A Canadian-born actor is urging everyone to get educated on Indigenous issues and history in 2020.
Dan Levy, co-creator or the popular SchittB次元官网网址檚 Creek, posted a video to Twitter about Indigenous Canada, a free online course from the University of Alberta.
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The actor said he would be hosting question and answer sessions with professors to delve deeper into the materials and learn about past and present issues that many students B次元官网网址� including Levy himself B次元官网网址� may not have learned in school.
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According to the University of Alberta, the course B次元官网网址渃ourse explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations.B次元官网网址� For more information, visit: https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html.
Come learn with me? IB次元官网网址檝e signed up for a (free) course through the University of Alberta called Indigenous Canada. 12 lessons that explore Indigenous histories and contemporary issues from an Indigenous perspective.
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This little video explains it all. Sign up via link in my bio!
LevyB次元官网网址檚 call comes after a series of ongoing Black Lives Matter protests that in Canada have grown to include racism and police brutality against Indigenous peoples.
This year has also seen a fatal police shooting of Indigenous woman Chantel Moore during a wellness check and a confrontation between police and Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, over an alleged expired licence plate.
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