Upcoming Semesters

Winter 2025
January 27 to May 11, 2025

Fall 2025
September 2 to December 12, 2025

All online courses offered run simultaneously. Each course runs over a fifteen week period.

CAFM Online Courses

Tuition Fees

For CAFM 3, 4, 6, 13 and 14

Member Rate: $650 (plus applicable taxes)
Non-member Rate: $795 (plus applicable taxes)

Mandatory textbooks required for CAFM 3 only. Please refer to the links below to order.

*Per course
Cost of computer, internet access and textbooks for CAFM 3 are not included in the tuition fees and is the responsibility of the student

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CAFM 3 Indigenous Business Law

Course Fees

  • Members: $650 (plus applicable taxes)
  • Non-members: $795 (plus applicable taxes)

As an added benefit, you will receive dual credits for ‘CAFM 3 – Indigenous Business Law’ and ‘CAFM 5 – Values & Ethics in the Indigenous Workplace’ courses into our Certified Aboriginal Professional Administrators program.

  • CAFM 3 – Indigenous Business Law ↔CAPA 14 – Law & Legislative Awareness

Course Completion and Grading

This course has fourteen lessons that run over a 15-week period. Although a suggested schedule follows, you are urged to make your own schedule, paying close attention to exact assignment due dates. These will be confirmed at the start of the course. It’s recommended that you try to complete a lesson a week. Be sure to allow yourself ample time to complete your assignments.

Week Lesson Topic Assignments
Week 1 1 Introduction to the Canadian Legal System  Assignment # 1 (5 %)

 
Week 2 2 Aboriginal Title and Aboriginal Treaty Rights Newspaper Assignment # 2 (5 %)

 
Week 3
Sep. 19-23, 2016		 3 The Indian Act Discussion Activity # 3.1 (3%)

 
Week 4 4 Self Government Case Study Assignment # 3 (5 %)
Week 5 5 Tort Law and Professional Liability Discussion Activity # 5.1 (2 %)

Discussion Activity # 5.2 (3 %)
Week 6 6 Taxation Issues Internet, Newspaper Assignment # 4 (5 %)
Week 7 7 Employment Law Draft Employment Agreement Assignment # 5 (5 %)

MID-TERM EXAM Lessons 1-7 (15 %)
Week 8 8 Business Law I Discussion Activity # 8.1 (5 %)
Week 9 9 Business Law II: Aboriginal Commercial Law Case Study Assignment # 6 (5 %)
Week 10 10 Contract Issues I: Formation of the Contractual Relationship Drafting Assignment # 7 (5 %)
Week 11 11 Contracts II: Interpreting the Contract and Terminating the Contractual Relationship Case Study Assignment # 8 (5 %)
Week 12 12 Contracts III: Special Contracts Discussion Activity # 12.1 (2 %)

Discussion Activity # 12.2 (3 %)
Week 13 13 Debtor and Creditor Relations Assignment # 9 (5 %)
Week 14 14 Special Topics in First Nations Discussion Activity # 14.1 (2 %)

FINAL EXAM Lessons 8-14 (20 %)
Week 15 Course Evaluation

Participation

It is 20% of your course grade, and is centered on Group Discussions. For each lesson, you are required to share information with others via the group discussion area in Moodle the AFOA Canada education platform. Each lesson has a specific group discussion activity. Your instructor/facilitator will monitor the discussion contributions to determine a participation grade, and provide support where required. While frequency of your contribution to the discussion is a factor in the assessment, the quality of the interaction is more important. For each lesson, strive to contribute two (2) substantive postings (i.e. try to include responses to other students postings as well)

CAFM 4 Strategy and Decisions

Course Fees

  • Members: $650 (plus applicable taxes)
  • Non-members: $795 (plus applicable taxes)

Course Description

This course focuses on your role as a financial manager and your ability to make sound and informed decisions as your Indigenous organization seeks to attain high performance. The key processes in attaining high performance are: strategic management; performance management; and effective decision making. These processes are thoroughly discussed in this course, and you will be invited to apply them to your organization. This course covers the following:

      • Decision Making & Problem solving
      • Developing Criteria and Implementation for decision making
      • Strategic Management
      • Performance Measurement
      • Accountability
      • Policy Development

Course Completion and Grading

The course material is broken down into ten lessons. Within each lesson, specific learning objectives as noted in the previous section are listed. Directions are provided to guide you through the readings, lesson notes, other references, and work to be completed.

Course Itinerary

This course has ten lessons that run over a 14-week period. A suggested schedule follows, you are urged to make your own schedule, paying close attention to exact assignment due dates.  These will be confirmed at the start of the course and posted in the Instructor/Coach section. It’s recommended that you try to complete a lesson a week.  Be sure to allow yourselves ample time to complete your assignments.

Week Topic Assignments
1 Introductions
2 The Role of the Indigenous Financial Manager
3 Decision Making & Problem Solving
4 Implementing Decisions
5 Business Cases  Test #1 – 5%
(Covers Lessons 1, 2 and 3)
6  Continuation of Business Cases Due: Assignment #1 15%
7 Strategic Management – Planning
8 Strategic Management – Implementation Test #2 – 5%
(Covers Lessons 4, 5 and 6)
9 Strategic Management – Evaluation
10  Continuation of Strategic Management – Evaluation Due: Assignment#2
20%
11 Accountability Test #3 – 5%
(Covers Lessons 7, 8 and 9)
12 Performance Management
13 Policy Due: Assignment #3
20%
14 Final Exam – 15%

Participation

It is 15% of your course grade, and is centered on Group Discussions. For each lesson, you are required to share information with others via the group discussion area in Moodle the AFOA Canada education platform. Each lesson has a specific group discussion activity. Your instructor/facilitator will monitor the discussion contributions to determine a participation grade, and provide support where required. While frequency of your contribution to the discussion is a factor in the assessment, the quality of the interaction is more important. For each lesson, strive to contribute two (2) substantive postings (i.e. try to include responses to other students postings as well)

CAFM 6 Indigenous History & Developments

Course Fees

  • Members: $650 (plus applicable taxes)
  • Non-members: $795 (plus applicable taxes)

Course Description

Learning about Indigenous History, current issues and where we are headed as Indigenous People is critical knowledge for all professionals working within an Indigenous environment. This course is intended to provide students with an understanding of a range of events and issues that impacted Indigenous Peoples, either positively or negatively from early contact with the Old World to the present. This course covers the following:

      • The importance of reflecting on our history
      • Examination of Treaties
      • Indigenous economic and political structures
      • The role of the Indian Agent
      • Residential Schools
      • Political Renaissance
      • Next Generation/New Directions
      • Growth of Indigenous Political Organizations
      • New legislation and Economic self sufficiency

Course Itinerary

This course has ten lessons that run over a 15-week period. A suggested schedule follows, you are urged to make your own schedule, paying close attention to exact assignment due dates.  These will be confirmed at the start of the course and posted in the Instructor/Coach section. It’s recommended that you try to complete a lesson a week.  Be sure to allow yourselves ample time to complete your assignments.

Week Topic Assignments and their Due Dates
Week 1: 

 

 Lesson 1 – Towards an understanding of Indigenous and non-Indigenous relations Introductions/Orientation Week

 
Week 2:

 

 Lesson 2 – Pre-Contact: Before 1500 Discussion Postings
Week 3: 

 

 Lesson 3 – Contact: The Fur Trade and Explorers
Week 4:

 

 Lesson 3 – Contact: The Fur Trade and Explorers Discussion Postings
Week 5: 

 

 Lesson 4 – Treaties, Disease and Declining Fortunes ASSIGNMENT #1 (15%)
Discussion Postings
Week 6: 

 

 Lesson 5 – Reserves and Indian Agents-Wards of the State
Week 7: 

 

 Lesson 5 – Reserves and Indian Agents-Wards of the State TEST #1 (Lessons 1-5) (15%)
Discussion Posting
Week 8: 

 

 Lesson 6 – Political Renaissance Discussion Postings on Units 1 & 2
Week 9:

 

 Lesson 6 – Political Renaissance Discussion Postings on Units 3 & 4
Week 10:

 

 Lesson 7 – The Growth of Indigenous Political Organizations Discussion Postings for Discussion Questions 1 and 2
Week 11:

 

 Lesson 8 – Towards Self-Government Discussion Posting for Discussion Question 1
Week 12:

 

 Lesson 8 – Towards Self-Government Discussion Posting for Discussion Question 2
Week 13: 

 

 Lesson 9 – New Directions ASSIGNMENT #2 (15%)
Discussion Postings for Discussion Questions 1 and 2
Week 14: 

 

 Lesson 10 – New Developments TEST #2 (Covers Lessons 6-10) (15%)
Discussion Postings for Discussion Questions 1 and 2
Week 15: 

 

 Exam Week STUDY FOR EXAM
FINAL EXAM

Participation

It is 20% of your course grade, and is centered on Group Discussions. For each lesson, you are required to share information with others via the group discussion area in Moodle the AFOA Canada education platform. Each lesson has a specific group discussion activity. Your instructor/facilitator will monitor the discussion contributions to determine a participation grade, and provide support where required. While frequency of your contribution to the discussion is a factor in the assessment, the quality of the interaction is more important. For each lesson, strive to contribute two (2) substantive postings (i.e. try to include responses to other students postings as well)

CAFM 13 Indigenous Ethics Case Study

Course Fees

  • Members: $650 (plus applicable taxes)
  • Non-members: $795 (plus applicable taxes)
Week Topic Assignments
Week 1:

 

 1 – Ethics, Values & Morals Introductions
– submit a brief introduction of yourself
Week 2:

 

  1 – Ethics, Values & Morals Discussion
Topic 1.1
Week 3:

 

  1 – Ethics, Values & Morals Discussion
Topic 1.2
Week 4:

 

 2 – Workplace Ethics, Morals & Values Assignment # 1 (10%)

 
Week 5:

 

 2 – Workplace Ethics, Morals & Values Discussion
Topic 2.1
Week 6:

 

 2 – Workplace Ethics, Morals & Values Discussion
Topic 2.2
Week 7:

 

 3 – Developing a Code of Ethics Assignment # 2 (10%)

 
Week 8:

 

  3 – Developing a Code of Ethics  Discussion
Topic 3.1
Week 9:

 

  3 – Developing a Code of Ethics  Discussion
Topic 3.2
Week 10:

 

 4 – Values & Ethics in the Indigenous Context Assignment # 3 (10%)

 
Week 11:

 

  4 – Values & Ethics in the Indigenous Context Discussion
Topic 4.1
Week 12:

 

  4 – Values & Ethics in the Indigenous Context Discussion
Topic 4.2
Week 13:

 

 5 – Best Practices in Developing a Code Assignment # 4 (10%)

 
Week 14:

 

  5 – Best Practices in Developing a Code  Discussion
Topic 5.1
Week 15:

 

 Course Evaluation Assignment # 5   (10%)

Indigenous Ethics Case Study (30%)

Participation

It is 20% of your course grade, and is centered on Group Discussions. For each lesson, you are required to share information with others via the group discussion area in Moodle the AFOA Canada education platform. Each lesson has a specific group discussion activity. Your instructor/facilitator will monitor the discussion contributions to determine a participation grade, and provide support where required. While frequency of your contribution to the discussion is a factor in the assessment, the quality of the interaction is more important. For each lesson, strive to contribute two (2) substantive postings (i.e. try to include responses to other students postings as well)

CAFM 14 Indigenous Human & Fiscal Issues

Course Fees

  • Members: $650 (plus applicable taxes)
  • Non-members: $795 (plus applicable taxes)

Course Description

Finance Managers are often asked to wear more than one “hat” and often tackle Human Resource and financial Issues in their organizations. The skills and knowledge gained will enable the financial officer to ensure that their organization hires, trains, and retains desired personnel. Through this course, participants will also gain the skills and knowledge that will enable them to better identify, review and address some of the fiscal challenges of an Indigenous Financial Officer.  This course covers the following:

      • Human Resources issues focusing on increasing accountability
      • HR practices relating to recruitment, selection and retaining employees
      • HR practices relating to Job descriptions and salary scales
      • Employment Law and legislation
      • Identifying and Developing Financial and strategic alliances

Course Completion and Grading

The course material is broken down into nine lessons. Within each lesson, specific learning objectives as noted in the previous section are listed. Directions are provided to guide you through the readings, lesson notes, other references, and work to be completed.

This course has nine lessons that run over a 14-week period. A suggested schedule follows, you are urged to make your own schedule, paying close attention to exact assignment due dates.  These will be confirmed at the start of the course and posted in the Instructor/Coach section. It’s recommended that you try to complete a lesson a week.  Be sure to allow yourselves ample time to complete your assignments.

Week Topic Assignment
1 Introductions
2 Introduction to Indigenous Human Resource and Fiscal Issues
3 Relationships, Roles and Skills in Indigenous Financial Management
4 Human Resource Management – Part I
5 Human Resource Management – Part II Test #1 – 10%
6  Continuation of Human Resource Management – Part II Due: Assignment #1
25%
7 Identifying and Developing Financial Opportunities and Strategic Alliances – Part I
8 Identifying and Developing Financial Opportunities and Strategic Alliances – Part II
9 Accounting and Reporting Standards for Indigenous Communities
10 Special Issues of Indigenous Financial Management – Best Practices and Special Reporting Requirements Test #2 – 10%
11 Overview of Indigenous Financial Management – Three Case Studies
12 Continuation of Overview of Indigenous Financial Management – Three Case Studies
13 Continuation of Overview of Indigenous Financial Management – Three Case Studies Final Exam – 35%
14  Course Evaluation

Participation

It is 20% of your course grade, and is centered on Group Discussions. For each lesson, you are required to share information with others via the group discussion area in Moodle the AFOA Canada education platform. Each lesson has a specific group discussion activity. Your instructor/facilitator will monitor the discussion contributions to determine a participation grade, and provide support where required. While frequency of your contribution to the discussion is a factor in the assessment, the quality of the interaction is more important. For each lesson, strive to contribute two (2) substantive postings (i.e. try to include responses to other students postings as well)

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