This course introduces dramatic arts as a means of exploring issues in childhood and youth studies. Students in this course examine the development of local and global performances by, for, and about children and youth, actively engaging in performative inquiry to analyze course concepts.
This course explores the concept of children’s rights, directly as it relates to youth activism, from a critical childhood studies lens. Students will examine recent youth activist movements, conducting in-depth analysis into how these movements interact with local and global children’s rights documents and theories. Pre-requisite: AP/CCY 1999 6.00
In this course students gain experience in using various approaches to study the roles of translation in the development of children's literature and films in North and South Korea. While the two countries share cultural traditions, their socio-political systems lead them to import and use foreign materials, as well as to export their own materials, […]
Analyses transitions from adolescence to emerging adulthood of immigrant youth. Employs a life course perspective to examine selected experiences and concerns encountered by newcomer youth when settling and integrating into life in Canada. Possible topics include health and mental health, educational experiences and attainment, employment experiences and access/use of social services. Prerequisite: Students must have […]
Students in this course have the opportunity to participate in the “field as the classroom” in order to examine the key concepts, methodologies, and theoretical approaches that frame the interdisciplinary, rights-based and child-centered field of Children’s Studies. The course will include reviewing, evaluating and analyzing theories surrounding univeralism and children’s rights, post-colonial theories on race […]
This course examines the role of musical arts in the lives of children and young people in global contexts. Students will engage in an in-depth examination of musical arts in its broadest sense from culturally specific examples around the world. Through reading, listening, watching, engaging, performing, and analysis, students in this course will have the […]
The course looks at various types of writing by children and youth rather than what is usually (and problematically) understood by "children's literature"--writing by adults for children. Can adults access "authentic" children's writing? Can such writing be considered literature? What can writing by young people tell us about children and youth, and different kinds of […]
This is an in-depth course that will explore contemporary theories of childhood and their implication on the lived experiences of children around the world. The first module of the course explores new and developing childhood theories within the fields of children's geographies, children and development, gender studies, digital culture and within international rights discourse. Reviewing […]
In 2017, the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections (CATSC) at Scott Library acquired a special collection of rare 19th- and 20th-century children’s literature. Many of the books in the collection feature Canadian settings or were authored by Canadian writers. Thematically, the books in the collection align with the objective of HUMA 3685, which is […]
This course builds on the theoretical foundations learned in CCY 3999. In order to take this course you MUST have completed the prerequisite CCY 3999 as you will draw heavily on your previous course materials to complete CCY 4999. CCY 4999 is a project-focused course. You will be expected to complete a comprehensive research project. […]