Program Description
This two-year program provides students with the skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to perform the responsibilites in an administrative and management/leadership capacity within a First Nation organization or community. Students receive focused instruction in First Nation government systems based on the Inherent and Treaty Rights of First Nations. The curriculum provides learners with an appreciation of indigenous forms of governance and organizational development, from pre-contact to the present, including modern forms of organizational and management principles. Students graduate with a solid understanding of:
- Program administration and management skills.
- Financial management and accountability of program dollars.
- The philosophical contrasts between First Nation traditional forms of governance and contemporary systems.
- The evolution of First Nation inherent rights and the philosophical foundations that give power to these rights. Further, participants gain an understanding of the contemporary relevancy of First Nation inherent rights within the Canadian political system.
- Aboriginal treaty land entitlement and comprehensive land claims from the perspective of Aboriginal and treaty rights.
Courses
- Aboriginal Case Law
- Aboriginal Human & Fiscal Issues
- Communications I
- Communications II
- Community Planning
- Computer Applications
- Financial Management
- Governance Structures
- History of First Nations & Non-First Nations Relations
- Inherent & Treaty Rights
- Introduction to Finance
- Leadership & Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Political Policy
- Project Management
Admission Requirements
You are invited to apply if you have:
- Senior 4 or equivalent education standing, or
- Achieved a combination of education and experience as a mature student.