Winter 2026 Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) Introductory Online Language Course
8 x 90 min classes on Tuesdays @ 5pm Eastern Time from January 6 – March 3
This course is open to everyone – both Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants who wish to learn to uplift language revitalization. If you are a non-Indigenous language learner, we invite you to review these reflections on what it means to be a non-Indigenous learner in an Indigenous language learning course.
We offer this language learning opportunity as a partnership between our charitable social enterprise and Natural Curiosity. It is also made possible by the TD Friends of the Environmental Foundation and the RCMP, which are both working to support Indigenous language revitalization.
Your Language Instructor:
Sarah Wood is a member of Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation and currently resides in Peterborough, ON, where she is completing her PhD in Indigenous Studies at Trent University. She has been learning Anishinaabemowin for 6 years. She is also a part-time faculty member at Brock University, Trent University and Biidwewdamowaad Nimkiig Biidaabang teaching Anishinaabemowin and an immersion facilitator and language teacher at Ninaatigoons Learning.
From a past course participant: “I would recommend this learning opportunity to anyone who is interested in the language. It is a low floor, high ceiling learning opportunity – we were given the tools to do a lot, or a little, depending on what we were comfortable with. If Sarah Wood is teaching a language class, take it!”
Dates and Times:
- Tuesday evenings, 5:00pm-6:30pm Eastern Time: January 6, 13, 20, 27 / February 3, 10, 24 / March 3
Recorded and made available to registrants after for those who can’t attend live (available for 3 months after the session)
Course Outline:
- Session 1: Greetings/Sound Chart/Introductions
- Session 2: Persons/Maaba and Maanda
- Session 3: Animate Intransitive Verbs (VAI)
- Session 4: Animate Intransitive Verbs (VAI) Continued
- Session 5: Feelings/Daily Routines
- Session 6: Weather/Inanimate Intransitive Verbs (VII)
- Session 7: Inanimate Transitive Verbs (VTI)
- Session 8: Animate Transitive Verbs (VTA)/Review/ Next Steps
All registrants will receive:
- 8 live (virtual) 90 min language learning sessions
- A link to the recordings & supplemental resources (available for up to 3 months following the workshops)
- A Certificate of Completion for the sessions attended (live or recorded)
Your contribution:
- FREE for Indigenous Participants: We invite you to register, free of charge, no questions asked
- 75% Discounted Rate for Indigenous Participants: Option to contribute a smaller amount (75% off regular) to support this work
- Non-Indigenous Participants: $180 ($22.50/session)
- Group Discounts: 20% off for groups of 5 or more more using this discount code at checkout: XKJS3VJC
- For groups of 10 or more, we can offer larger group discounts. Please check out the group rates here, and email programs@outdoorlearning.com for more info and to register.
Your course fee goes towards supporting our charity in covering the course costs, including ensuring that we compensate the course instructors adequately, and that we can continue to offer learning opportunities like these. These are offered free of charge for Indigenous participants as an acknowledgement that one should not have to pay for something that was stolen.
