Dechı̨ta Nàowo, in partnership with Trent University, supports students with an opportunity to study in Yellowknife towards a two-year diploma in Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences (IESS) administered from Trent University.  Students have online, in-person, and hybrid courses that are relevant to the NWT and its Indigenous Peoples.

As per Trent University’s website (2024), the IESS program is an innovative and multidisciplinary program which brings together principles of both Indigenous Knowledge and Western science through courses offered in the Indigenous Studies Program and the Trent School of the Environment.  Instruction integrating these approaches provides students with knowledge and skills, including both critical and integrative thinking abilities, to begin to address the complex environmental problems facing Indigenous communities, governments, business, industry, research, and society in general.