Indigenous Studies

Certificates allow you to complete a specific group of university courses (for credit) as either part of your degree studies or separately..

Focusing on Aboriginal history, cultures, arts, rights and governance, this cross-disciplinary certificate allows students to gain deeper comprehension of the enduring presence of Aboriginal societies and cultures in Canada. It is particularly valuable for Aboriginal students interested in reconstructing the principles underlying their own worldviews, environment, languages; and for non-Aboriginal students who wish to have a understanding of their own relationship, as Canadians, to Aboriginal peoples.

Students will have access to a broad selection of courses that provide Aboriginal perspectives on a range of topics, including colonization history, cultural survival, contemporary Native arts, Indigenous rights, First Nations governance, urbanization, and relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Canada.

This certificate is ideal for students for whom knowledge of Aboriginal peoples' histories, cultures and current issues may have particular relevance to their chosen career paths and/or future academic studies.

Who can take it?

This certificate is open to the following applicants:

1. current York students, or
2. new applicants to York.

If your first language is not English, you must show you have an acceptable level of English by completing a language proficiency test.

If you have completed at least one full year at an accredited university in a country where English is the official language of the institution, you may be exempt from this requirement.

1. Meet minimum admission requirements
2. Meet program-specific requirements
3. Know the application deadlines
4. Submit your application
5. Submit all required documentation
6. Check on Transfer Credit for Advanced Placement