This course enables students to explore community-based Indigenous knowledge, through experiential education. Students work with Indigenous knowledge keepers with a focus on language acquisition, relationship to land, and community empowerment. The course is only offered in the summer term.
Students may do supervised special study in one or two selected areas. Prerequisites: 48 credits, including at least 12 credits in Indigenous Studies; or, for students with equivalent preparation, permission of the Undergraduate Program Director. Students must be accepted by a faculty supervisor before they can register in this 3000-level reading course. The course transaction […]
Students may do supervised special study in one or two selected areas. Prerequisites: 48 credits, including at least 12 credits in Indigenous Studies; or, for students with equivalent preparation, permission of the Undergraduate Program Director. Students must be accepted by a faculty supervisor before they can register in this 3000-level reading course. The course transaction […]
With a focus on Toronto, this course challenges assumptions about Indigeneity and urbanity, explores emergent urban Native identity in the contexts of displacement, identity legislation and intermarriage, and examines cultural renewal and sovereignty in urban settings.
This course enables students to engage in a three-credit independent study, involving cultural activity, such as ceremonies, Elders’ teachings or language classes. All of the cultural activities involve readings, reflection journals on how these activities are important and instructive, and final papers. In order to register for this course, the student must find a supervisor […]
This course explores the relationship between history, legend, and memory among Indigenous peoples in North America and internationally.
This course addresses Indigenous peoples’ knowledges and perspectives on nature, land, and ecosystems.
Explores the power and authority that Indigenous women traditionally held within their communities and their contemporary struggles to re-empower themselves and strengthen their communities. Explores the roles of cultural traditions, nationalism, and feminism in relation to Indigenous women's empowerment.
This course examines educational policies and practices for Indigenous Peoples in Canada, including residential schooling, the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and decolonizing/Indigenizing educational initiatives.
This course explores the nature of treaties, beginning with those negotiated between Indigenous nations, those between Indigenous peoples and European powers, and those between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state. This offering addresses the imposition of the Indian Act, the regulation of Indigenous identities, the exclusion of the Metis, and the acquisition of land. It […]