With a focus on two worldviews (Indigenous and non-Indigenous), this course will introduce students to wellness and resilience in the context of Gladue Report Writing, and to attributes that are highly valued in the professional practices and ethical standards required to be a successful Gladue writer. Students will also explore personal and professional boundaries of a Gladue writer, and develop self-care techniques.

The goal of this course is to explore the key factors of colonialism that have led to the high rates of incarceration of Indigenous people in the Canadian Judicial System.

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian judicial system.

An Indigenous person's "Sacred Story" is the foundation of the Gladue Report. This course will introduce students to a comprehensive variety of research methods and traditional approaches for gathering, analyzing and summarizing information through an Indigenous lens that captures an individual's lived experiences, and draws out the Gladue factors. GLDU 1201 taken prior or concurrently.

An effective and well-balanced Gladue report indicates the Gladue factors that are inherent to an individual's history and lived experiences, and is essential to the judicial system in making well-informed decisions when sentencing First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Non-Status peoples. Subsequently, the Gladue report can play a key role in other social service areas such as case management, and can help guide the individual in their healing journey by acting as a self-reflecting mirror. This course will prepare students to write and present a holistic, individualized, and objective Gladue Report.

The capstone course is the culminating course of the Gladue Report Writing Certificate Program. In this course, students will deepen their understanding of Indigenous justice issues and will obtain the required experience and skills to become professional Gladue writers. Working with mentors, students will apply their learning from the previous courses towards contributing to and writing Gladue reports.