Micro-Credentials at FNTI
FNTI’s micro-credentials are rooted in culture and are developed as rapid training opportunities that can help individuals gain skills or retrain.
Our goal is to help our communities prosper through knowledge, service, and employment.
FNTI's micro-credentials are organized into bundles, each with a specific focus.
Each individual micro-credential takes 15 hours to complete and are facilitated by Instructors, Cultural Advisors, and Student Success Facilitators. The successful completion of a micro-credential will be recognized with a unique digital badge. Learners who complete three (3) micro-credentials within a single bundle are eligible to receive a Certificate of Recognition.
Self-Paced Micro-Credentials - Now Open
Self-Paced - Critical Thinking
Course begins: June 22, 2026
Course ends: July 24, 2026
Cost: $100.00
Learners will examine how trauma impacts the ability to think critically, problem solve, or be fully aware in decision making. Learners will explore the development of critical thinking skills in the context of Indigenous healing, wellness, and community development that further the growth of Indigenous self-determination.
Self-Paced - Introduction to Indigenous Worldviews
Course begins: July 27, 2026
Course ends: August 28, 2026
Cost: $100.00
Indigenous worldviews are defined by complex relationships between people, their lands, and the gifts that are given to them by regional teachings. Through discussion on Creation Stories and original instructions, learners will critically examine and assess how differences in worldview impact our values, beliefs, thoughts, actions, and consider the role of language as carrier of worldview and culture.
Self-Paced - Meaning of Treaties, Agreements, and Land Claims
Course begins: August 31, 2026
Course ends: October 2, 2026
Cost: $100.00
Treaties are foundational in the past, present and future law-making processes of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. Understanding these relationships from the perspectives of those involved is fundamental to contextualizing Indigenous relationships with the Canadian Government and the Crown. Learners will explore the intention, process, and significance of both historical and current Treaties and agreements.
Self-Paced - Allyship: from Confusion to Becoming
Course begins: September 21, 2026
Course ends: October 23, 2026
Cost: $100.00
Allyship is greatly valued and a huge step towards challenging oppression. Allyship with Indigenous Peoples’ requires an unwavering commitment to learning, unlearning and challenging change. It means building and fostering respectful relationships, that includes a process of building relationships based on trust, consistency, and accountability. This micro-credential will examine common interpretations of the word “ally” and the work of “allyship” including the role of allyship from an Indigenous lens, why allies are needed, how an ally can overstep, and what qualifies someone as an ally.