This public history seminar explores the origins, development and paradoxes of the Canadian Jewish community from its inception in the 18th century to the present. It pays particular attention to the complexities of immigration, relationships between Jews and non-Jews, inspiration and anxiety about religious change, the Holocaust, Zionism & the State of Israel in public […]
Problems in the determination of the international relations of the Israelite states in the Iron Age. Sources, written and unwritten, from Israel, Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt and Israel's smaller neighbours will be examined in the course of these investigations. This course is restricted to History, Classical Studies, Jewish Studies or Religious Studies Honours majors and minors […]
An intensive course designed to acquaint students with advanced aspects of Hebrew grammar, to improve their reading skills and their ability to express themselves fluently in conversation and in written form. Not open to native speakers who have completed Grade 9 in Israel. PREREQUISITE: AP/HEB 3000 6.00 or equivalent. COURSE CREDIT EXCLUSIONS: None. Prior TO […]
This online course examines African, African Diasporic and Indigenous North American speculative and science fiction as works of art, first and foremost, but also as art that interrogates the sociopolitical, economic, literary, and ecological arrangements that structure African and Indigenous relations in the current global or post-global era, as well as in the context of […]
This online course engages with horror and crime fiction, films, plays, and the graphic novel, as well as the latter’s adaptations to multiplayer online gaming. While detective fiction and the mystery novel have a growing body of recent scholarship in the interdisciplinary field of law and literature, the study of the horror genre, as a […]
Students will design and write a thesis in consultation with a faculty supervisor. Students must be accepted by a faculty supervisor before they can register in AP/INDG 4800 6.00 Honours Thesis. Prerequisites: AP/INDG 3050 6.00. Student must have completed 78 credits. Open to: Honours INDG students.
This is a music appreciation course—no prior knowledge of music is required. The course examines various forms of Indigenous music in Canada and the United States, from traditional to contemporary, including protest music, blues, rock and hiphop, and the role music has played in maintaining communities, engaging in social commentary, and promoting cultural regeneration.
This is a music appreciation course—no prior knowledge of music is required. The course examines various forms of Indigenous music in Canada and the United States, from traditional to contemporary, including protest music, blues, rock and hiphop, and the role music has played in maintaining communities, engaging in social commentary, and promoting cultural regeneration.
This course explores the connections between Indigenous literature, community survival, and sovereignty through Indigenous novels, short stories, literary criticism, poetry, and drama.
This course explores the connections between Indigenous literature, community survival, and sovereignty through Indigenous novels, short stories, literary criticism, poetry, and drama.