A recent course at Thompson Rivers University gave international students the opportunity to learn about Indigenous traditions, culture, and history. “These students have been in Canada for a very short period of time and they came to the classroom having heard stereotypes about Indigenous people, […] but they really didn’t know very much about issues that shape Indigenous peoples’ lives in Canada,” said TRU Associate Professor Mukwa Musayett (Shelly Johnson), who led the course. Several students told CFJC Today that the course commonly drew on a practice of sitting in a circle and listening to classmates speak, which changed their perspective of one another. “When I learned through Indigenous people, I learned no borders can separate us,” said TRU student Kusum.
