Canadian Universities Are Offering So Many Free Courses & Here Are 6 You Can Try RN

There's one about dinosaurs!
Canadian Universities Are Offering So Many Free Courses & Here Are 6 You Can Try RN

Canadian Universities Are Offering So Many Free Courses & Here Are 6 ...

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If you love learning or want to further your education, there are a bunch of free online courses in Canada offered by post-secondary schools.

Here are six classes you can sign up for right now.

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Indigenous Canada

School: University of Alberta

Why You Should Enroll: So you can learn about Indigenous histories and current issues in Canada from an Indigenous perspective. This is the course Dany Levy took in 2020, so you'll have something in common with him if you take it.

Apply Here

Gender Analytics: Gender Equity through Inclusive Design Specialization

School: University of Toronto

Why You Should Enroll: If you want to learn more about gender identity and intersectionality, along with how to create innovative solutions, this class is for you.

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Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology

School: University of Alberta

Why You Should Enroll: If you're fascinated by dinosaurs, you can take this course that covers topics like dinosaur anatomy, eating, environmental and behavioural adaptations, origins and extinction.

Apply Here

Business Foundations

School: University of British Columbia

Why You Should Enroll: You can learn the key concepts of business with this course, which goes through business models, competition, basic accounting and more.

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The Arts and Science of Relationships: Understanding Human Needs

School: University of Toronto

Why You Should Enroll: If you want to improve your relationships, this course could help you by teaching you basic concepts and the framework for relationship management.

Apply Here

How to Code: Simple Data

School: University of British Columbia

Why You Should Enroll: You can learn how to write programming and the course ends with you designing a simple interactive game.

Apply Here

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    Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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