Program Overview
Trent University's Indigenous diploma programs provide First Nations, Métis, and Inuit students an alternative route to university studies, recognizing Indigenous Knowledge and fostering a supportive learning environment. These programs emphasize career-level skills, with the potential to earn both a diploma and a degree in four years. Graduates can pursue diverse careers in fields such as Indigenous or non-Indigenous government policy, environmental education, and resource management.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Trent’s distinctive Indigenous diploma programs give First Nations, Métis, or Inuit students an alternate path into university-level studies. Start your studies here at Trent, a University where Indigenous Knowledge is respected and recognized as a means by which to understand the world. Through our supportive and inclusive environment, students in the diploma programs bring diverse cultures, values, histories, and languages to the classroom while building career-level skills. As the only programs of their kind in Ontario, all of Trent’s Indigenous diploma programs count as credit towards future studies, with the possibility for students to complete both a diploma and a degree within just four years.
Careers:
Career Opportunities
- Indigenous or Non-Indigenous Government Policy Specialist
- Environmental Educator
- Natural Resource Manager or Researcher
- Indigenous Corporate Liaison Officer
- Environmental Lawyer
- Consultant
- Teacher
- Indigenous/Private Sector Liaison
- Park Warden
- Environmental Activist
Other:
Resume Boosters:
- Take hands-on environmental fieldwork courses in Trent’s 11 on-campus nature areas
- Lead a community-based research project and apply your knowledge to assist a local or national organization, including Curve Lake First Nation Band Council, Chiefs of Ontario, The Ayalik Fund, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, or Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG)
- Volunteer with the Trent Aboriginal Cultural Knowledge and Science youth outreach summer camp
Popular Courses:
- Foundation in Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the Environment
- Indigenous People Health and the Environment
- Canada: The Land
- Sustainable Indigenous Communities
- Indigenous Food Systems
