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This Canadian Red Cross course provides comprehensive First Aid & CPR techniques for those who want more knowledge to prepare for and respond to emergencies in the home or workplace. This course is a pre-requisite for many of the post-secondary programs offered by Fanshawe College. This course meets the WSIB 1101 First Aid training requirements for workplaces. A variety of topics are covered from...

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a 12-hour course from the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Just as a physical aid is administered to an injured person, MHFA teaches you how to help someone showing signs of a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. It also provides an overview of common mental health problems, causes, symptoms, treatments and referrals. This course is...

Designed for in-facility care providers such as nursing staff, care aides, medical and dental professionals, and pre-hospital care providers. This course takes the place of the former HCP Level of Standard First Aid / CPR and will be required for PSW students to take their placements. Upon successful completion, students will receive 1 year certification in Basic Life Support from Red Cross.

Explore the fundamentals of homeopathy, a holistic system of natural medicine that has been practiced for over 200 years. This introductory course offers students a comprehensive overview of homeopathic philosophy, history, and core principles-such as "like cures like" and potentization. Students will learn how remedies are prepared, selected, and applied for common acute conditions such as colds...

This course will focus on the supports that are available to newcomers, and demonstrate to students how they will be able to work with their clients effectively in order to best navigate these services. Topics include; youth in Settlement, role of family dynamics/gender in immigrants, family Settlement planning, adaptations in becoming a Canadian family, and preparing a needs assessment for...

The purpose of this course is to encourage students to experience and explore Indigenous cosmology, knowledge and world view and its relationship to the land. The influence and importance of land on Indigenous world view will provide a way of understanding the contemporary perspectives on identity and self determination. In addition, students will be encouraged to examine and locate their own...

Indigenous Peoples are over-represented both as victims and offenders. Students explore the impact of the residential schools, effects of colonialism on traditional values and culture, as well as structural victimization. Students critically examine and assess Canada's principal approaches to addressing victimization and offending by and against Indigenous Peoples. Through discussion and...

This course will examine contemporary issues relevant to Indigenous peoples around the globe. The course will begin by exploring patterns and themes of Indigenous histories, including the varying impact of European colonialism and settlement. Central to this study is an analysis of land claims settlement issues, the quest for self-government, housing, education, culture, health and various...

In this course, students will gain an understanding of the historical factors that contributed to the creation of Residential Schools, including the history of colonization and the relationship between the government and Indigenous communities. Students will reflect upon and further develop their understanding of the ongoing impact of Residential Schools.

This course is designed to introduce students to Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language). It will provide the learner with a basic frame work of Anishinaabemowin orthography. The focus of the course will be on the reading and writing of the language. The learning is reinforced through the use of on-line tutorials as well as practice in order to enhance the learners understanding of the structure and...