Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Nation-Building

About this programme

Planned outage: Beginning Nov. 1, you will not be able to access the USask admission application and event registration system for up to six days. Learn more . The Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Nation‑Building at the University of Saskatchewan focuses on how Indigenous nations advance self‑determination through their own governance traditions and contemporary practices. The program centres Indigenous perspectives on governance, policy, and nationhood, with a strong focus on Saskatchewan Indigenous nations and communities. Engage with Indigenous knowledge and governance traditions in respectful partnership with communities. This certificate prepares leaders to advance Indigenous‑led futures through informed, ethical practice. Jointly offered by the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) and Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS), the Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Nation-Building provides students with an in-depth understanding of the traditional and modern governance approaches Indigenous nations are taking as they assert self-determination and self-governance. The impact of Canadian settler colonialism on Indigenous nationhood and how Indigenous peoples have resisted will also be examined. This certificate program will help you strengthen your knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of policy development and implementation, governance, and self-determination within Indigenous governments and communities. Specifically, you will be encouraged and trained to listen to and learn from a nation's culture, language, history, and the Old Ones