Indigenous History for Social Workers Course Online: 3.5 Social Work CPD Hours

Indigenous Peoples in Canada: History, Law and the TRC Calls to Action is a practical, self-paced CPD course for social workers and social service workers across Canada. Required-topic course: pre-contact to present, treaties, the Indian Act, residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, UNDRIP, the TRC Calls to Action and your role. It has nine narrated lessons and a 36-question final exam. Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.

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Indigenous Peoples in Canada: History, Law and the TRC Calls to Action at a glance

What you will learn in this Indigenous history for social workers course

• Explain why Indigenous history is essential to social work practice.
• Describe the diversity of Indigenous societies and governance.
• Describe the main colonial laws and policies and their purposes.
• Describe the residential school system, its purpose and its harms.
• Describe the Sixties Scoop and the present day overrepresentation.
• Describe how anti Indigenous racism shows up in services.
• Explain the Commission's view of reconciliation.
• Describe holistic and strengths based views of wellness.
• Apply what you have learned to realistic cases.

Indigenous History for Social Workers course curriculum: nine lessons built around real situations

Short narrated lessons with worked examples and practice pauses, each closing with a knowledge check. Slides and a transcript are included for every lesson.

Indigenous History for Social Workers course: 3.5 online CPD hours for Canadian social workers

The course counts as 3.5 instructional hours. Complete every lesson, pass the final exam, download your certificate, and enter the activity in your regulator’s CPD record yourself. Keep the certificate and your notes as evidence. This is a required-topic course: several regulators ask for ethics, Indigenous learning, cultural safety or equity, diversity and inclusion hours. See the requirements by province page to check where it fits.

Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.

The complete pack gives you all 18 courses and 54 CPD hours with a certificate for each, for $299 CAD. Bought one at a time they would cost $702.

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