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The First Nations University of Canada partners with ARUCC, MyCreds™ to provide digital credential wallets

13 January, 2022

The First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) joins a partnership with the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC) to launch MyCreds™.

Effective today, the First Nations University of Canada learners will now have 24/7 access to badges, micro-credentials and professional certificates in their own virtual credential wallet.

FNUniv is a unique institution of higher learning, specializing in Indigenous education for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. The University has expanded to serve Indigenous higher education needs nationally. FNUniv is an internationally recognized Centre of global Indigenous knowledge, attracting students and scholars of many different Indigenous backgrounds from across Canada and worldwide. FNUniv recently launched the Indigenous Continuing Education Centre (ICEC) to provide Indigenous-focused, accessible, flexible course offerings for Indigenous and non-Indigenous learners, as individuals, for organizations in the private and public sectors and communities.

“The partnership with ARUCC and MyCreds™ is another achievement for the University. FNUniv is the first Indigenous-controlled post-secondary institution to offer such benefits to its learners. All learners of FNUniv and ICEC can have 24/7 access to their digital credential wallet made shareable in a digital format anytime and to anyone they choose,” says Reila Bird, Director, Indigenous Continuing Education Centre (ICEC).

Through MyCreds™, students will be able to access and share their academic documents with other colleges and universities, government, employers and third parties securely and conveniently. Documents issued through MyCreds™ are tamper-evident and cryptographically signed, making them authentic and official.

MyCreds™ will provide many benefits for learners at the First Nations University of Canada including:

  • Self-sovereignty and agency over their credentials and who they are shared with
  • 24/7 access and virtual digitized sharing
  • Streamlined service
  • Reduced time in processing requests and the potential of lost documents
  • Reduced academic fraud
  • Enhanced learner mobility via a digital data exchange network

“We are thrilled to announce the launch of the First Nations University of Canada on ARUCC MyCreds™,” says Joanne Duklas, Executive Lead, ARUCC. “A first for Canada, they are launching badges, a micro-credential that provides assessed evidence of focused achievement. We applaud their efforts to make a transformative impact through education based on a foundation of Indigenous knowledge and see this type of credential as instrumental in supporting rapid learner access to employment. MyCreds™ enables sharing of various types of documents and credentials reflecting a variety of learning experiences. ARUCC is pleased to support one of Canada’s Indigenous universities by providing virtual digital wallets for their learners.”