原住民研究学院将原住社区的知识和关注点与研究密集型大学的学术标准和方法相结合，在严谨、尊重的学术环境中提供多学科教育，注重地方、国家和国际关注。

在该学术和方法论的背景下，原住民研究文学硕士强调该学院的两个研究领域：

（1）环境管理与生态关系; 和

（2）加拿大国家形式和原住民的社会秩序办法，包括治理。 在这些和相关的背景下，学生将探索和批判性地研究原住民和社区的历史、当代环境、经验以及与加拿大和其他国家的关系。
The Faculty of Native Studies distinctively combines Aboriginal community knowledge and concerns with the scholarly standards and methods of a research-intensive university to offer multidisciplinary education in a rigorous, respectful academic environment attentive to local, national and international concerns.

In this scholarly and methodological context, the MA in Native Studies emphasizes two areas of research strength in the Faculty:

(1) environmental management and ecological relationships; and

(2)Canadian state forms and Indigenous peoples’ approaches to social order, including governance. In these and related contexts, students will explore and critically examine the historical and contemporary circumstances and experiences of Native peoples and communities, and their relationships with Canada and other countries.