Successful completion of the Professional Certificate in Treaty will equip you with knowledge and understanding of treaty policies, legal frameworks, and core concepts integral to treaty-making. You will be able to apply your new skills to work with, and for, Indigenous communities in a multitude of roles ranging from Government to other public, private, and not-for-profit organisations.

Learning outcomes

Students completing this course will be able to:

• Demonstrate in-depth theoretical understanding and historical and contemporary knowledge of research, debates, policies and practices in treaty relations and treaty processes with First Nations, from local to global perspectives.
• Critically analyse and reflect on key concepts of Indigenous sovereignty and Indigenous-settler relations. Understand the important role agreement-making plays in treaty negotiations.
• Critically examine and apply the concepts of recognition, reconciliation, and refusal in Indigenous-settler relations.
• Critically examine and apply the concepts of self-determination, Indigenous nation-building and data sovereignty related to the practice of treaty-making.
• Evaluate contemporary and emerging First Nations treaty processes and Australian Indigenous governance principles for decision-making and treaty-making practices.