Barayamal Learning · Free courses · Head count
Join the flock.
Four free First Nations courses — from 974 students strong to freshly launched. Every flock below is a real headcount from public Udemy listings, drawn to scale.
Start where you are. Pick the course that fits where you’re headed; you won’t be flying alone.
= about 25 students · rounded to the nearest swan · new flights under 25 show one faded swan · counted 11 Aug 2026
4 free courses Beginner-friendly Self-paced No cost to enrol
First Nations Mini MBA
Build your business foundations — alongside 974 others.
For First Nations founders, aspiring entrepreneurs and community leaders who want a practical introduction to business, leadership and sustainable growth.
- You’ll walk away with
- Indigenous entrepreneurship principles that align profit with purpose
- Negotiation, leadership, finance and marketing fundamentals
- A capstone leadership blueprint you can act on immediately
- Where the flock flies next
- This course
- →
- eMentoring
- →
- Pre-Accelerator
Growth Mindset Mastery: First Nations Affirmations
Strengthen confidence and purposeful action — 450 students in.
Use First Nations affirmations and practical mindset tools to challenge limiting beliefs, strengthen confidence and keep moving toward meaningful goals.
- You’ll walk away with
- A growth mindset cultivated through First Nations wisdom
- An affirmation practice you can return to daily
- Coaching techniques for meeting challenges with resilience and optimism
- Where the flock flies next
- This course
- →
- Daily Motivation extension
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- Mini MBA
First Nations Allyship at Work
Turn good intentions into accountable workplace action.
For employees, leaders and organisations ready to listen better, strengthen cultural safety and create a practical 90-day allyship action plan. Refreshed July 2026, taught with co-instructor Georgina Laidlaw — 152 students already on board.
- You’ll walk away with
- Listening habits that build trust before action
- Practical cultural-safety moves for everyday team behaviour
- A written 90-day allyship action plan
- Where the flock flies next
- This course
- →
- Your 90-day plan
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- Allyship Toolkit
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- ReconciliACTION
Running a team? Assess your organisation with the FN Entrepreneurship Assessment Tool →
Wikipedia Editing for Beginners: First Nations Edition
Contribute to the public record safely — and early.
Learn Wikipedia’s editing foundations — reliable sources, neutrality, copyright, notability, the Sandbox — with First Nations cultural safety built in from lesson one. Launched August 2026: 10 students in, so you’d be among the first.
- You’ll walk away with
- The judgement to pick reliable sources and write neutrally
- Confidence with copyright, notability and the Sandbox
- Cultural-safety practices for editing First Nations topics
- Where the flock flies next
- This course
- →
- Practise your editing
- →
- Cite Barayamal research
From the flock
You might expect one big total here — but learners overlap between courses, so we never add the flocks together. What we can show is every voice: 19 ratings and exactly three written reviews, all three below, word for word.
Nothing curated away · source: public Udemy reviewsAmazing course!
first episode was cool and amazing 🥳
good
This bubble is saved for your voice.
The flock grows every month.
Why so few? These are young courses and we only publish what’s real. Every number on this page lives publicly on Udemy — count the flock yourself any time.
See every review on Udemy →Every flight here is led by Dean Foley. Founder of Barayamal, Australia’s first Indigenous business accelerator (est. 2016), teaching from a decade of building the programs these courses feed into.
Master of Business (Marketing), QUT · Master of International Development, La Trobe · 4.4★ Udemy instructor rating · 19 ratings · 4 coursesNot sure where to start?
Fly the first leg in formation — here’s the 90-minute plan we’d recommend to almost anyone.
- Step 01 · 26 minWarm up your mindset
Take Growth Mindset Mastery — short, practical, and it sets the tone.
- Step 02 · 1 hourBuild the foundations
Work through the First Nations Mini MBA and finish with your leadership blueprint.
- Step 03 · This weekTake it to a person
Bring your blueprint to eMentoring — a real conversation beats a certificate anyway.
Before you take off
Are the courses really free?
Yes — all four are free to enrol in right now. You’ll need a free Udemy account, but no card and no trial. If a course’s price ever changes on Udemy, this page changes the same quarter.
Are the student numbers real?
Yes — every count comes straight from the public Udemy listing for each course, re-checked quarterly (last counted 11 August 2026). We list each course separately and never add the counts together, because one learner often takes two courses. Portfolio totals live on our Impact page.
Do I get a certificate?
No — Udemy doesn’t currently provide completion certificates for free-course enrolments. You leave with the work itself: a leadership blueprint, a 90-day allyship plan, or your first safe Wikipedia edits.
Where do the reviews on this page come from?
Verbatim from public Udemy reviews — names, stars and dates as published there. We show every written review that exists, including critical ones, and the empty bubbles stay clearly labelled until real students fill them. Check the source →
How we count learning
We publish reach — learners and enrolments — and we say so plainly. We don’t claim completions or outcomes we can’t evidence, and we never add course counts together on this page. Portfolio reach lives on our Impact page: one source of truth, reviewed quarterly.
Counts, ratings and reviews from public Udemy listings · 1 swan ≈ 25 students, rounded · Reviewed 11 August 2026