duration of each course. There will also be time spent on readings, assignments, presentations (group and individual), and writing papers.
Note: you must take a course in the term for which you apply. Course offerings are dependent upon sufficient enrollment.
Summer Term 2026
EDU 595 Teaching and Learning for Indigenous Language Sustainability ★3
Dates TBD
In this course, we explore methods for supporting Indigenous language learning by community members of all ages. Students will discover successful approaches to language teaching and learning in the home, in school, on the land, and online, and become familiar with how both traditional cultural practices and modern technology can benefit the language learning process.
EDU 595 Pathways to Indigenous Language Sustainability ★3
Dates TBD
In this course, students develop a plan to grow and sustain the use of Indigenous languages in the daily lives of individuals and communities. Students will learn how to investigate current language usage patterns in their own communities, as well as how people (no matter their level of fluency) can support the vitality of their language in all spheres of life through daily speaking and writing in the language.
Courses may be taken through Open Studies or as electives in other graduate programs. Contact us at gcesinfo@ualberta.ca for details.