This course uses a critical human rights approach to understand the emergence of social justice theories and processes of equity related to identity, access, social policy, and violence. The course also explores emerging trends in social justice movements including spatial justice, collaborative struggle, and collective rights. The course critically examines ideas of social justice, its […]
This course uses a critical human rights approach to examine the social determinants of health and intersectional identities in relation to women's health. Medical practices, Canada's health care system, and gender are examined. The course deals with reproductive health, mental health, body image, and other issues that impact women's health in their everyday lives. This […]
This course incorporates a critical human rights approach and examines how human rights is defined by different schools of law and its implementation by Islamic governments. It explores the state of human rights in Muslim-majority countries and debates amongst Muslim minorities in liberal democracies over the compatibility of human rights claims with Islamic principles. This […]
Critically examines the relationship between Islam and human rights. Describes the state of human rights in Muslim-majority countries and debates within them and amongst Muslim minorities in liberal democracies over the compatibility of human rights claims with Islamic principles. Course credit exclusion: AP/HREQ 3800 3.00
This course uses a critical human rights approach to explore contemporary issues of racism in Canada, including #BlackLivesMatter, hate crimes, and systemic barriers for racialized peoples, including LGBTQ2+ minorities. It analyses racial discrimination in Canadian colonial history through state and institutional policies and practices as well as cases of legal and social resistance to racism. […]
This course examines the ideology of misogyny and its intersection with racism in institutional contexts such as education, the workplace, the criminal justice and healthcare systems, media, religion, and immigration. Course credit exclusions: AP/MIST 3645 6.00Prerequisite: 24 credits
This course uses a critical human rights approach to explore the role of the Canadian state and the economy through policies and programs in the areas of immigration and settlement. The evolution of the Immigration Act is examined in reference to equity initiatives and exclusionary practices. This course explores Canadian immigration and refugee policies. As […]
This course uses a critical human rights approach to examine the history of migration and diasporic communities in historical and comparative perspective, including patterns of forced displacement, and issues of citizenship, racism, religious, and ethnic identity. The impacts of global migration are all around us - from the food we eat, the shows we watch, […]
This course uses a critical human rights approach to identify and explain stereotyping, discrimination, and institutionalized racism in the school system. Linkages of racism to class, gender, language, religious difference, and other forms of diversity are analyzed and strategies for achieving social equity are explored. This course will examine how the unequal distribution of power […]
This course uses a critical human rights approach to explore human rights responses to racism as represented in popular culture. Music, literature, film, digital media, and other art forms have both reproduced and resisted racialized representations, and thus serve as the popular medium for human rights struggles. how the nexus of big business, human rights […]