![A professor talking to his class of students sitting in the Gathering Space](/indigenous/sites/trentu.ca.indigenous/files/2023-06/sq_20100617-19.jpeg)
Academic
Indigenous Studies Academic Programs encompass a wide area of study in general learning - including politics, women and gender, history, culture, languages, law and governance, social and economic conditions and development, Indigenous theory and practice. All of our studies are infused with a foundation of Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and Practices based on thousands of years of oral and written histories
![Students in regalia dancing on stage in the Performance Space](/indigenous/sites/trentu.ca.indigenous/files/2023-06/sq_20070618-11.jpeg)
Cultural
Indigenous Studies graduates are trained, in cross-cultural environments, to analyze their experiences in a critical manner and to apply their learning in an Aboriginal context.
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Community
Students are provided with practical job experience and training in positions of responsibility and also allow us individually and collectively, the opportunity to give back to the community through providing helpers to community initiatives.