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University Preparation

Indigenous University Preparation Program (IUPP)

The Indigenous University Preparation Program (IUPP) at Simon Fraser University helps Indigenous learners prepare and transition to undergraduate studies. The program offers first-year academic credit courses that integrate humanities and social sciences with Indigenous perspectives. Students that are part of the IUPP take one Education course.

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Undergraduate Studies

EDUC 311: Indigenous Knowledges, Language, and Culture

An exploration of Indigenous knowledges, languages, and cultures from the geographic region that is currently known as Canada with a specific focus on what is currently British Columbia. Considerations and implications for teaching practices in educational environments will also be explored. 

Next offering: Fall 2026 

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EDUC 455: Indigenous Arts Practices  

Explores a wide range of Indigenous art practices in K-12 classrooms and other educational settings. Combining theory and practice, students explore respectful learning from and about Indigenous arts, their role in sharing knowledge, the complexities associated with teaching Indigenous art practices, and ways to teach Indigenous Education through Indigenous arts practices. Prerequisite: Six units of EDUC courses or equivalent.

Next offering: Summer 2027

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Teacher Education

Indigenous Perspectives Teacher Education Module (IPTEM)

The Indigenous Perspective Teacher Education Module within the Professional Development Program (PDP) focuses on Indigenizing the curriculum, through the inclusion of Indigenous worldviews, knowledge and perspectives and increase awareness of colonizing behaviors and patterns.

Annual intake: Fall

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Graduate Studies

Masters of Education (MEd) in Educational Leadership: Indigenous Resurgence

Centring on Indigenous ways of knowing and being, this cohort-based program engages students in learning from their own unique perspectives. This program will be offered on the traditional unceded territories of Semiahmoo, Katzie, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Kwantlen, Qayqayt and Tsawwassen Nations, on which SFU Surrey is located.

Next intake: Fall 2027

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PAST PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES 

Graduate Diplomas in Education

  • Indigenous Education: Wholistic Teachings and Transformative Pedagogies, GDE (Fall 2023) 
    This Indigenous Education themed Graduate Diploma in Education was developed in consultation with Dr. Vicki Kelly, Dr. Paula Rosehart, and members of the Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation).
  • Indigenous Education: Education for Reconciliation, GDE (Fall 2017)

Master's Degrees

  • Educational Practice: Indigenous Pedagogy and Indigenous Inquiry, MEd (Fall 2025) 
    Graduates of the GDE in Indigenous Education: Wholistic Teachings and Transformative Pedagogies took a deeper dive into educational theory, research and practice within the context of wholistic participatory pedagogical pathways and Indigenous Inquiry. This program took place on the traditional unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations, on which SFU Burnaby is located.
  • Educational Leadership: Indigenous Resurgence, MEd (Fall 2022) 
    This Master of Education program was collaboratively developed by Simon Fraser University, the Lower Similkameen Indian Band and Nicola Valley Institute Of Technology and took place on the traditional unceded territories of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band (Cawston, B.C.).
  • Educational Practice: Indigenous Theme, MEd (Fall 2019) 
  • Curriculum & Instruction: Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw, MEd (Fall 2019)
    North Vancouver, B.C.  
  • Curriculum & Instruction: Imagination and Cultural Inclusion, MEd (Fall 2011) 
    Prince Rupert and Terrace, B.C.
  • Curriculum & Instruction: Indigenous Education - Foundations in Diversity Inclusion, MEd (Summer 2008)
    Burnaby, B.C. 
  • Curriculum & Instruction: Northern Issues – Aboriginal, MEd (Fall 2005)
    Prince George, B.C. 
  • Curriculum & Instruction: Imagination and Cultural Inclusion, MEd (Spring 2005) 
    Haida Gwaii / Prince Rupert, B.C.

Doctoral Degrees

  • Educational Leadership: Leading for Educational Change in the Yukon, EdD (2022)
    This doctoral program provides a blend of rigorous coursework and original research that meets the needs of educators who occupy positions of influence in schools, colleges, universities and health and community services. Students will focus on integrating education and leadership theory with practice and drawing on the Yukon’s unique socio-political-cultural-environmental context, preparing them to understand the current educational landscape, think for change, and enact change is fundamental to the program’s intent.
  • Culturally Inclusive Place-Based Education, EdD (Summer 2015)

 

CONTACT US

Contact the Office of Indigenous Education (ed_indigenous@sfu.ca) for information, support and services.

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